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• Kerry James Marshall: Mastry

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 5:30 p.m.

  October 25, 2016–January 29, 2017
  

• Valentin de Boulogne: Beyond Caravaggio

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 5:00 p.m.

  October 7, 2016–January 22, 2017

• Jerusalem 1000–1400: Every People Under Heaven

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 4:30 p.m.

  September 26, 2016–January 8, 2017
  

• Fragonard: Drawing Triumphant—Works from
  New York Collections

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 4:00 p.m.

  October 6, 2016–January 8, 2017

• Humor and Fantasy—The Berggruen Paul Klee Collection

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 3:00 p.m.

  September 1, 2016–January 2, 2017
  

• Benjamin Franklin: Portraits by Duplessis

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 2:35 p.m.

  August 22–November 28, 2016

• diane arbus: in the beginning

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 2:30 p.m.

  July 12–November 27, 2016

• Artistic Furniture of the Gilded Age

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 2:00 p.m.

  In three parts, all opening December 15, 2015

• Asian Art 100

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 1:59 p.m.

• The Old Ball Game: New York Baseball, 1887–1977

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 1:54 p.m.

  June 10–November 13, 2016

• Printing a Child’s World

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 1:53 p.m.

  May 27–November 6, 2016

• The Roof Garden Commission: Cornelia Parker, Transitional Object (PsychoBarn)

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 1:52 p.m.

  April 19–October 31, 2016 (weather permitting)

• Dream States: Contemporary Photographs and Video

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 1:51 p.m.

  May 16, 2016–October 30, 2016
  

• Masterpieces of Chinese Painting from
  The Met Collection

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 1:50 p.m.

  October 31, 2015–October 11, 2016 
  

• Tatsuo Miyajima: Arrow of Time (Unfinished Life)

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 1:49 p.m.

  April 19–September 25, 2016

• Design for Eternity: Architectural Models
  from the Ancient Americas

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 1:48 p.m.

  October 26, 2015–September 18, 2016
  English | Español

• Divine Pleasures: Painting from India’s Rajput
  Courts—The Kronos Collections

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 1:47 p.m.

  June 14–September 12, 2016
  

• Global by Design: Chinese Ceramics from
  the R. Albuquerque Collection

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 1:46 p.m.

  April 25–September 5, 2016

• Manus x Machina:
  Fashion in an Age of Technology

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 1:45 p.m.

  May 5–September 5, 2016 (extended from August 14)
  

• Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 1:35 p.m.

  March 18–September 4, 2016

• Turner’s Whaling Pictures

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 1:30 p.m.

  May 10–August 7, 2016

• Crime Stories: Photography and Foul Play

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 1:15 p.m.

  March 7– July 31, 2016

• Court and Cosmos: The Great Age of the Seljuqs

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 1:13 p.m.

  April 27, 2016–July 24, 2016
  العربية | Deutsch | Français | Italiano | فارسی | Русский | Türkmençe | Türkçe
  

• Pergamon and the Hellenistic Kingdoms
  of the Ancient World

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 1:12 p.m.

  April 18–July 17, 2016
  ελληνικά

• Richard Tuttle: The Critical Edge

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 1:11 p.m.

  April 2–June 26, 2016
  

• Transformed:
  Medieval Syrian and Iranian Art
  in the Early 20th Century

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 1:10 p.m.

  February 10–July 17, 2016

• A Passion for Jade
  The Heber Bishop Collection

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 1:10 p.m.

  March 14, 2015-June 19, 2016

• Nasreen Mohamedi

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 1:09 p.m.

  March 18–June 5, 2016
  

• Encountering Vishnu: The Lion Avatar
  in Indian Temple Drama

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 1:09 p.m.

  December 19, 2015–June 5, 2016
  

• The Power of Prints: The Legacy of
  William M. Ivins and A. Hyatt Mayor

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 1:08 p.m.

  January 26–May 22, 2016
  deutsch | español | français | italiano
  

• Vigée Le Brun: Woman Artist in
  Revolutionary France

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 1:07 p.m.

  February 15–May 15, 2016

• A New Look at a Van Eyck Masterpiece

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 1:06 p.m.

  January 25–April 24, 2016

• The World in Play: Luxury Cards, 1430–1540

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 1:05 p.m.

  January 20–April 17, 2016
  

• Relation: A Performance Residency by Vijay Iyer

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 1:04 p.m.

  March 18–March 31, 2016

• Wordplay: Matthias Buchinger’s Drawings
  from the Collection of Ricky Jay

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 1:04 p.m.

  January 8–April 11, 2016

• The Luxury of Time: European Clocks and Watches

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 1:03 p.m.

  November 16, 2015–March 27, 2016

• Korea: 100 Years of Collecting at the Met

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 1:02 p.m.

  February 7, 2015 – March 27, 2016

• Reconstructions: Recent Photographs and
  Video from The Met Collection

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 1:01 p.m.

  September 21, 2015–March 13, 2016

• The Aftermath of Conflict: Jo Ractliffe’s
  Photographs of Angola and South Africa

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 1:00 p.m.

  August 24, 2015–March 6, 2016

  
  

• Jacqueline de Ribes: The Art of Style

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 12:00 p.m.

  November 19, 2015–February 21, 2016

• Ancient Egypt Transformed: The Middle Kingdom

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 11:00 a.m.

  October 12, 2015–January 24, 2016

• Grand Illusions: Staged Photography
  from The Met Collection

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 10:00 a.m.

  August 10, 2015—January 18, 2016

• Andrea del Sarto’s Borgherini Holy Family

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 9:00 a.m.

  October 14, 2015–January 10, 2016

• Fashion and Virtue: Textile Patterns
  and the Print Revolution, 1520–1620

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 8:00 a.m.

  October 20, 2015–January 10, 2016

• Pattern, Color, Light: Architectural Ornament in the Near East (500–1000)

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 7:00 a.m.

  July 20, 2015–January 10, 2016

• Kongo: Power and Majesty

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 6:00 a.m.

  September 18, 2015–January 3, 2016
  English | Français | Português

• In and Out of the Studio: Photographic
  Portraits from West Africa

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 5:01 a.m.

  August 31, 2015–January 3, 2016

• About Face: Human Expression on Paper

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 4:00 a.m.

  July 27–December 13, 2015

• The Royal Hunt: Courtly Pursuits in Indian Art

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 3:00 a.m.

  June 20–December 8, 2015

• Arms and Armor: Notable Acquisitions 2003–2014

  Monday, November 16, 2015, 2:00 a.m.

  November 11, 2014–December 6, 2015

• Artist Peter Hristoff in Innovative Residency at Metropolitan Museum

  Thursday, November 12, 2015, 9:47 p.m.

• Met Museum Celebrates Diwali, Indian "Festival of Light," with Interactive Activities and Dance Performance

  Tuesday, November 10, 2015, 11:13 p.m.

• Cornelia Parker Named Artist for the Met Museum’s 2016 Roof Garden Commission

  Thursday, October 15, 2015, 6:31 p.m.

• Costume Institute’s Spring 2016 Exhibition at Metropolitan Museum to Focus on Technology’s Impact on Fashion

  Wednesday, October 14, 2015, 12:46 p.m.

• The Atelier with Alina Cho Launches New
  Season with Diane von Furstenberg

  Thursday, October 8, 2015, 12:59 p.m.

• Cloisters Concert Series Introduces New Programs,
  New Performers in 2015–2016 Season

  Monday, October 5, 2015, 7:21 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Partners with 55
  Community Organizations for October 16
  Teens Take the Met! Cultural Open House

  Tuesday, September 29, 2015, 3:57 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum’s Associate Director for Exhibitions, Jennifer Russell, to Retire

  Monday, September 21, 2015, 1:02 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum of Art Named World’s Top Museum in TripAdvisor 2015 Travelers’ Choice Awards

  Thursday, September 17, 2015, 7:15 p.m.

• Met Announces Launch of #MetKids, New Online Feature Made for, with, and by Kids

  Thursday, September 10, 2015, 2:31 p.m.

• Harold Koda to Step Down After Leading Met Museum’s Costume Institute for 15 Years; Andrew Bolton to Become Curator In Charge of the Department

  Wednesday, September 9, 2015, 1:00 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Elects New Trustee
  Colvin W. Grannum

  Tuesday, September 8, 2015, 9:00 p.m.

• Barbara Drake Boehm Named
  Paul and Jill Ruddock Senior Curator
  for The Met Cloisters

  Tuesday, September 8, 2015, 8:30 p.m.

• Stephen C. Pinson Named Curator in
  Department of Photographs
  at Metropolitan Museum

  Tuesday, September 8, 2015, 8:00 p.m.

• 815,992 Visitors to Costume Institute’s China Exhibition Make It Fifth Most Visited Exhibition in Metropolitan Museum’s History

  Tuesday, September 8, 2015, 4:33 p.m.

  English | 中国

• Metropolitan Museum’s MetFridays
  to Focus on Latin American Culture
  on September 18

  Wednesday, September 2, 2015, 12:45 p.m.

  English | Español

• The Metropolitan Museum’s Venetian Sculpture Gallery—Renaissance Sculpture from Venice and Northern Italy, Featuring Tullio Lombardo’s Adam—Is Now Open

  Friday, August 28, 2015, 3:25 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Extends
  Hours for Final Weekend of
  China: Through the Looking Glass

  Friday, August 28, 2015, 1:28 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum of Art Launches
  The Met Breuer in March 2016
  Expanding Modern and Contemporary
  Art Program

  Tuesday, August 25, 2015, 1:29 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Announces Roster
  of Presenters for TEDxMet Event to
  Take Place Saturday, September 26,
  at The Met Breuer

  Tuesday, August 18, 2015, 4:52 p.m.

• Adam Gopnik Returns to The Met for a Series
  about the Mesmerizing Cultures of Jerusalem

  Tuesday, August 11, 2015, 11:30 a.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Announces
  Record-breaking 6.3 Million
  Annual Attendance

  Tuesday, July 28, 2015, 2:03 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Celebrates 25th Anniversary of
  Americans with Disabilities Act by Hosting Special
  Events to Honor Creativity and Accessibility

  Wednesday, July 15, 2015, 8:46 p.m.

• Celebrate a Summer of American Art—Independence Day through Labor Day—at Metropolitan Museum

  Wednesday, July 1, 2015, 8:00 a.m.

• China: Through the Looking Glass Exhibition Extended through September 7 at Metropolitan Museum

  Tuesday, June 30, 2015, 7:35 p.m.

  English | 中国
  

• The Met App is Now Available on Android Smartphones

  Tuesday, June 30, 2015, 7:30 a.m.

• Statement by Thomas P. Campbell,
  Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
  on Announcement by LG Electronics of
  Modified Plan for New Headquarters

  Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 5:15 p.m.

• Met Museum to Present Irving Penn Centennial Exhibition in 2017 Featuring Landmark Promised Gift of Photographs from The Irving Penn Foundation

  Friday, June 12, 2015, 1:59 p.m.

• World’s Earliest Known Cello on Summer
  Loan to Metropolitan Museum

  Monday, June 8, 2015, 9:46 p.m.

• Kelly Baum Named Curator in Department of
  Modern and Contemporary Art at Met Museum

  Friday, June 5, 2015, 7:11 p.m.

• P.S. Art 2015, Annual Juried Exhibition of
  Art by NYC Public School Students, to Enjoy
  Extended Run at Metropolitan Museum
  and to Be Featured in Times Square

  Wednesday, June 3, 2015, 7:06 p.m.

  
  

• Metropolitan Museum Reprises Teens Take the Met!—Dynamic Free Program for Teens—Friday, June 5

  Wednesday, May 20, 2015, 2:49 p.m.

• Call for Submissions for Soundwalk 9:09,
  A New Work for The Metropolitan
  Museum of Art and The Met Breuer

  Tuesday, May 19, 2015, 4:04 p.m.

• Met Museum and National Gallery of Art,
  Washington, Each Acquire Significant Work
  by Leading Harlem Renaissance Artist
  Aaron Douglas

  Thursday, May 14, 2015, 6:48 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Elects New Trustees
  N. Anthony Coles, Álvaro Saieh, and Mary J. Wallach

  Tuesday, May 12, 2015, 8:09 p.m.

• Senses of Springtime—Celebrate India!
  Festival for All Ages, May 17, at Met Museum

  Friday, May 8, 2015, 6:50 p.m.

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art Announces the
  2015-2016 Season of Met Museum Presents

  Wednesday, April 29, 2015, 2:39 p.m.

• Clyde B. Jones III Named Senior Vice President for Institutional Advancement at Met Museum

  Tuesday, April 28, 2015, 7:10 p.m.

• World-renowned Classical Pianist Lang Lang to Perform at Metropolitan Museum as Part of Centennial Celebration of Asian Art and Culture

  Wednesday, April 15, 2015, 1:30 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum of Art Expands
  Modern and Contemporary Art Program
  with Launch of The Met Breuer in March 2016

  Wednesday, April 8, 2015, 9:00 p.m.

• Masterpieces of Japanese and Korean Art from Renowned Mary Griggs Burke Collection Donated to Metropolitan Museum of Art and Minneapolis Institute of Arts through Landmark Bequests

  Monday, March 16, 2015, 2:30 p.m.

• Landmark Gifts of Art and Funding Dramatically Enhance Met Museum’s Asian Art Department as Yearlong Program of Exhibitions and Activities Begins, Celebrating Department’s Centennial

  Monday, March 16, 2015, 2:00 p.m.

• David Chipperfield Named as Architect to Redesign
  Metropolitan Museum’s Modern and Contemporary
  Art Wing and Adjacent Areas

  Wednesday, March 11, 2015, 8:30 p.m.

• Daniel H. Weiss Named Next President
  of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

  Tuesday, March 10, 2015, 8:00 p.m.

• Celebrating Asian Art through Performance in Spring Season of Met Museum Presents

  Monday, March 2, 2015, 4:00 p.m.

  English | 中国

• Statement by Thomas P. Campbell,
  Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
  On The Destruction at The Mosul Museum

  Thursday, February 26, 2015, 6:00 p.m.

• Betsy Cohen Named Honorary Trustee at Metropolitan Museum

  Wednesday, February 11, 2015, 6:00 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum’s Lunar New Year Festival to Celebrate Year of the Ram

  Wednesday, February 4, 2015, 9:00 p.m.

• MetFridays Launches at Met Museum, Highlighting Range of Activities for Visitors on Friday Evenings

  Friday, January 30, 2015, 6:00 p.m.

  
  

• 15 International Museum Leaders to Convene for Metropolitan Museum’s Second Global Museum Leaders Colloquium in April 2015

  Thursday, January 29, 2015, 3:00 p.m.