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Vintage photo of a busy city park walkway lined with trees. People in formal 1900s attire, including hats and suits, walk and sit on benches.
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Tour of Central Park with historian Charles Beveridge exploring Olmsted's design and history today.

April 22
Wood scene showing a commotion of figures and animals in distress
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Listen to an optical poem illustrating W. H. Auden’s recitation of “Woods” with artworks from The Met collection, juxtaposed with footage of wildlife in Kingston, New York.
February 21, 2025
The people standing together in a gallery with hard hanging from the wall, facing them.
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Join Alison Hokanson, Curator in the Department of European Paintings, and Joanna Sheers Seidenstein, Assistant Curator in the Department of Drawings and Prints, along with Max Hollein, Marina Kellen French Director and CEO, to virtually explore Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature.

February 20, 2025
Two men in coats stand beside a large tree, gazing at a crescent moon in a dusky sky.
The poet Emily Pittinos responds to Friedrich’s painting Two Men Contemplating the Moon.
Emily Pittinos
February 3, 2025
Crescent Moon Detail from a Durer Print in Black and White
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Art critic Aline B. Saarinen offers a poetic consideration of the moon’s significance across time and cultures.
January 16, 2025
Black shaded drawing of a black boat sailing with three people.
How have printmakers in the United States addressed a long history of inundation and the social inequities it exacerbates?
Juan Gabriel Ramirez Bolívar
July 29, 2024
An image of two young figures sitting on the branch of a birch tree. The top and bottom portions of the image are blurred, drawing attention to the in-focus face of the figure on the left.
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“When I see birches bend to left and right / Across the lines of straighter darker trees, / I like to think some boy’s been swinging them.” On April 7, 1955, Robert Frost delivered a poetry reading at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
March 26, 2024
An interior courtyard featuring sculptures and potted plants
Gallery photographs over the last century reveal the evolving use of plants in indoor design.
Jennie Choi
November 8, 2023
Limestone carving of a male and female figure
Buddhist Jataka stories, and the vibrant worlds they portray, offer insights into contemporary climate concerns.
Savita Monie
October 25, 2023
Medium frame of a large stone sculpture carved with the likeness of a seated Buddha surrounded by worshippers.
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Explore Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India, 200 BCE–400 CE in this virtual tour of the exhibition.
August 3, 2023