Events at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (next 30 days, Programs for Visitors with Disabilities)

CANCELED: Exhibition Tour—Plain or Fancy?: Restraint and Exuberance in the Decorative Arts

Gallery Talk

View highlights from the Museum's extensive holdings of European sculpture and decorative arts, compare austere works of art with ornate ones, and consider your own responses to different aesthetic styles from the Renaissance to the early 20th century.

Thursday, June 20, 10:30–11:30 a.m.

Free with Museum admission

Picture This! Workshop—The Civil War and American Art

Program for Visitors Who Are Blind or Partially Sighted

Awaken the senses in workshops that make works of art accessible through detailed descriptions, touch, and other activities.

Thursday, June 20, 2:00–3:30 p.m.

Free, but reservations are required

The Cyrus Cylinder from Ancient Babylon and the Beginning of the Persian Empire

Free Lecture

This program is presented with the exhibition The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia: Charting a New Empire.

Thursday, June 20, 5:30–6:30 p.m.

Free; Museum admission not required

CANCELLED: Conversation with a Conservator—Drawing of an Angel from Iran

Conversation with a Curator or Conservator

Experience a lively dialogue with a Museum conservator about an object that especially intrigues her.

Friday, June 21, 2:00–2:45 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

How, When, and Why African Art Came to New York: A Conversation

Free Lecture

Explore the complex circumstances surrounding the reception of African art by writers, intellectuals, and artists in New York during the 1910s and 1920s.

Friday, June 21, 6:00–7:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

An Evening of Art & ASL—The Civil War and American Art

Program for Visitors Who Are Deaf

See the Civil War through the eyes of artists and consider the war's impact on American art.

Friday, June 21, 6:15–7:15 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Susanna Coffey

Artists on Artworks

See the Met's collection through artists' eyes. Each artist discusses works of art in the collection that have influenced his or her own work.

Friday, June 21, 6:30–7:30 p.m.

Free with Museum admission, though tickets are required

Summer Museum Graduate Intern Talk

Gallery Talk

Summer Museum graduate interns lead gallery talks on topics of their choice.

Saturday, June 22, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Arts of the Americas

Program for Visitors Who Are Deaf

Explore works from the ancient Americas, including Mexico, Panama, and Peru.

Saturday, June 22, 2:15–3:15 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Flora and Fauna in Korean Art

Gallery Talk

Take a close look at portrayals of plants and animals in Korean paintings, ceramics, lacquer, and textiles.

Wednesday, June 26, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission