Events at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (today)

Great Rooms: European Decorative Arts

Guided Tour

A survey of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Western European interiors and decorative arts, including architectural elements, artworks, and furnishings.

Tuesday, May 21, 1:00–2:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Gardens of The Cloisters

Guided Tour at The Cloisters

Offered Tuesdays through Sundays through the end of October, these tours of The Cloisters' medieval gardens include horticultural, architectural, and historical information.

Tuesday, May 21, 1:00–2:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Gods, Spirits, and Ancestors: Exploring the Art of Oceania

Guided Tour

Tour the Metropolitan's dramatic galleries for Oceanic art, which feature more than four hundred works of sacred sculpture and decorative arts.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 1:15–2:15 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Arts of Japan

Guided Tour

A presentation of the splendors of Japanese art at the Metropolitan Museum from the Neolithic period to the present.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 1:15–2:15 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Art Moderne (Modern Art in French)

Guided Tour

Un aperçu des différents mouvements artistiques européens et américains du début du 20ème siècle à nos jours.
An introduction to European and American art movements from 1900 to the present.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 1:30–2:30 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Museum Highlights

Guided Tour

Discover the Museum's encyclopedic collection on this tour, which focuses on a selection of works of art representing different cultures and time periods and encourages visitors to explore the Museum on their own.

Tuesday, May 21, 1:30–2:30 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Fashion in Art

Guided Tour

This cross-cultural guided tour focuses on the ways in which artists have used clothing to express identity and influence from the sixth century b.c. through modern times.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 1:45–2:45 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Robert Lehman Collection: Renaissance to Impressionism

Guided Tour

A view of one of America's greatest private collections, spanning a seven-hundred-year period, from the Renaissance to the mid-twentieth century.

Tuesday, May 21, 1:45–2:45 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Arts of Ancient Egypt

Guided Tour

This tour provides an overview of the Metropolitan's collection of Egyptian art, one of the finest and most comprehensive outside Egypt.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 2:00–3:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Parent-Child Workshops (Ages 3–6): Session 4

Membership Class for Children

This class is designed to provide adults and children with an opportunity to discover art in a studio setting as well as in the Museum's galleries.

Tuesday, May 21, 2:00–3:00 p.m.

For Family/Dual Members and above | Fee: $480 for the twelve-session semester