Events at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (today)

Summer Intern Highlights Tour

Guided Tour

Join one of our talented summer interns for a tour.

Thursday, June 20, 10:15–11:15 a.m.

Free with Museum admission

Toddler Storytime in Nolen Library

Family Program

Look, listen, and have fun with picture books in Nolen Library. For families with children ages 18 months–3 years.

Thursday, June 20, 10:30–11:00 a.m.

Free; Museum admission not required

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

Summer Intern Highlights Tour

Guided Tour

Join one of our talented summer interns for a tour.

Thursday, June 20, 12:00–1:00 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 gardens at The Cloisters—the branch of the Museum devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe—include horticultural, architectural, and historical information.

Thursday, June 20, 1:00–2:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Northern European Paintings: Van Eyck to Vermeer

Short Course

Discover the Met's New European Paintings Galleries, 1200–1800, and learn how artists from Northern Europe developed innovative styles and new genres of painting in the fifteenth through seventeenth centuries.

Thursday, June 20, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Fee: $150 for the three-session course (includes 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

Highlights of The Cloisters Collection

Guided Tour at The Cloisters

Museum-trained volunteers offer daily highlights tours of The Cloisters museum and gardens to introduce visitors to the collection as a whole or to specific departments or themes.

Thursday, June 20, 3:00–4:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Storytime in Nolen Library

Family Program

After hearing a story in the library's special corner for kids, explore the galleries on a self-guided treasure hunt. For families with children ages 3–7.

Thursday, June 20, 3:00–3:30 p.m.

Free; Museum admission not required for the library portion of this program

Summer Intern Highlights Tour

Guided Tour

Join one of our talented summer interns for a tour.

Thursday, June 20, 3:15–4:15 p.m.

Free with Museum admission