Events at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (next 7 days)

Musical Instruments: East and West

Guided Tour

An overview of the Museum's extensive collection of European, American, and non-Western instruments from prehistory to the present.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 12:15–1:15 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

The Cradle of Civilization: Art of the Ancient Near East

Guided Tour

Discover the extraordinary artistic achievements of the diverse cultures of the ancient Near East from 8000 b.c. to the rise of Islam in the mid-seventh century a.d.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 12:15–1:15 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Old Master Paintings

Guided Tour

A chronological overview of the Museum's distinguished collection of European paintings from the thirteenth through the eighteenth century.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 12:30–1:30 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

American Historic Interiors

Guided Tour

This voyage through the history and styles of American domestic spaces combines architectural elements, furnishings, silver, glass and other decorative and utilitarian objects.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 12:45–1:45 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

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.

Wednesday, May 22, 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.

Wednesday, May 22, 1:00–2:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Myths in Gold, Stone, Ceramics, and Textiles of the Americas

Guided Tour

Discover the splendors of ancient American art from the second millennium B.C. to the sixteenth century A.D.

Wednesday, May 22, 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.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 1:15–2:15 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Arts du monde Islamique (Arts of the Islamic World in French)

Guided Tour

Une visite guidée des Nouvelles Galeries d'Art des Pays Arabes, de la Turquie, de l'Iran, de l'Asie Centrale et de l'Asie Meridionale explore la collection d'art Islamique du Musée Metropolitan, une collection des plus importantes et des plus vastes au monde.
A tour of the New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia explores the Metropolitan Museum's collection of Islamic art, a collection that is one of the finest and most comprehensive in the world.

Wednesday, May 22, 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.

Wednesday, May 22, 1:30–2:30 p.m.

Free with Museum admission