en-USArts & Entertainment, Museumshttp://www.metmuseum.org/feeds/images/met_podcast_logo.jpghttp://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/art-making-programs/drop-in-drawing/capturing-costume?eid=A001_%7b5C68C8A5-47C9-499F-B347-2533D6C93FFC%7d_20130307124548http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/art-making-programs/drop-in-drawing/capturing-costume?eid=A001_%7b5C68C8A5-47C9-499F-B347-2533D6C93FFC%7d_20130307124548<p class="small-text date-text">Drop-in Drawing</p>​Draw inspiration from original works of art. Join talented art instructors in the galleries for informal sketching fun.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Friday, May 24, 6:30&ndash;8:30 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;">Free with Museum admission</p>​</p>http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/talks/gallery-talks/controlling-the-environment-himalayan?eid=A001_%7bC8EAE001-196D-40C3-8210-93265A506C80%7d_20130306150452http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/talks/gallery-talks/controlling-the-environment-himalayan?eid=A001_%7bC8EAE001-196D-40C3-8210-93265A506C80%7d_20130306150452<p class="small-text date-text">Gallery Talk</p>​See how painters in the Nepalese and Tibetan <i>Vajrayana </i>Buddhist tradition expressed their concern with controlling the Himalayan environment through images of powerful deities and protectors.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Friday, May 24, 6:30&ndash;7:30 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;">Free with Museum admission</p>​</p>http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/membership-events/exhibition-previews/civil-war-supporting-sustaining-family-individual?eid=A008_%7bFF74830D-8BD6-43CC-BC7D-A611F6532806%7d_20130301111716http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/membership-events/exhibition-previews/civil-war-supporting-sustaining-family-individual?eid=A008_%7bFF74830D-8BD6-43CC-BC7D-A611F6532806%7d_20130301111716<p class="small-text date-text">Membership Exhibition Preview</p>​Supporting, Sustaining, Family/Dual, and Individual Members are invited to preview the exhibition <a href="/exhibitions/listings/2013/civil-war"><em>The Civil War and American Art</em></a> before it opens to the public.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Saturday, May 25, 9:30 a.m.&ndash;8:15 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;">For Supporting, Sustaining, Family/Dual, and Individual Members | Free with Museum Membership</p></p>http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/family-programs/art-trek-and-art-trek-plus/art-trek?eid=R004_%7b530B1C3E-A9C3-41F6-A8DC-991E988A4934%7d_20130525110000http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/family-programs/art-trek-and-art-trek-plus/art-trek?eid=R004_%7b530B1C3E-A9C3-41F6-A8DC-991E988A4934%7d_20130525110000<p class="small-text date-text">Family Program</p>​Be an art explorer! Take a new voyage around the globe every time you visit the Met. For families with children ages 5&ndash;12.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Saturday, May 25, 11:00 a.m.&ndash;12:00 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;">Free with Museum admission</p>​</p>http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/talks/gallery-talks/art-religion-and-environment-fm?eid=A002_%7b208B6F97-EB6C-4E55-B647-0C92546B3A67%7d_20130306151230http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/talks/gallery-talks/art-religion-and-environment-fm?eid=A002_%7b208B6F97-EB6C-4E55-B647-0C92546B3A67%7d_20130306151230<p class="small-text date-text">Gallery Talk</p>​Picture the roadsides, sacred paths, and outdoor sanctuaries where the Greeks placed works of art to connect themselves to the divinities they worshipped.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Saturday, May 25, 11:00 a.m.&ndash;12:00 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;">Free with Museum admission</p>​</p>http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/family-programs/start-with-art-at-the-met-and-start-with-art-at-the-met-plus/start-with-art-at-the-met?eid=R004_%7bBE5E2036-56C3-49FF-AADD-729F1DC40445%7d_20130525110000http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/family-programs/start-with-art-at-the-met-and-start-with-art-at-the-met-plus/start-with-art-at-the-met?eid=R004_%7bBE5E2036-56C3-49FF-AADD-729F1DC40445%7d_20130525110000<p class="small-text date-text">Family Program</p>​Sketch, explore, listen to stories, and discover the meaning of art!<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Saturday, May 25, 11:00 a.m.&ndash;12:00 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;">Free with Museum admission</p>​</p>http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/events-at-the-cloisters/family-programs-at-the-cloisters/osborne-reading?eid=A001_%7b95657EE6-20FA-4977-A774-4A4FDC47497B%7d_20130425152452http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/events-at-the-cloisters/family-programs-at-the-cloisters/osborne-reading?eid=A001_%7b95657EE6-20FA-4977-A774-4A4FDC47497B%7d_20130425152452<p class="small-text date-text">Family Program at The Cloisters</p>​Magic Tree House series author Mary Pope Osborne will read from her book <em>Blizzard of the Blue Moon</em>, which features our very own Cloisters unicorn.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Saturday, May 25, 11:30 a.m.&ndash;12:15 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;">Free with Museum admission, but seating is limited</p>​</p>http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/events-at-the-cloisters/family-programs-at-the-cloisters/family-workshops-at-the-cloisters/in-search-of-the-unicorn?eid=A001_%7b573DCC61-1F64-48BC-9B0F-B28833B09C43%7d_20130425143609http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/events-at-the-cloisters/family-programs-at-the-cloisters/family-workshops-at-the-cloisters/in-search-of-the-unicorn?eid=A001_%7b573DCC61-1F64-48BC-9B0F-B28833B09C43%7d_20130425143609<p class="small-text date-text">Family Workshop at The Cloisters</p>​Imagine a world where magical unicorns roam the woods and fierce dragons lurk in every cave! Learn about these and other fantastic animals in the Middle Ages and hear the stories medieval people told about them. Make your own magical creature to take home.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Saturday, May 25, 12:30&ndash;1:30 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;">Free with Museum admission</p>​</p>http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/events-at-the-cloisters/guided-tours/gardens-of-the-cloisters?eid=R022_%7bB9416110-4BF0-4E5F-B48A-4E0E4C101B93%7d_20130525130000http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/events-at-the-cloisters/guided-tours/gardens-of-the-cloisters?eid=R022_%7bB9416110-4BF0-4E5F-B48A-4E0E4C101B93%7d_20130525130000<p class="small-text date-text">Guided Tour at The Cloisters</p>​Offered Tuesdays through Sundays through the end of October, these tours of the gardens at <a href="/visit/visit-the-cloisters">The Cloisters</a>&mdash;the branch of the Museum devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe&mdash;include horticultural, architectural, and historical information.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Saturday, May 25, 1:00&ndash;2:00 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;">Free with Museum admission</p>​</p>http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/events-at-the-cloisters/family-programs-at-the-cloisters/osborne-reading?eid=A002_%7b95657EE6-20FA-4977-A774-4A4FDC47497B%7d_20130425152515http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/events-at-the-cloisters/family-programs-at-the-cloisters/osborne-reading?eid=A002_%7b95657EE6-20FA-4977-A774-4A4FDC47497B%7d_20130425152515<p class="small-text date-text">Family Program at The Cloisters</p>​Magic Tree House series author Mary Pope Osborne will read from her book <em>Blizzard of the Blue Moon</em>, which features our very own Cloisters unicorn.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Saturday, May 25, 2:00&ndash;2:45 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;">Free with Museum admission, but seating is limited</p>​</p>