en-USArts & Entertainment, Museumshttp://www.metmuseum.org/feeds/images/met_podcast_logo.jpghttp://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/talks/gallery-talks/canceled-plain-or-fancy-fm.aspx?eid=A002_%7bCF27A37A-F729-4372-A36C-DDBE789AC1AC%7d_20130422171725http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/talks/gallery-talks/canceled-plain-or-fancy-fm.aspx?eid=A002_%7bCF27A37A-F729-4372-A36C-DDBE789AC1AC%7d_20130422171725<p class="small-text date-text">Gallery Talk</p>​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.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Thursday, June 20, 10:30&ndash;11:30 a.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;">Free with Museum admission</p>​</p>http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-who-are-blind-or-partially-sighted/picture-this-the-civil-war-and-american-art?eid=A001_%7b6D8D65E9-AC6C-4B22-9A91-13FB7386EA7C%7d_20130128120339http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-who-are-blind-or-partially-sighted/picture-this-the-civil-war-and-american-art?eid=A001_%7b6D8D65E9-AC6C-4B22-9A91-13FB7386EA7C%7d_20130128120339<p class="small-text date-text">Program for Visitors Who Are Blind or Partially Sighted</p>​Awaken the senses in workshops that make works of art accessible through detailed descriptions, touch, and other activities.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Thursday, June 20, 2:00&ndash;3:30 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;">Free, but reservations are required</p>​</p>http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/lectures-and-panels/free-lectures/the-cyrus-cylinder-from-ancient-babylon-and-the-beginning-of-the-persian-empire?eid=A001_%7b79E29A9A-98C8-4DDA-A33C-A1679E731664%7d_20130327101743http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/lectures-and-panels/free-lectures/the-cyrus-cylinder-from-ancient-babylon-and-the-beginning-of-the-persian-empire?eid=A001_%7b79E29A9A-98C8-4DDA-A33C-A1679E731664%7d_20130327101743<p class="small-text date-text">Free Lecture</p>​This program is presented with the exhibition <em>The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia: Charting a New Empire</em>.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Thursday, June 20, 5:30&ndash;6:30 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;">Free; Museum admission not required</p>​</p>