en-USArts & Entertainment, Museumshttp://www.metmuseum.org/feeds/images/met_podcast_logo.jpghttp://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/talks/gallery-talks/spaces-of-womens-fashion-fm?eid=A001_%7bF2B0B8B0-7435-4035-B0D7-AEB95DAA574B%7d_20130306141632http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/talks/gallery-talks/spaces-of-womens-fashion-fm?eid=A001_%7bF2B0B8B0-7435-4035-B0D7-AEB95DAA574B%7d_20130306141632<p class="small-text date-text">Gallery Talk</p>​Explore the public and private spaces for women's fashion in late nineteenth-century France.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Wednesday, May 29, 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/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-with-dementia-and-their-care-partners/met-escapes-art-making?eid=A009_%7b6A585A54-1E9F-4983-826B-950248074F11%7d_20130128162413http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-with-dementia-and-their-care-partners/met-escapes-art-making?eid=A009_%7b6A585A54-1E9F-4983-826B-950248074F11%7d_20130128162413<p class="small-text date-text">Program for Visitors with Dementia and Their Care Partners</p>​We invite individuals living with dementia, together with their family members or care partners, to participate in discussions, handling sessions, art making, and other interactive and multisensory activities in the galleries and in the classroom.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Wednesday, May 29, 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/talks/gallery-talks/picturing-the-passion-fm?eid=A001_%7bEDF0A379-0619-4562-9739-74710F1B6056%7d_20130306120425http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/talks/gallery-talks/picturing-the-passion-fm?eid=A001_%7bEDF0A379-0619-4562-9739-74710F1B6056%7d_20130306120425<p class="small-text date-text">Gallery Talk</p>​Discover how the political, social, and spiritual environments of medieval Europe shaped depictions of the final events of Christ's life.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Thursday, May 30, 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/workshops-and-courses/gallery-seminars/study-day-american-civil-war?eid=A001_%7b9F31C651-5541-4B7B-AA46-26163324DCB3%7d_20130109171610http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/workshops-and-courses/gallery-seminars/study-day-american-civil-war?eid=A001_%7b9F31C651-5541-4B7B-AA46-26163324DCB3%7d_20130109171610<p class="small-text date-text">Gallery Seminar</p>​Engage in close looking at works of art in the galleries as well as discussions and short lectures in the classroom as you explore the trauma of war and its effects on the mind and body through multiple perspectives, ranging from art historical to medical.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Friday, May 31, 10:30 a.m.&ndash;4:30 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;">Fee: $25 (includes lunch and Museum admission)</p>​</p>http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-with-developmental-and-learning-disabilities/sprout-film-festival-program-1-past-highlights?eid=A001_%7b7CD5AC8A-FB5F-4982-BD18-A96EF981CD35%7d_20130429104319http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-with-developmental-and-learning-disabilities/sprout-film-festival-program-1-past-highlights?eid=A001_%7b7CD5AC8A-FB5F-4982-BD18-A96EF981CD35%7d_20130429104319<p class="small-text date-text">Program for Visitors with Learning and Developmental Disabilities</p>​Experience film and video related to the field of developmental disabilities in the Sprout Film Festival.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Friday, May 31, 4:30&ndash;6:00 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;"><a href=http://www.gosprout.org/film>View full festival schedule and purchase tickets.</a> Tickets do not include Museum admission.</p>​</p>http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/talks/gallery-talks/the-interior-environment-in-european-paintings?eid=A001_%7b7F8AE1A5-C982-4399-87D4-3BCE7D7282FB%7d_20130306102346http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/talks/gallery-talks/the-interior-environment-in-european-paintings?eid=A001_%7b7F8AE1A5-C982-4399-87D4-3BCE7D7282FB%7d_20130306102346<p class="small-text date-text">Gallery Talk</p>​Explore interior spaces created by early European painters and discover how these places offer clues about the outside world.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Friday, May 31, 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/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-with-developmental-and-learning-disabilities/sprout-film-festival-program-2-hows-your-news?eid=A001_%7bA53411CF-D2F2-4E84-B75A-3853B0CA56F0%7d_20130429105801http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-with-developmental-and-learning-disabilities/sprout-film-festival-program-2-hows-your-news?eid=A001_%7bA53411CF-D2F2-4E84-B75A-3853B0CA56F0%7d_20130429105801<p class="small-text date-text">Program for Visitors with Learning and Developmental Disabilities</p>​Experience film and video related to the field of developmental disabilities in the Sprout Film Festival.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Friday, May 31, 7:00&ndash;8:30 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;"><a href=http://www.gosprout.org/film>View full festival schedule and purchase tickets.</a> Tickets do not include Museum admission.</p>​</p>http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-with-developmental-and-learning-disabilities/sprout-film-festival-program-3-foreign-gems?eid=A001_%7b602A76C6-6EFE-4970-A634-4B623DEAF31D%7d_20130429114940http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-with-developmental-and-learning-disabilities/sprout-film-festival-program-3-foreign-gems?eid=A001_%7b602A76C6-6EFE-4970-A634-4B623DEAF31D%7d_20130429114940<p class="small-text date-text">Program for Visitors with Learning and Developmental Disabilities</p>​Experience film and video related to the field of developmental disabilities in the Sprout Film Festival.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Friday, May 31, 7:00&ndash;8:30 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;"><a href=http://www.gosprout.org/film>View full festival schedule and purchase tickets.</a> Tickets do not include Museum admission.</p>​</p>http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-with-developmental-and-learning-disabilities/sprout-film-festival-workshop?eid=A001_%7b5AFC4E08-75DF-45F6-8049-8F58B9F03E6F%7d_20130430163805http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-with-developmental-and-learning-disabilities/sprout-film-festival-workshop?eid=A001_%7b5AFC4E08-75DF-45F6-8049-8F58B9F03E6F%7d_20130430163805<p class="small-text date-text">Program for Visitors with Learning and Developmental Disabilities</p>​Make connections between the films and works of art in the Museum through multisensory gallery tours and art-making activities.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Saturday, June 1, 11:00 a.m.&ndash;12:00 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;">Free with Sprout Film Festival tickets. <a href=http://www.gosprout.org/film>View full festival schedule and purchase tickets.</a> Tickets do not include Museum admission.</p>​</p>http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/talks/gallery-talks/science-of-ceramics-and-glass-islamic?eid=A001_%7bC69AFD26-AE5C-4D00-B50C-F305D4829363%7d_20130418143923http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/talks/gallery-talks/science-of-ceramics-and-glass-islamic?eid=A001_%7bC69AFD26-AE5C-4D00-B50C-F305D4829363%7d_20130418143923<p class="small-text date-text">Gallery Talk</p>​Investigate the science behind materials used to make works of art from the Islamic World, including ceramics and glass.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Saturday, June 1, 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/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-with-developmental-and-learning-disabilities/sprout-film-festival-program-4-performing-arts?eid=A001_%7bBB2EA2BE-8914-4572-BAB0-D8F29DF0B817%7d_20130429115157http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-with-developmental-and-learning-disabilities/sprout-film-festival-program-4-performing-arts?eid=A001_%7bBB2EA2BE-8914-4572-BAB0-D8F29DF0B817%7d_20130429115157<p class="small-text date-text">Program for Visitors with Learning and Developmental Disabilities</p>​Experience film and video related to the field of developmental disabilities in the Sprout Film Festival.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Saturday, June 1, 12:00&ndash;1:30 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;"><a href=http://www.gosprout.org/film>View full festival schedule and purchase tickets.</a> Tickets do not include Museum admission.</p>​</p>http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-with-developmental-and-learning-disabilities/sprout-film-festival-program-5-brain-injury?eid=A001_%7b467A4C6E-722A-4CBF-A70E-D816E041C139%7d_20130429115450http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-with-developmental-and-learning-disabilities/sprout-film-festival-program-5-brain-injury?eid=A001_%7b467A4C6E-722A-4CBF-A70E-D816E041C139%7d_20130429115450<p class="small-text date-text">Program for Visitors with Learning and Developmental Disabilities</p>​Experience film and video related to the field of developmental disabilities in the Sprout Film Festival.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Saturday, June 1, 2:30&ndash;4:15 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;"><a href=http://www.gosprout.org/film>View full festival schedule and purchase tickets.</a> Tickets do not include Museum admission.</p>​</p>http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-with-developmental-and-learning-disabilities/sprout-film-festival-program-6-short-docs?eid=A001_%7bFEF7AA83-7763-45C9-85A2-70CDFC31DDFB%7d_20130430152858http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-with-developmental-and-learning-disabilities/sprout-film-festival-program-6-short-docs?eid=A001_%7bFEF7AA83-7763-45C9-85A2-70CDFC31DDFB%7d_20130430152858<p class="small-text date-text">Program for Visitors with Learning and Developmental Disabilities</p>​Experience film and video related to the field of developmental disabilities in the Sprout Film Festival.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Saturday, June 1, 2:30&ndash;4:00 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;"><a href=http://www.gosprout.org/film>View full festival schedule and purchase tickets.</a> Tickets do not include Museum admission.</p>​</p>http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-with-developmental-and-learning-disabilities/sprout-film-festival-program-7-past-highlights?eid=A001_%7b2ABEE8A2-24E3-4F3E-8702-C5637A8C782C%7d_20130430160246http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-with-developmental-and-learning-disabilities/sprout-film-festival-program-7-past-highlights?eid=A001_%7b2ABEE8A2-24E3-4F3E-8702-C5637A8C782C%7d_20130430160246<p class="small-text date-text">Program for Visitors with Learning and Developmental Disabilities</p>​Experience film and video related to the field of developmental disabilities in the Sprout Film Festival.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Saturday, June 1, 4:45&ndash;6:15 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;"><a href=http://www.gosprout.org/film>View full festival schedule and purchase tickets.</a> Tickets do not include Museum admission.</p>​</p>http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-with-developmental-and-learning-disabilities/sprout-film-festival-program-8-the-creative-side?eid=A001_%7bBA126B21-4C4C-49A7-AB98-56636F425F30%7d_20130430161022http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-with-developmental-and-learning-disabilities/sprout-film-festival-program-8-the-creative-side?eid=A001_%7bBA126B21-4C4C-49A7-AB98-56636F425F30%7d_20130430161022<p class="small-text date-text">Program for Visitors with Learning and Developmental Disabilities</p>​Experience film and video related to the field of developmental disabilities in the Sprout Film Festival.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Saturday, June 1, 4:45&ndash;6:30 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;"><a href=http://www.gosprout.org/film>View full festival schedule and purchase tickets.</a> Tickets do not include Museum admission.</p>​</p>http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-with-developmental-and-learning-disabilities/sprout-film-festival-program-9-the-punk-syndrome?eid=A001_%7b40277768-C69A-4197-9793-929973CDF33B%7d_20130430161658http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-with-developmental-and-learning-disabilities/sprout-film-festival-program-9-the-punk-syndrome?eid=A001_%7b40277768-C69A-4197-9793-929973CDF33B%7d_20130430161658<p class="small-text date-text">Program for Visitors with Learning and Developmental Disabilities</p>​Experience film and video related to the field of developmental disabilities in the Sprout Film Festival.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Saturday, June 1, 7:00&ndash;8:30 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;"><a href=http://www.gosprout.org/film>View full festival schedule and purchase tickets.</a> Tickets do not include Museum admission.</p>​</p>http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-with-developmental-and-learning-disabilities/sprout-film-festival-program-10-growing-pains?eid=A001_%7bFE8E0772-D385-4595-9359-837C975911A7%7d_20130430161927http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-with-developmental-and-learning-disabilities/sprout-film-festival-program-10-growing-pains?eid=A001_%7bFE8E0772-D385-4595-9359-837C975911A7%7d_20130430161927<p class="small-text date-text">Program for Visitors with Learning and Developmental Disabilities</p>​Experience film and video related to the field of developmental disabilities in the Sprout Film Festival.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Saturday, June 1, 7:00&ndash;8:30 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;"><a href=http://www.gosprout.org/film>View full festival schedule and purchase tickets.</a> Tickets do not include Museum admission.</p>​</p>http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-with-developmental-and-learning-disabilities/sprout-film-festival-workshop?eid=A002_%7b5AFC4E08-75DF-45F6-8049-8F58B9F03E6F%7d_20130430163825http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-with-developmental-and-learning-disabilities/sprout-film-festival-workshop?eid=A002_%7b5AFC4E08-75DF-45F6-8049-8F58B9F03E6F%7d_20130430163825<p class="small-text date-text">Program for Visitors with Learning and Developmental Disabilities</p>​Make connections between the films and works of art in the Museum through multisensory gallery tours and art-making activities.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Sunday, June 2, 11:00 a.m.&ndash;12:00 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;">Free with Sprout Film Festival tickets. <a href=http://www.gosprout.org/film>View full festival schedule and purchase tickets.</a> Tickets do not include Museum admission.</p>​</p>http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-with-developmental-and-learning-disabilities/sprout-film-festival-program-11-short-docs?eid=A001_%7b904E123F-FDB4-4AEF-819E-8AEFCB32B6A8%7d_20130430162150http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-with-developmental-and-learning-disabilities/sprout-film-festival-program-11-short-docs?eid=A001_%7b904E123F-FDB4-4AEF-819E-8AEFCB32B6A8%7d_20130430162150<p class="small-text date-text">Program for Visitors with Learning and Developmental Disabilities</p>​Experience film and video related to the field of developmental disabilities in the Sprout Film Festival.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Sunday, June 2, 12:00&ndash;1:30 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;"><a href=http://www.gosprout.org/film>View full festival schedule and purchase tickets.</a> Tickets do not include Museum admission.</p>​</p>http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-with-developmental-and-learning-disabilities/sprout-film-festival-program-12-the-creative-side?eid=A001_%7b2EAC09D9-EF2A-44A9-869D-4F3B632493F3%7d_20130430162404http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-with-developmental-and-learning-disabilities/sprout-film-festival-program-12-the-creative-side?eid=A001_%7b2EAC09D9-EF2A-44A9-869D-4F3B632493F3%7d_20130430162404<p class="small-text date-text">Program for Visitors with Learning and Developmental Disabilities</p>​Experience film and video related to the field of developmental disabilities in the Sprout Film Festival.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Sunday, June 2, 12:00&ndash;1:45 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;"><a href=http://www.gosprout.org/film>View full festival schedule and purchase tickets.</a> Tickets do not include Museum admission.</p>​</p>http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-with-developmental-and-learning-disabilities/sprout-film-festival-program-13-head-games?eid=A001_%7bAA865BE2-716E-4BD8-B3C2-CC82BA999FBF%7d_20130430162619http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-with-developmental-and-learning-disabilities/sprout-film-festival-program-13-head-games?eid=A001_%7bAA865BE2-716E-4BD8-B3C2-CC82BA999FBF%7d_20130430162619<p class="small-text date-text">Program for Visitors with Learning and Developmental Disabilities</p>​Experience film and video related to the field of developmental disabilities in the Sprout Film Festival.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Sunday, June 2, 2:30&ndash;4:15 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;"><a href=http://www.gosprout.org/film>View full festival schedule and purchase tickets.</a> Tickets do not include Museum admission.</p>​</p>http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-with-developmental-and-learning-disabilities/sprout-film-festival-workshop?eid=A003_%7b5AFC4E08-75DF-45F6-8049-8F58B9F03E6F%7d_20130430163841http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-with-developmental-and-learning-disabilities/sprout-film-festival-workshop?eid=A003_%7b5AFC4E08-75DF-45F6-8049-8F58B9F03E6F%7d_20130430163841<p class="small-text date-text">Program for Visitors with Learning and Developmental Disabilities</p>​Make connections between the films and works of art in the Museum through multisensory gallery tours and art-making activities.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Sunday, June 2, 2:30&ndash;3:30 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;">Free with Sprout Film Festival tickets. <a href=http://www.gosprout.org/film>View full festival schedule and purchase tickets.</a> Tickets do not include Museum admission.</p>​</p>http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/lectures-and-panels/free-lectures/world-science-festival-2013?eid=A001_%7bBCDA3497-409B-48A8-B672-76062113D6A6%7d_20130403131657http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/lectures-and-panels/free-lectures/world-science-festival-2013?eid=A001_%7bBCDA3497-409B-48A8-B672-76062113D6A6%7d_20130403131657<p class="small-text date-text">Free Lecture</p>​Scientists in the relatively new field of neuroaesthetics are probing what it is about art that moves us, using technologies that allow us to study the brain's response in greater detail than ever before.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Sunday, June 2, 3:00&ndash;4:30 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/cambodian-rattan-fm?eid=A001_%7bC8887517-0D37-4E2D-8D7E-BA3CD6D2142F%7d_20130426100448http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/talks/gallery-talks/cambodian-rattan-fm?eid=A001_%7bC8887517-0D37-4E2D-8D7E-BA3CD6D2142F%7d_20130426100448<p class="small-text date-text">Gallery Talk</p>​In this exhibition, discover the spectacular, large-scale rattan constructions of contemporary artist Sopheap Pich.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Wednesday, June 5, 10:00&ndash;11:00 a.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/early-netherlandish-painting?eid=A001_%7bA4EC50B6-A528-4CA9-B0DE-05C24B81D2C8%7d_20130418144643http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/talks/gallery-talks/early-netherlandish-painting?eid=A001_%7bA4EC50B6-A528-4CA9-B0DE-05C24B81D2C8%7d_20130418144643<p class="small-text date-text">Gallery Talk</p>​Discover the legacy of this renowned innovator of early Netherlandish painting by exploring fifteenth- and sixteenth-century works of art by Petrus Christus, Hans Memling, and Jan Gossart.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Thursday, June 6, 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/conversations-with-curators-and-conservators/kashan-carpet?eid=A001_%7bCEC07FEF-7B24-47B8-9A48-BB595BADFB83%7d_20130419141706http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/talks/conversations-with-curators-and-conservators/kashan-carpet?eid=A001_%7bCEC07FEF-7B24-47B8-9A48-BB595BADFB83%7d_20130419141706<p class="small-text date-text">Conversation with a Curator or Conservator</p>​Experience a lively dialogue with a Museum conservator about an object that especially intrigues her.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Friday, June 7, 2:00&ndash;2:45 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/at-war-with-the-obvious-fm?eid=A002_%7b947743AC-3251-4790-8A66-6F877C4DCDC1%7d_20130422170243http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/talks/gallery-talks/at-war-with-the-obvious-fm?eid=A002_%7b947743AC-3251-4790-8A66-6F877C4DCDC1%7d_20130422170243<p class="small-text date-text">Gallery Talk</p>​Investigate iconic photographs of commonplace subjects by this pioneer of modern color photography.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Saturday, June 8, 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/events-at-the-cloisters/sights-and-scents/beasts?eid=A001_%7bC4392082-1A88-4812-9A47-0717D75ED880%7d_20130327121304http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/events-at-the-cloisters/sights-and-scents/beasts?eid=A001_%7bC4392082-1A88-4812-9A47-0717D75ED880%7d_20130327121304<p class="small-text date-text">Sights & Scents at The Cloisters</p>​We invite individuals living with dementia, together with their family members or care partners, to join us for Sights &amp; Scents at The Cloisters museum and gardens.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Saturday, June 8, 11:00 a.m.&ndash;12:30 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/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-with-dementia-and-their-care-partners/met-escapes-gallery-tour?eid=A023_%7b69C1316D-A36C-4C61-9074-94617A844B13%7d_20130128162951http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-with-dementia-and-their-care-partners/met-escapes-gallery-tour?eid=A023_%7b69C1316D-A36C-4C61-9074-94617A844B13%7d_20130128162951<p class="small-text date-text">Program for Visitors with Dementia and Their Care Partners</p>​We invite individuals living with dementia, together with their family members or care partners, to participate in discussions, handling sessions, art making, and other interactive and multisensory activities in the galleries and in the classroom.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Monday, June 10, 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/talks/gallery-talks/velazquez-portrait-of-francesco-fm?eid=A001_%7bB44E1A5B-A02F-49DC-AD45-F4917C0DE598%7d_20130426102301http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/talks/gallery-talks/velazquez-portrait-of-francesco-fm?eid=A001_%7bB44E1A5B-A02F-49DC-AD45-F4917C0DE598%7d_20130426102301<p class="small-text date-text">Gallery Talk</p>​In this exhibition, come face to face with one of Vel&aacute;zquez's most distinctive&mdash;yet least known&mdash;portraits, and enjoy the rare opportunity to view this landmark of baroque portraiture.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Wednesday, June 12, 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/talks/gallery-talks/drawings-and-prints-from-the-collection-fm?eid=A001_%7b0B9E385B-CD74-461A-804A-8DC42D6966D6%7d_20130418145539http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/talks/gallery-talks/drawings-and-prints-from-the-collection-fm?eid=A001_%7b0B9E385B-CD74-461A-804A-8DC42D6966D6%7d_20130418145539<p class="small-text date-text">Gallery Talk</p>​Join two curators to explore the current installation that includes oversized sixteenth-century woodcuts, European eighteenth- and nineteenth-century portrait drawings, a selection of modern and contemporary drawings and prints, and American Civil War prints designed by Winslow Homer and Thomas Nast.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Thursday, June 13, 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/photography-and-the-american-civil-war-fm?eid=A004_%7b1EC38B83-8146-4434-B3D9-2CB3276007C8%7d_20130422171431http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/talks/gallery-talks/photography-and-the-american-civil-war-fm?eid=A004_%7b1EC38B83-8146-4434-B3D9-2CB3276007C8%7d_20130422171431<p class="small-text date-text">Gallery Talk</p>​In this exhibition, investigate the evolving role of the camera during the war by examining haunting battlefield landscapes, medical studies of wounded soldiers, portraits of both Abraham Lincoln and his assassin John Wilkes Booth, and other fascinating images.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Friday, June 14, 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/talks/gallery-talks/the-civil-war-and-american-art-fm?eid=A001_%7bE03EABCD-F1A8-4CA7-90D6-849DB0BEC5AE%7d_20130426103316http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/talks/gallery-talks/the-civil-war-and-american-art-fm?eid=A001_%7bE03EABCD-F1A8-4CA7-90D6-849DB0BEC5AE%7d_20130426103316<p class="small-text date-text">Gallery Talk</p>​In this exhibition, consider how artists responded to the aftermath of the Civil War and captured its impact on the American psyche through paintings of landscapes and genre scenes.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Saturday, June 15, 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/seeing-through-drawing?eid=A017_%7bDE47B0EE-DFF1-44C3-9FE5-7718B79749EF%7d_20130128121300http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-who-are-blind-or-partially-sighted/seeing-through-drawing?eid=A017_%7bDE47B0EE-DFF1-44C3-9FE5-7718B79749EF%7d_20130128121300<p class="small-text date-text">Program for Visitors Who Are Blind or Partially Sighted</p>​With the Museum's collection as inspiration, learn innovative techniques that make drawing accessible.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Saturday, June 15, 11:00 a.m.&ndash;1:00 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/talks/gallery-talks/impressionism-everyday-life-and-the-industrial-revolution?eid=A001_%7bD250A512-D955-44CF-BB00-69D34271587B%7d_20130418151153http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/talks/gallery-talks/impressionism-everyday-life-and-the-industrial-revolution?eid=A001_%7bD250A512-D955-44CF-BB00-69D34271587B%7d_20130418151153<p class="small-text date-text">Gallery Talk</p>​Explore how the Industrial Revolution transformed everyday life and leisure time in Paris and triggered a stylistic revolution in the art world.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Saturday, June 15, 7:00&ndash;8:00 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/gallery-conversation-civil-war?eid=A001_%7b1A3080B0-BE5B-40D5-86AE-4948F67EC013%7d_20130418151824http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/talks/gallery-talks/gallery-conversation-civil-war?eid=A001_%7b1A3080B0-BE5B-40D5-86AE-4948F67EC013%7d_20130418151824<p class="small-text date-text">Gallery Talk</p>​Examine an exhibition through the lens of military history.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Wednesday, June 19, 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/talks/gallery-talks/plain-or-fancy-fm?eid=A002_%7bCF27A37A-F729-4372-A36C-DDBE789AC1AC%7d_20130422171725http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/talks/gallery-talks/plain-or-fancy-fm?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>http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/talks/conversations-with-curators-and-conservators/drawing-of-an-angel?eid=A001_%7b585DB6EF-1AB4-4DC8-AB7A-C3394BA56895%7d_20130419142942http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/talks/conversations-with-curators-and-conservators/drawing-of-an-angel?eid=A001_%7b585DB6EF-1AB4-4DC8-AB7A-C3394BA56895%7d_20130419142942<p class="small-text date-text">Conversation with a Curator or Conservator</p>​Experience a lively dialogue with a Museum conservator about an object that especially intrigues her.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Friday, June 21, 2:00&ndash;2:45 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;">Free with Museum admission</p>​</p>http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/lectures-and-panels/free-lectures/african-art?eid=A001_%7bA1FB2E0C-14E0-4F8A-8F5C-7C47654935D8%7d_20130314113530http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/lectures-and-panels/free-lectures/african-art?eid=A001_%7bA1FB2E0C-14E0-4F8A-8F5C-7C47654935D8%7d_20130314113530<p class="small-text date-text">Free Lecture</p>​Explore the complex circumstances surrounding the reception of African art by writers, intellectuals, and artists in New York during the 1910s and 1920s.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Friday, June 21, 6:00&ndash;7:00 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;">Free with Museum admission</p>​</p>http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-who-are-deaf/art-asl-civil-war?eid=A001_%7b014998AB-BB76-447A-BC5D-CC5AA15A0F95%7d_20130226134207http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-who-are-deaf/art-asl-civil-war?eid=A001_%7b014998AB-BB76-447A-BC5D-CC5AA15A0F95%7d_20130226134207<p class="small-text date-text">Program for Visitors Who Are Deaf</p>​See the Civil War through the eyes of artists and consider the war's impact on American art.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Friday, June 21, 6:15&ndash;7:15 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/artists-on-artworks/susanna-coffey-fm?eid=A001_%7bACBD7A6A-D637-4C0B-AB42-6195117444FD%7d_20130419140606http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/talks/artists-on-artworks/susanna-coffey-fm?eid=A001_%7bACBD7A6A-D637-4C0B-AB42-6195117444FD%7d_20130419140606<p class="small-text date-text">Artists on Artworks</p>​See the Met's collection through artists' eyes. Each artist discusses works of art in the collection that have influenced his or her own work.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Friday, June 21, 6:30&ndash;7:30 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;">Free with Museum admission, though tickets are required</p>​</p>http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/talks/gallery-talks/summer-museum-graduate-intern-talk-fm?eid=A001_%7bCDD17457-54A4-4129-B00B-5288EE8222F7%7d_20130417115142http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/talks/gallery-talks/summer-museum-graduate-intern-talk-fm?eid=A001_%7bCDD17457-54A4-4129-B00B-5288EE8222F7%7d_20130417115142<p class="small-text date-text">Gallery Talk</p>​Summer Museum graduate interns lead gallery talks on topics of their choice.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Saturday, June 22, 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/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-who-are-deaf/arts-of-the-americas?eid=A001_%7b8CF9CA12-616B-4B8B-B5E2-C392960284FD%7d_20130417135759http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/programs-for-visitors-with-disabilities/visitors-who-are-deaf/arts-of-the-americas?eid=A001_%7b8CF9CA12-616B-4B8B-B5E2-C392960284FD%7d_20130417135759<p class="small-text date-text">Program for Visitors Who Are Deaf</p>​Explore works from the ancient Americas, including Mexico, Panama, and Peru.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Saturday, June 22, 2:15&ndash;3:15 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;">Free with Museum admission</p>​</p>