Events at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (all upcoming events)

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

Fashion in Art

Guided Tour

This cross-cultural guided tour focuses on the ways in which artists have used clothing to express identity and influence from the sixth century b.c. through modern times.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 1:45–2:45 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Robert Lehman Collection: Renaissance to Impressionism

Guided Tour

A view of one of America's greatest private collections, spanning a seven-hundred-year period, from the Renaissance to the mid-twentieth century.

Wednesday, May 22, 1:45–2:45 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Arts of Ancient Egypt

Guided Tour

This tour provides an overview of the Metropolitan's collection of Egyptian art, one of the finest and most comprehensive outside Egypt.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 2:00–3:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Parent-Child Workshops (Ages 3–6): Session 6

Membership Class for Children

This class is designed to provide adults and children with an opportunity to discover art in a studio setting as well as in the Museum's galleries.

Wednesday, May 22, 2:00–3:00 p.m.

For Family/Dual Members and above | Fee: $480 for the twelve-session semester

Arts of the Islamic World

Guided Tour

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, 2:15–3:15 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Museum Highlights

Guided Tour

Wednesday, May 22, 2:30–3:30 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Arts of Ancient Greece and Rome

Guided Tour

This tour of the Greek and Roman Art galleries provides an introduction to five thousand years of art from the early Cycladic period in the fifth millennium b.c. to the time of Constantine in the fourth century a.d.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 2:45–3:45 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Modern Art

Guided Tour

Discover the Museum's exceptional collection of modern art—including painting and sculpture—through works representing the major stylistic movements from 1900 to the present.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 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.

Wednesday, May 22, 3:00–3:30 p.m.

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

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.

Wednesday, May 22, 3:00–4:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission