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

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.

Tuesday, May 21, 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.

Tuesday, May 21, 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.

Tuesday, May 21, 3:00–4:00 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Impressionism and Post-Impressionism

Guided Tour

An exploration of the nineteenth-century French Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, focusing on the artists' stylistic innovations and the social milieu in which they worked.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 3:15–4:15 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.

Tuesday, May 21, 3:30–4:30 p.m.

Free with Museum admission

Art Afternoons (Ages 5–7): Session 2

Membership Class for Children

Students explore their own creativity while discovering art in a studio setting.

Tuesday, May 21, 3:45–5:00 p.m.

For Family/Dual Members and above | Fee: $300 for the twelve-session semester

Art Afternoons (Ages 6–9): Session 3

Membership Class for Children

Students explore their own creativity while discovering art in a studio setting.

Tuesday, May 21, 3:45–5:00 p.m.

For Family/Dual Members and above | Fee: $300 for the twelve-session semester

Documenting War

Ticketed Talk

Tuesday, May 21, 6:00 p.m.

$27.00

The Civil War and American Art

Membership Exhibition Preview

Supporting, Sustaining, Family/Dual, and Individual Members are invited to preview the exhibition The Civil War and American Art before it opens to the public.

Wednesday, May 22, 9:30 a.m.–4:15 p.m.

For Supporting, Sustaining, Friend, Family/Dual, Individual, and Associate Members | Free with Museum Membership

Exhibition Tour—Photography and the American Civil War

Gallery Talk

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.

Wednesday, May 22, 10:00–11:00 a.m.

Free with Museum admission