Gallery Talk

Cycles of Change in the Art of the Silk Road

Friday, August 9, 6:30–7:30 p.m.

David Bowles, Assistant Museum Educator, MMA

Gallery 534 (Vélez Blanco Patio) Show location on map

Consider artworks created along the ancient Silk Road—including treasures from India, Iran, and Rome—through the lens of cycles of change.

Free with Museum admission

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Friday Evening Gallery Events

Bring your friends and chart your own course through the galleries as you participate in activities that connect you with works of art.

William Hogarth  (British, 1697–1764) | Scholars at a Lecture (detail), January 1736 | 91.1.35

The Museum offers lectures and panels in conjunction with special exhibitions, the permanent collection, and other related topics.

Garden Tour at The Cloisters Museum and Gardens

Enjoy collection highlight tours, garden tours, gallery talks, and other programs at The Cloisters museum and gardens, the branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in northern Manhattan devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe.