Gallery Talk

Evolutions and Revolutions: Ancient Art of Egypt and the Middle East

Sunday, August 25, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Erica Ehrenberg

Gallery 534 (Vélez Blanco Patio) Show location on map

Witness the flowering of civilization in the world's first cities, and consider what stimulated the birth and growth of monumental art, architecture, and writing.

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.