Gallery Talk

Geology, Transcendentalism, and American Landscape Painting

Saturday, May 4, 7:00–8:00 p.m.

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Gallery 534 (Vélez Blanco Patio) Show location on map

Investigate how mid-nineteenth-century American painters responded to the expanding field of geology and its effects on society, including the spread of scientific knowledge among the public, the associated moral lessons and religious connotations, and its impact on western expansion and tourism.

Free with Museum admission

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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.