Gallery Talk

Exhibition Tour—Photography and the American Civil War

Thursday, July 18, 10:30–11:30 a.m.

Jeff L. Rosenheim, Curator in Charge, Department of Photographs, MMA

Gallery 199 Show location on map

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.

Assistive listening
devices are available.   Assistive listening devices are available.

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.