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The collection of Asian art at the Metropolitan is the largest and most comprehensive in the West. This tour presents an introduction to the Museum's full range of Japanese art, from the Neolithic to the modern. Highlights include Buddhist and Shinto ritual objects, secular art in a wide variety of media, screens, prints, and paintings. Textiles and prints rotate every four months and paintings every six months.
Free with Museum admission
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Guided Tour
Thursday, May 23, 1:15–2:15 p.m.
Friday, May 24, 1:15–2:15 p.m.
Tuesday, May 28, 1:15–2:15 p.m.
Wednesday, May 29, 1:15–2:15 p.m.
Thursday, May 30, 1:15–2:15 p.m.
Friday, May 31, 1:15–2:15 p.m.
Tuesday, June 4, 1:15–2:15 p.m.
Wednesday, June 5, 1:15–2:15 p.m.
Thursday, June 6, 1:15–2:15 p.m.
Friday, June 7, 1:15–2:15 p.m.
Bring your friends and chart your own course through the galleries as you participate in activities that connect you with works of art.
The Museum offers lectures and panels in conjunction with special exhibitions, the permanent collection, and other related topics.
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.
