Highlights of American paintings in the Museum's collection.

Free with Museum admission

11:45 a.m., Tours Sign, Great Hall

Highlights of American paintings in the Museum's collection.

Free with Museum admission

11:45 a.m., Tours Sign, Great Hall

This talk focuses on the historical context, the artist, and the creation process of the oldest American panoramic painting still in existence.

Free with Museum admission

10:00 a.m., Tours Sign, Great Hall

This exhibition of more than 100 paintings presents figural scenes of ordinary people engaged in life's tasks and pleasures by artists ranging from John Singleton Copley to George Bellows.

Free with Museum admission

11:00 a.m., Special Exhibition Galleries, 2nd floor

Jackson Frost, director. Examines the career of this portrait painter of the Gilded Age (57 min.).

This film is shown in conjunction with the special exhibition "American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915."

Free with Museum admission

2:00 p.m., Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall, Uris Center for Education

Glenn Holsten, director. Analyzes the artistic development of Eakins's style (58 min.).

This film is shown in conjunction with the special exhibition "American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915."

Free with Museum admission

2:00 p.m., Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall, Uris Center for Education

Private gallery tour given by curator Morrison H. Heckscher. Luncheon will be served.

$300

1:30 p.m., Great Hall

These workshops for adults who are blind or partially sighted make works of art accessible through detailed descriptions, touch, and other activities to awaken the senses.

This program is free, but places are limited, so reservations are required. Please call 212–650–2010 or email access@metmuseum.org.

This program is held in conjunction with the exhibition American Stories: Paintings of American Life, 1765–1915.

Free with Museum admission

2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m., Uris Center for Education, ground floor