Getting to The Cloisters

Cloisters

99 Margaret Corbin Drive
Fort Tryon Park
New York, New York 10040
Information: 212-923-3700
TTY: 212-570-3828
Email: cloisters@metmuseum.org

See Getting Here for directions to the Main Building of the Museum.

By Subway/Bus
Take the A train to 190th Street and exit the station by elevator. Walk north along Margaret Corbin Drive for approximately ten minutes or transfer to the M4 bus and ride north one stop. If you are coming from the Museum's Main Building, you may also take the M4 bus directly from Madison Avenue/83rd Street to the last stop. (Please allow more time for this option.)

By Car
Take Henry Hudson Parkway northbound to the first exit after George Washington Bridge (Fort Tryon Park—The Cloisters). This exit is only accessible from the northbound lane; if coming from the north, take Henry Hudson Parkway southbound to exit 14–15, make a U-turn, and travel north one mile to the exit marked Fort Tryon Park—The Cloisters.


Parking

Visitors to The Cloisters may use free city parking available in Fort Tryon Park.

Metropolitan Museum to Open 7 Days a Week Starting July 1

As of July 1, 2013, The Metropolitan Museum of Art will open to the public seven days a week. Learn more about the new schedule.

Search for the Unicorn

On View May 15–August 18

Given by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., in time for the opening of The Cloisters in 1938, the Unicorn Tapestries are its best-known masterpieces; yet, seventy-five years later, their history and meaning remain elusive. This exhibition invites you to see the tapestries anew.

Learn more about the exhibition.

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The Cloisters: Medieval Art and Architecture

Explore the Met's many publications related to The Cloisters museum and gardens.

Titles after 1964 are available in MetPublications.

Additional publications—including correspondence, guidebooks, and more—have been made available by Watson Library as a digital collection.