Every Friday and Saturday night, it’s Date Night at The Met! Bring a friend or special someone (or yourself!) for an evening of live music, drinks, and 5,000 years of art.
Experience live music and enjoy drinks and an assortment of light fare in the American Wing Cafe, the Petrie Court Cafe, and the Cantor Roof Garden Bar. Met Members at the Evening Hours level and above are welcome to enjoy small bites menu in the Balcony Lounge (reservations recommended).
Events and performers are subject to change. All events are free with Museum admission, which is always pay-what-you-wish for New York State residents and NY, NJ, and CT students with valid ID.
Pay-what-you-wish tickets can only be reserved in person; allow extra time for lines.
Met Members can use their Member card as their ticket and enter at 81st Street and Fifth Avenue. Join today.
Masks are strongly recommended.
Live Music by Rock Paper Scissors
Friday, July 7, and Saturday, July 8
6–8:30 PM
Petrie Court Cafe, Floor 1
New York’s most engaging string trio brings classics old and new with their signature high-energy spirit—from Beethoven and Zoltán Kodály, to Philip Glass and Ching-chu Hu.
Drop-in Drawing—Trees Inspired by Van Gogh
Friday, July 7
5–7 PM
Meet at the Obelisk (Cleopatra’s Needle) in Central Park
Rain plan: Meet in Gallery 548, Carroll and Milton Petrie European Sculpture Court
Experience The Met collection through creative drawing challenges with expert teaching artists. In this special outdoor session, take inspiration from Central Park and Van Gogh’s expressive cypresses. Materials are provided, but you may bring your own sketchbook.
Film Series—Short Films for Short Nights
Friday, July 7, and Saturday, July 8
7–8:30 PM
The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
Explore how cinema transformed modern art, and vice versa, in a new screening series.
Friday and Saturday evenings are made possible by the Ruth Lapham Lloyd Trust and the William H. Kearns Foundation.
