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 gallery chats across the Museum, and enjoy drink specials and an assortment of light fare in the American Wing Café, Petrie Court Café, or Cantor Roof Garden Bar (last call at 8:15 pm) and a small bites menu in the Balcony Lounge (open to Met Members at the Evening Hours level and above; 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.
Gallery Chats
Get to know a work of art during an informal drop-in conversation led by a Museum guide.
Friday October 7, 6–7:30 PM
Islamic Art: Gallery 453, Floor 2
European Paintings: Gallery 614, Gallery 617, and Gallery 810, Floor 2
The American Wing: Gallery 771, Floor 2
Asian Art: Gallery 229 and Gallery 240, Floor 2
Saturday October 8, 6–7:30 PM
European Paintings: Gallery 602 and Gallery 818, Floor 2
The American Wing: Gallery 757, Floor 2
Ancient Near Eastern Art: Gallery 401, Floor 2
Modern and Contemporary Art: Gallery 919, Floor 2
Live music by ETHEL
Ralph Farris (viola), Kip Jones (violin), Dorothy Lawson (cello), and Corin Lee (violin) perform the infectiously engaging music of ETHEL members, as well as audience favorites by the group's eclectic crew of contemporary composers.
Friday, October 7 and Saturday, October 8, 6–8:30 PM
The Petrie Court Café, Floor 1
Friday and Saturday evenings are made possible by the Ruth Lapham Lloyd Trust and the William H. Kearns Foundation.
