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Saturday, April 19

Weekend Member Mornings

Start your weekend at The Met! Members are invited to experience select exhibitions before public hours.

9:00 AMThe Met Fifth Avenue
Free for Members

The Met Cloisters Plant Sale

Join us for The Met Cloisters Plant Sale to select a medieval garden-inspired plant for your outdoor garden.

10:00 AMThe Met Cloisters
Free with Museum admission

Saturday Stories and Glories: World Mythology (Ages 5–8)

Jump into stories, mythology, and folklore from around the globe during this interactive in-gallery program.

10:30 AMThe Met Fifth Avenue
Family-level Members and above: $375; Global, Individual, Dual-level Members and Non-Members: $430

Material Exploration (Ages 5–8)

Discover art in The Met Collection! Experiment with different materials and learn about art concepts.

10:30 AMThe Met Fifth Avenue
Family-level Members and above: $455; Global, Individual, Dual-level Members and Non-Members: $525

Drawing Adventures (Ages 5–8)

Experiment with drawing techniques! Learn about composition, color, texture, and materials. 

10:30 AMThe Met Fifth Avenue
Family-level Members and above: $375; Global, Individual, Dual-level Members and Non-Members: $430
Young children in a gallery sitting on the floor with jars of shape tiles creating art.

Start with Art and Music

Share ideas and enjoy stories, sketching, singing, and other gallery activities that bring works of art to life.

11:00 AMThe Met Fifth Avenue
Free with Museum admission

Drawing in the Galleries (Ages 9–12)

Build drawing skills, including observation, composition, perspective, and shading.

1:30 PMThe Met Fifth Avenue
Family-level Members and above: $375; Global, Individual, Dual-level Members and Non-Members: $430
stone masons constructing a building in a medieval manuscript illumination

Earth Day Talk at The Met Cloisters—Building and the Environment: A Medieval Pilot Study

Join art historian Vibeke Olson for a discussion on the process and environmental impact of medieval stone building.

 

2:00 PMThe Met Cloisters
Free with Museum admission
A man, woman, and a female child stand among tall grasses and plants. The child is holding a book with a red cover. They are looking at something that is out of our purview. Behind them, Met visitors are sitting between decorative marble arches.

CANCELED–La Experiencia Medieval: Talleres Bilingües y Educativos

Compartan sus ideas y disfruten participando en actividades en las salas para dar vida a las obras de arte medieval.

2:00 PMThe Met Cloisters
Gratuito con la entrada al Museo
A cyanotype print with white fern leaves, circular patterns, and speckled textures on a Prussian blue background, placed on a tiled surface.

Studio Workshop—Creating Cyanotypes

Learn new art-making methods with the guidance of expert artists and designers and create your own artwork.

2:00 PMThe Met Fifth Avenue
$150
Mother and daughter standing with backs turned to camera and looking into a Greek and Roman art display case.

Art Trek—Celebrate Our Differences

Travel through time and around the world and discover favorite works of art as you look and learn together.

2:00 PMThe Met Fifth Avenue
Free with Museum admission

Date Night at The Met

Enjoy live music, drink specials, and 5,000 years of art.

5:00 PMThe Met Fifth Avenue
Free with Museum admission

Sunday, April 20

Weekend Member Mornings

Start your weekend at The Met! Members are invited to experience select exhibitions before public hours.

9:00 AMThe Met Fifth Avenue
Free for Members

How Did They Do That?—Manuscript Illumination

Peek at technique and learn—through handling tools and materials—how works of art were created.

1:00 PMThe Met Cloisters
Free with Museum admission

Monday, April 21

Monday Painting Lab (Ages 5–8)

Mix your own paints and learn various techniques used in works of art in The Met collection.

3:30 PMThe Met Fifth Avenue
Family-level Members and above: $455; Global, Individual, Dual-level Members and Non-Members: $525

Tuesday, April 22

All Member Previews Sargent and Paris

10:00 AMThe Met Fifth Avenue
Free for Members
Toddlers are sat on the floor, gathered around a storyteller showing them a picture book.

Storytime at The Met—Celebrate Our Differences

Look, listen, sing, and have fun with picture-book readings connected to objects in The Met collection.

10:15 AMThe Met Fifth Avenue
Free with Museum admission
Toddlers are sat on the floor, gathered around a storyteller showing them a picture book.

Storytime at The Met—Celebrate Our Differences

Look, listen, sing, and have fun with picture-book readings connected to objects in The Met collection.

11:15 AMThe Met Fifth Avenue
Free with Museum admission
A Met educator reads a picture book to a group of children seated on the floor. They sit in a room filled with potted plants and surrounded by arched columns.

Storytime at The Met Cloisters—Spring!

Look, listen, sing, and have fun with Storytime! Join Met educators every Tuesday for picture-book readings in English and Spanish connected to objects in The Met Cloisters collection and to our uptown community. Recommended for families with children ages 18 months to 6 years.

11:30 AMThe Met Cloisters
Free with Museum admission
A group of visitors sit inside a gallery facing a Met educator who is pointing to a painting out of our view.

Met Escapes—The Roof Garden Commission: Jennie C. Jones, Ensemble

Take a break from the everyday and share encounters with art.

2:00 PMThe Met Fifth Avenue
Free, no Museum admission required
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