News

Metropolitan Museum Extends
Hours for Final Weekend of
China: Through the Looking Glass

Metropolitan Museum of Art Launches
The Met Breuer in March 2016
Expanding Modern and Contemporary
Art Program

Metropolitan Museum Announces Roster
of Presenters for TEDxMet Event to
Take Place Saturday, September 26,
at The Met Breuer

Adam Gopnik Returns to The Met for a Series
about the Mesmerizing Cultures of Jerusalem

Metropolitan Museum Announces
Record-breaking 6.3 Million
Annual Attendance

Metropolitan Museum Celebrates 25th Anniversary of
Americans with Disabilities Act by Hosting Special
Events to Honor Creativity and Accessibility

Celebrate a Summer of American Art—Independence Day through Labor Day—at Metropolitan Museum

China: Through the Looking Glass Exhibition Extended through September 7 at Metropolitan Museum

English | 中国

The Met App is Now Available on Android Smartphones

Statement by Thomas P. Campbell,
Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
on Announcement by LG Electronics of
Modified Plan for New Headquarters

Met Museum to Present Irving Penn Centennial Exhibition in 2017 Featuring Landmark Promised Gift of Photographs from The Irving Penn Foundation

World’s Earliest Known Cello on Summer
Loan to Metropolitan Museum

Kelly Baum Named Curator in Department of
Modern and Contemporary Art at Met Museum

P.S. Art 2015, Annual Juried Exhibition of
Art by NYC Public School Students, to Enjoy
Extended Run at Metropolitan Museum
and to Be Featured in Times Square

Metropolitan Museum Reprises Teens Take the Met!—Dynamic Free Program for Teens—Friday, June 5

Call for Submissions for Soundwalk 9:09,
A New Work for The Metropolitan
Museum of Art and The Met Breuer

Met Museum and National Gallery of Art,
Washington, Each Acquire Significant Work
by Leading Harlem Renaissance Artist
Aaron Douglas

Metropolitan Museum Elects New Trustees
N. Anthony Coles, Álvaro Saieh, and Mary J. Wallach

Senses of Springtime—Celebrate India!
Festival for All Ages, May 17, at Met Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Announces the
2015-2016 Season of Met Museum Presents

Clyde B. Jones III Named Senior Vice President for Institutional Advancement at Met Museum

World-renowned Classical Pianist Lang Lang to Perform at Metropolitan Museum as Part of Centennial Celebration of Asian Art and Culture

Metropolitan Museum of Art Expands
Modern and Contemporary Art Program
with Launch of The Met Breuer in March 2016

Masterpieces of Japanese and Korean Art from Renowned Mary Griggs Burke Collection Donated to Metropolitan Museum of Art and Minneapolis Institute of Arts through Landmark Bequests

Landmark Gifts of Art and Funding Dramatically Enhance Met Museum’s Asian Art Department as Yearlong Program of Exhibitions and Activities Begins, Celebrating Department’s Centennial

David Chipperfield Named as Architect to Redesign
Metropolitan Museum’s Modern and Contemporary
Art Wing and Adjacent Areas

Daniel H. Weiss Named Next President
of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Celebrating Asian Art through Performance in Spring Season of Met Museum Presents

English | 中国

Statement by Thomas P. Campbell,
Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
On The Destruction at The Mosul Museum

Betsy Cohen Named Honorary Trustee at Metropolitan Museum

Metropolitan Museum’s Lunar New Year Festival to Celebrate Year of the Ram

MetFridays Launches at Met Museum, Highlighting Range of Activities for Visitors on Friday Evenings

15 International Museum Leaders to Convene for Metropolitan Museum’s Second Global Museum Leaders Colloquium in April 2015

Advance Details about Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Spring Exhibition, China: Through the Looking Glass, Announced at the Palace Museum in China

English | 中国

George R. Goldner to Step Down After Leading Metropolitan Museum’s Department of Drawings and Prints for 21 Years; Nadine M. Orenstein to Become Drue Heinz Curator in Charge of the Department

Souls Grown Deep Foundation Donates 57 Works to Metropolitan Museum of Art

Visitors to Four 2014 Exhibitions at Metropolitan Museum Generated $753 Million in Spending in New York

Khan Academy to Carry Extensive Content Created by Metropolitan Museum Based on Its World-Renowned Collection
New Partnership Will Extend Free Online Learning Opportunities Globally

New Trustees James W. Breyer, Howard S. Marks, Beatrice Stern, and Caroline Diamond Harrison Elected at Metropolitan Museum

Met Museum Celebrates Diwali, Indian “Festival of Light,” with Dance Performances
Sunday, November 2, 2014

Teens Take the Met—Dynamic Free Program for Teens—Will Launch on Friday, October 17

Metropolitan Museum Acquires Important Group of Egyptian Vessels and Ornaments Excavated in 1913-14 at Haraga

Cloisters Concerts in 2014–15 Season Feature Expanded Range and New Locations

Metropolitan Museum’s Seventh Annual ¡Fiesta! Celebrates Hispanic and Latin American Cultures with Afternoon of Free Family Programs and Performances for All Ages

Metropolitan Museum’s New David H. Koch Plaza Opens to the Public September 10

Two-year Renovation Project Transforms Plaza along Fifth Avenue Into Welcoming Entry for the Museum’s More than Six Million Annual Visitors

Metropolitan Museum Launches Flagship App for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

The Met App Provides Easy Way for the Museum’s Community, Locally and Globally, to Stay Current with What’s Happening at the Museum

Metropolitan Museum Launches 82nd & Fifth App in 12 Languages, Based on Award-Winning Online Series Featuring 100 Works of Art and 100 Curators They Inspired

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Cloisters Museum and Gardens Announces Fall 2014 Schedule of Programs

Emily K. Rafferty, President of Metropolitan Museum of Art for Past Decade, to Retire in 2015

Metropolitan Museum Announces 6.2 Million Annual Attendance