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Metropolitan Museum Acquires Monumental Portrait by Leading 17th-Century French Painter Charles Le Brun of Everhard Jabach and His Family

Stephen M. Cutler Elected a Trustee at
Metropolitan Museum

The Anna Wintour Costume Center and Charles James: Beyond Fashion Opening Ceremony

Metropolitan Museum’s Instagram Account Wins Prestigious Webby Award

Major Gift from Adrienne Arsht to Support Met Museum Presents, the Innovative Series of Performances and Talk

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Announces Its 2014–15 Season of Met Museum Presents

14 International Museum Leaders to Participate in Metropolitan Museum’s First-ever Colloquium Aimed at Broadening Dialogue on Global Museum Issues

Sandra Jackson-Dumont Named to Lead the Metropolitan Museum's Education Programs and Initiatives

Metropolitan Museum Launches MetCollects, an Online Series Featuring Recently Acquired
Works of Art

New Managing Horticulturist Appointed at The Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum’s Branch for Medieval Art

Beatrice Galilee Appointed Associate Curator of Architecture and Design in Department of Modern and Contemporary Art at Metropolitan Museum

Daniel and Estrellita B. Brodsky Establish Two Curatorships, Providing Major Support for the Metropolitan Museum’s Expanded Modern and Contemporary Art Program

Iria Candela e Beatrice Galilee nomeadas como novas curadoras por Daniel e Estrellita Brodsky dentro do departamento de arte contemporânea do Met

Met Museum Presents – March 2014

Monuments Men Who Saved Works of Art during World War II—Including Former Metropolitan Museum Director James J. Rorimer—Celebrated in New Gallery Itinerary, Display, and March 9 Event

Iria Candela y Beatrice Galilee asumirán nuevas curadurías auspiciadas por Daniel y Estrellita Brodsky en el Departamento de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo del Metropolitan

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

Metropolitan Museum to Designate Renovated
Costume Institute the Anna Wintour Costume Center

Metropolitan Museum Initiative Provides Free Access to 400,000 Digital Images

Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of United Nations, Visits Korean Art Exhibition at Met Museum

New Season of Early Music Performances Marks 75th Anniversary Year at The Cloisters Featured Groups Include Waverly Consort, Lionheart, Orlando Consort, Blue Heron, Pomerium, and Sequentia

New Trustees Charles N. Atkins, Blair Effron, John Paulson, and Dr. Samantha Boardman Rosen Elected at Metropolitan Museum

Statement by The Metropolitan Museum of Art on the Ruling by Justice Shirley Werner Kornreich

Metropolitan Museum and SFMOMA Jointly Acquire Major William Kentridge Installation

New Lease Amendment Signed by Metropolitan Museum and City of New York, Confirming Longstanding Admissions Policy

Three Metropolitan Museum Exhibitions Stimulate $742 Million 2013 Economic Impact for New York

Metropolitan Museum to Live Stream Its All-day, Sold-out TEDxMet Event This Saturday, October 19

Apollo Circle Benefit on November 14 at Metropolitan Museum Marks Event’s 10th Anniversary

ICOM Officially Announces the Publication of the Emergency Red List of Syrian Cultural Objects at Risk

¡Fiesta! at Metropolitan Museum Celebrates Hispanic and Latin Cultures With Afternoon of Free Programs and Performances

メトロポリタン美術館が新しいウェブ機能、一つのMET。世界のアート。（One Met. Many Worlds.）を11カ国語で開始します。

Trumbull’s Iconic Portrait of Alexander Hamilton Now on View at Metropolitan Museum

Léger Masterpiece The Village—Acquired through Additional Gift from Leonard A. Lauder—Now on View at Metropolitan Museum

Metropolitan Museum Celebrates “An Evening of Many Cultures” with Gala and Dance Party on September 23

Diana Craig Patch Named Lila Acheson Wallace Curator in Charge of Department of Egyptian Art at Metropolitan Museum

Curatorial Appointments at Metropolitan Museum Bring Renewed Attention to Artistic Traditions across the Americas, Both Before and Beyond Colonialism

Met Museum Presents - December 2013

Met Museum Presents - January & February 2014

Met Museum Presents - Chamber Opera at the Met in 2013-14:

Metropolitan Museum Unveils New Adventure Travel Program

Metropolitan Museum Announces Speakers and Performers for Unprecedented TEDxMet Event on Saturday, October 19

Joanna Prosser Named Vice President for Merchandising at Metropolitan Museum

Metropolitan Museum Reaches One Million Visitors in 18 Months to New Galleries for American Paintings, Sculpture, and Decorative Arts

Metropolitan Museum to Inaugurate Global Museum Leaders Colloquium in Spring 2014

Metropolitan Museum Now Open 7 Days a Week

Sree Sreenivasan Named the Metropolitan Museum’s First Chief Digital Officer

Gerald L. Hassell and Kathryn S. Wylde Honored at Metropolitan Museum's 2013 Corporate Benefit

P.S. Art 2013, Annual Juried Exhibition of Art by NYC Public School Students, on View at the Metropolitan Museum
June 11 - August 25, 2013

C. Griffith Mann Appointed Michel David-Weill Curator in Charge, and Peter Barnet Appointed Senior Curator, of Metropolitan Museum’s Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters

Metropolitan Museum of Art to Return Two Khmer Sculptures to Cambodia

Cynthia Round Named Metropolitan Museum’s New Senior Vice President, Marketing and External Relations

Met Museum Presents - September 2013

Rare 15th-Century Illuminated Manuscript of Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah Jointly Acquired by The Israel Museum, Jerusalem and The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Announces the 2013-14 Season of Met Museum Presents – Performances and Talks that Amplify, Enrich, and Reinterpret the Met's Collection and Galleries

Metropolitan Museum to Offer Combined Same-Week Admission to The Cloisters

Metropolitan Museum Announces Gift of Major Cubist Collection Comprising 78 Works by Picasso, Braque, Gris, and Léger from Leonard A. Lauder and Creation of New Research Center for Modern Art

El Metropolitan Museum Anuncia La Donación de Una Importante Colección de Arte Cubista Reunida por Leonard A. Lauder, Que Incluye 78 Obras de Picasso, Braque, Gris y Léger, y La Creación de un Nuevo Centro de Investigación de Arte Moderno

Met Museum Presents - October 2013

Metropolitan Museum Signs Agreement with India’s Ministry of Culture to Cooperate in Areas Including Conservation, Exhibitions, and Research

Metropolitan Museum to Open 7 Days a Week Starting July 1

Credit Suisse to Donate Trumbull’s Iconic Portrait of Alexander Hamilton to Metropolitan Museum of Art and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

Stuart W. Pyhrr to Become Distinguished Research Curator after 25 Years Leading Metropolitan Museum’s Arms and Armor Department

Metropolitan Museum Launches 82nd & Fifth, a 2013 Multimedia Online Series Featuring 100 Works of Art and 100 Curators They Inspired

Now Available…
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide
in Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish

Met Museum Presents – Spring 2013 Schedule

Met Museum Presents – June 2013

Met Museum Presents – Just Announced:
OM: At Giza

Metropolitan Museum’s New Galleries for Islamic Art Department Draw One Million Visitors

Ground Formally Broken for New David H. Koch Plaza at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Julie Jones to Become Curator Emeritus After Distinguished 38-Year Career at Metropolitan Museum in Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Spring 2013 Concerts Celebrate 75th Anniversary of The Cloisters

Met Museum Presents – May 2013

Met Museum Presents - April 2013

Met Museum Presents – March 2013

Met Museum Launches Major Web Resource Offering Access to Hundreds of Its Publications

AXA Equitable Donates America Today, Thomas Hart Benton’s Epic Mural Cycle Celebrating Life in 1920s America, to Metropolitan Museum

Metropolitan Museum’s Main Building and Cloisters Celebrate Presidents’ Day—February 18—a "Met Holiday Monday"

Ground Formally Broken for New David H. Koch Plaza at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

(New York, January 14, 2013)—Government leaders and museum officials today formally broke ground for the new plaza and fountains at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Metropolitan Museum’s Main Building and Cloisters Observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day—January 21—a “Met Holiday Monday”

Met Museum Presents – February 2013

Metropolitan Museum’s Main Building and Cloisters Celebrate the Season with Two "Holiday Mondays"—Added Viewing Days—December 24 and 31

The Sau-Wing Lam Collection in Action:
A Four-Concert Series Featuring Rare Italian Stringed Instruments

Met Museum Presents – January 2013

Nicholas Cullinan Named Curator in Department of Modern and Contemporary Art at Metropolitan Museum

Metropolitan Museum Receives Group of Important Modern Works and Establishes Fund Supporting Its Collection of Art from Africa, Oceania, and the Americas through Generous Bequests of Andrea Bollt

Marina Kellen French Elected Trustee at Metropolitan Museum

Andrew Solomon Elected Trustee at Metropolitan Museum

Marica F. Vilcek Elected Honorary Trustee at Metropolitan Museum

Met Museum Presents – December 2012

METROPOLITAN MUSEUM TO REOPEN CLOISTERS ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6

Metropolitan Museum and Cloisters to Observe Veterans Day Weekend with Free Admission for the Military on November 11 and 12

Met Museum Presents—Live Webcast of
Peony Pavilion in Updated Version by Tan Dun and Huang Doudou
Performed by Zhang Jun and the Shanghai Zhang Jun Art Center Company in Metropolitan Museum’s Astor Court Friday, November 30, 7:00 p.m.

METROPOLITAN MUSEUM ANNOUNCES IT WILL CLOSE TO PUBLIC ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30

Met Museum Presents
November 2012

Met Museum Presents - November 2013

Metropolitan Museum’s Summer Exhibitions Stimulate $781 Million Economic Impact for
New York

¡Fiesta! at Metropolitan Museum Celebrates Hispanic and Latin American Cultures With Full Day of Programs and Performances
September 29, 2012

Met Holiday Mondays at Metropolitan Museum Reach 10-Year Mark This Columbus Day, October 8

Met Museum Presents
Talks, Tours, and Conversations
Fall 2012

Met Museum Presents – October 2012