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Arts of the Ancient Americas

Ongoing

Following a multiyear renovation, the new installation reintroduces visitors to the Museum’s collection of ancestral arts of the Americas, representing the artistic legacy of Indigenous artists from across North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean prior to 1600 CE.

Past Exhibition

Chroma: Ancient Sculpture in Color

2022년 7월 5일~2023년 3월 26일

Ancient Greek and Roman sculpture was once colorful, vibrantly painted and richly adorned with detailed ornamentation. Chroma: Ancient Sculpture in Color reveals the colorful backstory of polychromy—meaning “many colors,” in Greek—and presents new …

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Flight into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876–Now

2024년 11월 17일~2025년 2월 17일

Flight into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876–Now examines how Black artists and other cultural figures have engaged with ancient Egypt through visual art, sculpture, literature, music, scholarship, religion, politics, and performance. I…

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Weaving Abstraction in Ancient and Modern Art

2024년 3월 5일~6월 16일

The process of creating textiles has long been a springboard for artistic invention. In Weaving Abstraction in Ancient and Modern Art, two extraordinary bodies of work separated by at least 500 years are brought together to explore the striking con…

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New York Art Worlds, 1870–1890

2022년 12월 12일~2024년 7월 21일

This exhibition explores aspects of the lived experience of being an artist in New York City during the 1870s and 1880s, an era of rapid socio-economic change. Drawing largely from the American Wing’s varied collections, the display investigates th…

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Divine Egypt

2025년 10월 12일~2026년 1월 19일

Divine Egypt showcases 250 works revealing how ancient Egyptians used images to connect with their gods, blending art, ritual, and daily life across millennia.

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The Celebration: A Selection of Works by the 2025 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards New York City Gold Key Recipients

2025년 3월 28일~5월 18일

This exhibition features more than 500 works of art and writing by New York City teens who received the highest regional recognition in the 2025 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards—the Gold Key Award. Presented by the Alliance for Young Artists & Write…

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Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room

Ongoing

Seneca Village, a 19th-century Black community in today’s Central Park, was displaced in 1857. The exhibit imagines its thriving future through Afrofuturism, art, and storytelling.

Past Exhibition

Ganesha: Lord of New Beginnings

2022년 11월 19일~2026년 1월 4일

Ganesha, Hindu god of new beginnings and remover of obstacles, is shown in 24 works spanning centuries across India, Himalayas, and Southeast Asia.

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Art Work: Artists Working at The Met

2022년 6월 6일~19일

Since 1935, staff members working as a part of The Met community, many of whom are accomplished artists, have shared their creative contributions with each other on a regular basis. This year we are delighted to open this presentation of their work…

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Pergamon and the Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Ancient World

This exhibition will bring together more than 265 exquisite objects that were created through the patronage of the royal courts of the Hellenistic kingdoms, with an emphasis on the ancient city of Pergamon.

On view April 18–July 17, 2016

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The World between Empires: Art and Identity in the Ancient Middle East

A new perspective on the vibrant artistic and cultural identities that flourished at the edges of two ancient empires as they competed for regional control.

On view March 18–June 23, 2019

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Art of the First Cities

Art of the First Cities surveys the evolution of art and culture in the land between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates and their impact on the emerging cities of the ancient world—from the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean across Central Asia and along the Gulf to the Indus Valley—during one of the most seminal and creative periods in history.

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Treasures from a Lost Civilization

Monumental bronze images of deities, lively human figures, fantastic ritual vessels, exquisite jades, and spirited ceramic sculptures dating from the thirteenth century B.C. to the third century A.D.

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Man, Myth, and Sensual Pleasures

The first major exhibition in forty-five years devoted to the Burgundian Netherlandish artist Jan Gossart (ca. 1478–1532) brings together Gossart's paintings, drawings, and prints and places them in the context of the art and artists that influenced his transformation from Late Gothic Mannerism to the new Renaissance mode.

On view October 6, 2010–January 17, 2011

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Section One

Diamonds of the Deccan

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Another World Lies Beyond: Chinese Art and the Divine

This exhibition presents a rich display of images of the divine from premodern China, ranging from serene, monochrome Buddhist paintings to raucous, colorful sculptures of popular deities.

On view August 24, 2019–January 5, 2020

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The World of Scholars' Rocks

This exhibition, on view February 1 through August 20, 2000, explored rocks as accoutrements of the scholar's study in China, accompanied by approximately ninety paintings drawn primarily from the Museum's collection.

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Golden Kingdoms: Luxury and Legacy in the Ancient Americas

This landmark exhibition of luxury arts of the Incas, the Aztecs, and their predecessors traces the emergence and florescence of goldworking in the ancient Americas, from its earliest appearance in the Andes to its later developments farther north in Central America and Mexico.

On view February 28–May 28, 2018

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The Games in Ancient Athens

In honor of the modern Olympics being held in Athens, this selection of ancient Greek vases, bronzes, and other works—on view June 29 through October 3, 2004—showcases aspects of games held at Athens in antiquity.