The Metropolitan Museum of Art
museumEncyclopedic art museum in New York City with collections spanning over 5,000 years, known for its vast permanent collections, major special exhibitions, and landmark building on the east side of Central Park. One of the largest and most-visited art museums in the world.
Upcoming Events (25)
View Finding: Selections from The Walther Collection
View Finding: Selections from The Walther Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a curated exhibition of contemporary photography offering a focused selection of works that highlight global perspectives and photographic practice.
Costume Art
Costume Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art is an exhibition exploring historical and contemporary garments, textile techniques, and fashion as cultural expression through curated displays and archival pieces.
Chinese Painting and Calligraphy: Selections from the Collection
Selections from The Met's collection showcase Chinese painting and calligraphy across periods, highlighting brushwork, composition, and the cultural history of ink and script.
Fanmania
Fanmania at The Metropolitan Museum of Art explores baseball fan culture through jerseys, memorabilia and fashion, examining how sports identity shapes style and community.
Creatures of Myth and Imagination: Europe and the Americas
An exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art exploring mythic creatures across European and American art traditions through paintings, sculpture, and objects that trace transatlantic folklore and imagination.
The Face of Life: Modern Portraits
An authoritative survey of modern portraiture at The Met, tracing evolving ideas of identity from early 20th century to the present. In the museum's grand galleries, the show pairs painting and media to reveal how faces have been used to tell personal and cultural stories.
Iba N’Diaye: Between Latitude and Longitude
Iba N’Diaye: Between Latitude and Longitude is the inaugural exhibition in the Met's Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, presenting the artist’s paintings and cultural dialogues across Africa and the West, on view through May 31, 2026.
The Magical City: George Morrison’s New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents "The Magical City: George Morrison’s New York", a focused exhibition exploring Morrison’s paintings and sculptures inspired by New York’s urban landscapes and abstraction.
Musical Bodies
Musical Bodies at The Metropolitan Museum of Art is an interdisciplinary exhibition that explores the relationship between music, performance, and the human body through historical objects, multimedia installations, and live-performance elements.
The Genesis Facade Commission: Jeffrey Gibson, The Animal That Therefore I Am
Jeffrey Gibson's façade commission 'The Animal That Therefore I Am' is a new large-scale mixed-media installation at The Metropolitan Museum of Art exploring identity, Indigenous cultural forms, and performative ornamentation.
Making It Modern: European Ceramics from the Martin Eidelberg Collection
Making It Modern at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (opening 2026-06-14) presents European ceramics from the Martin Eidelberg collection, exploring design, technique and modernist currents in decorative arts.
A Passion for Jade: The Bishop Collection
A curated exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art presenting the Bishop Collection of jade, highlighting carved objects, cultural histories, and material craftsmanship from across Asia.
Embracing Color: Enamel in Chinese Decorative Arts, 1300–1900
An exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art investigating enamel techniques and objects in Chinese decorative arts from 1300–1900, tracing technical, aesthetic and cultural histories across six centuries.
Raphael: Sublime Poetry
The Met presents Raphael: Sublime Poetry, a major exhibition that traces Raphael’s fusion of painting with poetic imagery from the High Renaissance. Visitors can encounter masterworks and interpretive displays that illuminate his graceful, monumental approach in a museum setting that highlights craftsmanship and vision.
Emily Sargent: Portrait of a Family
An exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art showcasing Emily Sargent’s portraits of a family, highlighting intimate portraiture and domestic identity within a museum presentation.
Lillian Bassman: Bazaar and Beyond
Exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art showcasing Lillian Bassman's influential fashion and portrait photography for Bazaar and beyond, highlighting her elegant black-and-white aesthetic.
Revolution!
Revolution! at The Metropolitan Museum of Art is an exhibition examining visual responses to revolutions across history, showcasing paintings, prints and artifacts that trace political and social upheaval.
A King’s Carpet: Louis XIV and the Savonnerie
Explore lavish 17th-century Savonnerie carpets made for Louis XIV at The Met, showcasing royal textiles, baroque design and exceptional craftsmanship in a major museum exhibition.
The Genesis Facade Commission: Liu Wei
Liu Wei’s Genesis Facade Commission at The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a large-scale, site-specific contemporary installation transforming the museum’s facade with provocative visual and conceptual gestures.
Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous
Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous at The Met is a major exhibition examining the entwined practices of Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock, highlighting their paintings, dialogues, and influence on Abstract Expressionism.
Afterlives: Contemporary Art in the Byzantine Crypt
A site-specific exhibition at The Met's Byzantine Crypt presenting contemporary artists who engage with ritual, materiality, and historical memory within a sacred architectural setting.
Celebrating the Year of the Horse
Celebrate the Year of the Horse at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on Jan 26, 2027 with a special exhibition and programming exploring Lunar New Year traditions and Asian art for visitors of all ages.
Flip Sides: Seeing Korean Art Anew
Flip Sides invites visitors to rethink Korean art across eras and media at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The exhibition pairs historical works with contemporary practice, challenging familiar narratives and offering fresh perspectives on Korean aesthetics in a world-class NYC setting.
Household Gods: Hindu Devotional Prints, 1860–1930
Exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art surveying Hindu devotional prints from 1860–1930, highlighting print culture, religious imagery, and colonial-era visual exchange.
The Infinite Artistry of Japanese Ceramics
A major exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art exploring the craft, history, and aesthetics of Japanese ceramics from traditional tea wares to contemporary works.