Metropolitan Museum of Art
5th Avenue | between 80th & 84th Streets
Upper East Side | Manhattan
to 86th Street
General Information
Contact 212-879-5500 | Metropolitan
Museum of Art
Hours
Tuesday thru
Thursday 9:30A to 5:30P
Friday & Saturday 9:30A to 9:00P
Sunday 9:30A to 5:30P
Closed New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day,
Christmas Day
Met Holiday Mondays The Museum is
open on Mondays during selected three day holiday weekends with
hours from 9:30A to 5:30P. In 2006 these dates are: Jan 16th, Feb
20th, May 29th, Jul 3rd, Sep 4th, and Oct 9th
Extras
Restaurant | Cafe |
Cafeteria | Gift Shop | Book Store | Coat Check | Child Back
Carriers | Parking | Walking Tours | Gallery Talks
Admission
Adults $15 |
Seniors $10 | Students $10 | Children under 12 Free
Highlights
A collection of more than 2 million
objects make this repository of the art and culture of the world
unsurpassed. The range spans time and place: the arts of Africa,
Oceana and the Americas; Greek and Roman art, including treasury
pieces and decorative arts; Egyptian art; ancient Near-Eastern art;
Islamic art; Medieval art; arms and armor; European grand masters;
painting and sculpture of the 19th and 20th centuries; illustrated
arts; musical instruments; fashion arts; American art, architecture
and design. Our favorites, especially if you're pressed for time
include the Masters on the 2nd floor and Frank Lloyd Wright's
Francis Little House in the American Wing. Kids can always get
interested in Ancient Egypt and especially the collection of
European armor on the 1st floor
Highlights are impossible to list,
however . . .
First Floor | 20th Century
Art Calder Red Gongs; Chagall The Market
Place, Vitebsk; Dali Crucifixion (Corpus Hypercubus);
de Kooning Two Men Standing; Hockney Mount Fuji and the
Flowers; Hopper From Williamsburg Bridge; Lichtenstein
Stepping Out; O'Keefe Black Iris, Picasso Gertrude
Stein; Pollack Autumn Rythm | The Equestrian
Court in the Arms and Armor galleries is a hit with
families, adults can appreciate the beauty, intricacy and
craftsmanship; young folk (as well as older) can use their
imaginations | The Egyptian Galleries A walk
through of the most extensive collection in the US is a must | American
Wing The Frank Lloyd Wright designed living room from the Francis
W Little House employs the most comfortable proportions
Second Floor | 19th Century
European Painting & Sculpture Ingres Joseph-Antoine
Moltedo; Turner The Whale Ship; Delacroix Basket
of Flowers; Corot The Destruction of Sodom; Rousseau The
Forest in Winter at Sunset; Courbet Woman with a Parrot;
Manet The Spanish Singer; Degas Little
Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer, The Dancing Class; Monet The
Green Wave, La Grenouillere; Bridge Over a Pool of Water Lillies;
plus Pissaro, Cezanne, Seurat, Gaugin, van Gogh, Rodin, et al | European
Painting Botticelli The Last Communion of St Jerome;
Giotto The Epiphany; Raphael Madonna and Child
Enthroned with Saints; Titian Venus and the Lute Player;
Vermeer Young Woman with a Water Jug; Rembrandt Aristotle
with a Bust of Homer, Self-Portrait; Gainsborough Mrs Grace
Dalrymle Elliott; Goya Majas on a Balcony; Durer Virgin
and Child with St Anne; Bruegel The Harvesters; Rubens
Venus and Adonis; El Greco Portrait of a Cardinal;
Caravaggio The Musicians.
Many more artists and many more
works. Also see The Cloisters
Exhibitions listed by
order of closing date
April 25 2006 thru July 30
2006
The Art of Betty Woodman
The first full retrospective of this
contemporary ceramic artist's career includes works from her early
years in the 50s and 60s, through her mixed media works of the early
21st century
March 21 2006 thru August 6
2006
Kara Walker at the Met After the Deluge
The artist contrast works from the Museum's
American art collection with her own works of cut-paper silhouettes
to explore issues raised in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Works by Turner, Homer and Shaw are presented
January 28 2006 thru August 13
2006
The Four Seasons
A survey of of Chinese landscapes includes
narrative paintings and flower paintings
May 24 2006 thru August 27
2006
Girodet Romantic Rebel
A 110-work exposition highlights the
originality and diversity of Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson, whose
career spanned late 18th- and early 19-century movements in French
art
June 20 2006 thru September 4
2006
Raphael at the Metropolitan The Colonna
Altarpiece
The Raphael masterpiece painted for a
Perugian convent acquired by J P Morgan exhibited along with other
paintings and drawings by the master
May 3 2006 thru September 4
2006
On Photography A Tribute to Susan Sontag
A survey of the critic's writings on
photography includes works by major 20th-century photographers
June 6 2006 thru September 4
2006
Anglomania Tradition & Transgression in
British Fashion
British fashion over the past thirty years
set in the Museum's of English Period Rooms
June 13 2006 thru September 10
2006
Treasures of Sacred Maya Kings
150 objects in different media highlight the
transformation of Mayan rulers from the temporal to the godly in the
period from 900 BC to 550 AD
February 28 2006 thru September 24
2006
The Fabric of Life Ikat Textiles of Indonesia
Textile works from across Indonesia,
including Sumatra, Borneo and Sulawesi
July 11 2006 thru October 15
2006
Rembrandt and His Circle Drawings and
Prints
A collection of 44 works by Rembrandt and a
handful of works by his contemporaries acknowledge his 400th
birthday
April 25 2006 thru October 29
2006
Cai Guo-Qiang on the Roof Transparent
Monument
Four site-specific works: Clear Sky Black
Cloud, Transparent Monument, Nontransparent Monument & Move
Along, Nothing to See Here
June 22 2006 thru December 3
2006
A Sensitivity to the Seasons Autumn and
Winter
A collection of works from the late first
millennium illustrates how the art of the time reflected the
intricate interweaving of the seasons with Japanese life
September 19 2006 thru December 10
2006
New Orleans after the Flood Photographs
by Robert Polidori
Twenty works by the photographer marks the
anniversary
September 14 2005 thru January 7
2007
Ambroise Vollard Patron of the Avant-Garde
from Cezanne to Picasso
This can only be described as an extensive
survey of late 19th- and early 20th-century European art. It
includes pieces by artists either bought, sold or both by a seminal
dealer. Represented are Cezanne, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Picasso,
Matisse, Derain, Renoir, others
February 15 2005 thru January 14
2007
The Armored Horse in Europe 1480 to 1620
This exhibit brings items out of storage to
show how mounted warriors spared no expense in protecting their
steeds
September 26 2005 thru January 14
2007
Sean Scully Wall of Light
Recent works by the Irish-born abstract
artist include his Wall of Light series that includes pieces
in various media inspired by light playing peek-a-boo amidst the
surface of Mexican stone walls
September 2 2006 thru January 21
2007
Brush and Ink The Chinese Art of Writing
Chinese calligraphy over the past 1,600
years
September 26 2006 thru February 18
2007
Set in Stone The Face in Medieval
Sculpture
Yep, just what is says, Medieval stone
heads, some of whom have been "reconnected" from the sculpture from
which they had been detached
February 21 2006 thru February 25
2007
A Taste for Opulence Sevres Porcelain from
the Collection
Works from the more than 350-year-old
producer include decorative objects and 18th-century French
porcelain-decorated furniture
Things change quickly in NYC. Be sure to contact the museum or society for changes to schedules, admission fees, restrictions on children, strollers, backpacks, etc.
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