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| Exhibition Tour—Costume Art |
| Join Andrew Bolton, Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute, on a tour of the inaugural exhibition in our new, nearly 12,000-square-foot Condé M. Nast Galleries. Costume Art explores depictions of the dressed body across The Met's vast collection, pairing garments with artworks to reveal the inherent relationship between clothing and the body. Watch now →
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| Creatures of Myth and Imagination: Seven Necessary Dragons |
| Explore how these mythical, serpentine creatures have captivated the human imagination for centuries. Now on view in Creatures of Myth and Imagination: Europe and America through October 18, 2026, at The Met Cloisters. Read now →
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| Imaging the Ibex |
| In September 2025, The Met repatriated a vessel stand with ibex to the Republic of Iraq after undertaking extensive provenance research. A recent collaboration using modern technology reveals fascinating new information about the vessel stand's manufacture. Learn more →
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| Examining Cycles of Life with Sana Balai |
| “The present looks to the past to see the future,” says Sana Balai, a curator and cultural leader from the Nakaripa clan of Buka Island. In this extended conversation from the Arts of Oceania Audio Guide, Balai considers the enduring significance of ceremonial paddles. Explore now →
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| The Body Is Art |
| Discover how fashion and art shape, and are shaped by, the body through The Met collection. A series of thematic juxtapositions shows how art and fashion continue to intersect—including on The Met Gala® red carpet this year. Learn more →
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| Musical Bodies |
| OPENING SOON |
June 7–September 27, 2026
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| Garden Festival: Wild Imaginations |
Saturday, June 6, 10 am–4 pm
The Met Cloisters
Let your imagination run wild in The Met Cloisters gardens! Enjoy tours, performances, art making, and more as you explore the gardens and the creatures who call them home. From buzzing bees and fluttering butterflies to sly foxes and creeping garden critters, discover how the living world has long inspired extraordinary hybrid beings: part animal, part human, part plant. For garden enthusiasts and curious visitors of all ages. Select activities offered in both Spanish and English.
Presented in conjunction with The Met Cloisters exhibition Creatures of Myth and Imagination: Europe and the Americas.
Free with Museum admission; admission is pay what you wish for New York state residents, and free for children 12 and under with an adult, and a care partner accompanying a visitor with a disability. Note: Space is limited; first come, first served.
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For more information on the exhibitions, including sponsorship credits, visit Costume Art, Creatures of Myth and Imagination: Europe and the Americas, Arts of Oceania, Musical Bodies, Orientalism: Between Fact and Fantasy, Giacometti in the Temple of Dendur, Raphael: Sublime Poetry, and The Face of Life: Modern Portraits at The Met.
Garden Festival at The Met Cloisters is made possible, in part, by The Giorgi Family Foundation.
For Education program funders, visit metmuseum.org/educationfundingsupport.
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Images: Classical Body, Gallery View. Photo © Anna-Marie Kellen / The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Nose ornament with intertwined creatures, 500–800 CE. Peru. Moche. Gold, silver, H. 4 15/16 x W. 8 5/16 x D. 7/16 in. (12.5 x 21.1 x 1.1 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979, (1979.206.1225) | Photograph by Nico Tavalai | Photograph by Anna-Marie Kellen, Photographic Program Manager, Met Imaging | Left: Robert de Launay (French, 1749–1814), After Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, 1741–1814). Les Adieux (The Farewells), from Le Monument du Costume, 1777. Etching and engraving, 10 ⅝ x 8 %16 in. (27 × 21.8 cm) (image). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, 1934 (34.22.1) Right: Panniers. French, 1760–70. Natural cane wrapped in red silk taffeta with red silk velvet ribbon and red silk cords. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Friends of The Costume Institute Gifts, 2008 (2008.297a, b) | Thomas Zach, Violino Harpa Forma Maxima, 1874. Wood (spruce, maple, ebony), metal strings. Collections Musée de la musique / Cliché Claude Germain, 2020. Cité de la musique-Philharmonie de Paris | Jean-Léon Gérôme, Bashi-Bazouk (detail), 1868–69. Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2008 | Alberto Giacometti, Woman of Venice II, 1956. Painted bronze. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, 1998 © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York | Raphael (Raffaello di Giovanni Santi), The Virgin and Child with Infant Saint John the Baptist in a Landscape (The Alba Madonna) (detail), ca. 1509–11. Oil on canvas (transferred from wood). National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Andrew W. Mellon Collection 1937.1.24 | Tairona artist(s), Figure Pendant, Colombia, 900-1600 CE. Gold. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Jan Mitchell and Sons Collection, Gift of Jan Mitchell, 1991 (1991.419.31) | Henri Matisse, Young Sailor II (detail), 1906. Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, 1998 | Photo by Filip Wolak |
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