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| The Met Cloisters Late Night |
Thursday, May 21, 6–9 pm
Museum-wide, The Met Cloisters
Join us for a special after-hours evening to celebrate spring. Sip, sketch, and wander the galleries to chat with experts and discover the wild, wondrous creatures on view in the exhibition Creatures of Myth and Imagination: Europe and the Americas.
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Groove to music in the gardens and join a Cumbia dance class. |
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Try your luck at a special game of Lotería. |
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Get creative with hands-on activities—design your own mythical hybrid being and spot creatures that call Fort Tryon Park home. |
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Creatures of Myth and Imagination: Europe and the Americas.
Tickets $50. Note: Space is limited; advance registration is required. Drink specials and light fare available for purchase. Activities are subject to change.
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| Garden Festival: Wild Imaginations |
Saturday, June 6, 10 am–4 pm
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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| Museum Mile Festival |
Tuesday, June 9, 6–9 pm
Kick off your summer at The Met! Check out our collection of art from around the world plus some of our current exhibitions, including Costume Art, Musical Bodies, Raphael: Sublime Poetry, and the newly opened P.S. Art: Celebrating the Creative Spirit of New York City Kids. Close out the night with a performance on our iconic steps.
Admission is free for all
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| Date Night—Pride |
Friday, June 12, 5–8 pm
Join us for a night out filled with creativity and connection. Enjoy hands-on art making, talks, music, and community gathering to celebrate LGBTQIA+ Pride Month. Everyone is welcome—whether you're coming with a date, a friend, or on your own.
Two-for-one drink specials begin at 5 pm. Stay tuned for a full schedule of events.
Presented in celebration of LGBTQIA+ Pride Month.
All events are free with Museum admission, which is always pay-what-you-wish for New Yorkers. Beverages are available for purchase. Enjoy our 2-for-1 Date Night drink special.
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| Sunday at The Met—Raphael and His Legacy |
Sunday, May 17, 2–3:30 pm
Raphael's most iconic masterpieces have influenced artists for centuries. Explore his genius and artistic legacy through an afternoon of presentations by leading scholars. First, hear an introduction by Carmen C. Bambach, curator of the exhibition Raphael: Sublime Poetry. Then, take a closer look at his monumental frescoes in the Vatican Stanze at the Vatican Museums with Arnold Nasselrath, dive into the mystery of the enigmatic sitter in Portrait of a Young Woman with a Unicorn with Linda Wolk-Simon, and consider Raphael's enduring influence on 19th-century French painters with Caroline Elenowitz-Hess.
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Raphael: Sublime Poetry.
Free with Museum admission. Please note: seating is first come, first served. For free events, we generally overbook to ensure a full house. Priority will be given to those who register, but registration does not guarantee admission. Doors open 30 minutes before the program begins.
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| Research Out Loud: Met Fellows Present |
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, May 18–22
Get an inside look at the cutting-edge research conducted by Met fellows in Research Out Loud: Met Fellows Present. Join this year's cohort for the latest in art history, preservation, interpretation, and visual culture, and discover interdisciplinary, creative approaches that bridge the visual arts and other areas of the humanities, sciences, and performing arts. Learn how to build a wooden sarcophagus, write like an ancient Greek, design a mosaic, and more. Whether you're an arts and culture professional, a scholar, or art-curious, this series of presentations and gallery programs offers a deep dive into research projects across The Met collection.
All in-person presentations in Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall, Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education, are free, though advance registration is required to attend on Zoom. Talks, tours, and hands-on activities are on-site only. Those in the Uris Center for Education are free; those in the galleries are free with Museum admission. Note: Space is limited; first come, first served
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| Get Home Safe Book Launch with Rana Abdelhamid |
Thursday, May 28, 6–8 pm
Join Rana Abdelhamid—author, organizer, and Founder and Executive Director of Malikah—for a powerful conversation with Elena Ketelsen González, Associate Curator at MoMA PS1, to celebrate Abdelhamid's new book, Get Home Safe: A Guide to Self-Defense and Building Our Collective Power.
Grounded in community care and collective action, Get Home Safe reimagines self-defense as a practice of healing, solidarity, and shared power. Drawing from frameworks developed through Malikah, Abdelhamid weaves together her lived experience as a Muslim woman, daughter of immigrants, and survivor of a hate-based attack with her training as a black belt, self-defense instructor, and community organizer in Astoria.
Get Home Safe will be available to purchase on-site with an exclusive pop-up presentation through The World's Best Borough Bookshop, based in Jackson Heights, Queens.
The evening will conclude with light refreshments provided by MOKAFÉ Coffee House, offering space to connect and continue the conversation.
Free, though advance registration is required.
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| Making History |
Sunday, May 31, 2–3 pm
Join us for a series of lectures exploring the evolution of history painting. In this talk, join art historian Kathryn Calley Galitz to discover an 18th-century revolution in history painting as artists shifted focus to contemporary events in response to rapid political and social change.
Free with Museum admission, though advance registration is required. Note: Space is limited; first come, first served.
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| Art 101 Workshop—Portrait Studies |
Monday, July 27–Friday, July 31, 10 am–1 pm or 2–5 pm
Ever wanted to learn how to draw or paint but didn't know where to start? In this weeklong workshop, learn basic life drawing and painting techniques. Led by teaching artist Jaqueline Cedar, each three hour session begins with an introduction to the day's theme followed by sketching in The Met's galleries and supported studio work.
Sign up for the morning or afternoon session, and spend the week looking at Greek sculptures, African masks, contemporary paintings, a live model, and more to investigate how artists observe the world around them. This course encourages you to experiment, practice, and take creative risks. Work with charcoal, watercolor, and acrylic paint while learning how artists translate observation into expressive portraits, capturing both form and meaning.
All skill levels are welcome. Exercises and tips will be provided to accommodate a range of learners.
Fee: $400. Materials are provided. Note: Space is limited; advance registration is required. Registration closes on Thursday, July 23, 2026, or when registration is full.
10 am–1 pm
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2–5 pm
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| Discoveries (Ages 5–13)—Teatime at The Met |
Sunday, May 17, 11 am–12:30 pm
For kids with intellectual and developmental disabilities and autism. Join us for a tour and workshop experience and create community through art making inspired by The Met collection.
Accessibility: Assistive listening devices, ear defenders, fidget tools, wobbly cushion, stools, lap desks, adaptive art-making materials, sighted guides, and verbal descriptions are available.
ASL interpreters are available by request with at least two weeks' notice.
Format: This program typically starts with a welcome in the classroom, a visit to the galleries, and then an art-making workshop back in the classroom. All levels of art-making skills are welcome.
Presented in celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
Free, though advance registration is required. Space is limited.
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Accessibility at The Met
The Met is committed to accessibility for all. For information about accessibility, programs, and services for people with disabilities at both Met sites, visit metmuseum.org/access. To request an access accommodation for virtual programs or online resources, email [email protected], or call 212-650-2010. For information about accessibility on our website, see our Website Accessibility Statement. |
Events take place at The Met Fifth Avenue or The Met Cloisters unless otherwise noted.
For more information about the exhibitions, including sponsorship credits, see Creatures of Myth and Imagination: Europe and the Americas, Costume Art, Musical Bodies, Raphael: Sublime Poetry, and The Magical City: George Morrison's New York.
Garden Festival at The Met Cloisters is made possible, in part, by The Giorgi Family Foundation.
Public programs at The Met Cloisters are made possible in part by The Helen Clay Frick Foundation.
The Met thanks the following for their generous support of fellowships at the Museum: Henry S. Blackwood Memorial Fund, Bothmer Fellowship Fund, Sylvan C. Coleman and Pam Coleman Memorial Fund, Chester Dale Fellowship Fund, Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel and Carl Spielvogel, Douglass Foundation, Sherman Fairchild Foundation, The Getty Foundation, The Hagop Kevorkian Fund, Leonard A. Lauder and Anonymous Gifts to The Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art, Mellon Foundation, J. Clawson Mills Charitable Trust, Gerald and May Ellen Ritter Scholarship Fund, Theodore Rousseau Fellowship Fund, Joseph and Sylvia Slifka Foundation, Diana and Harry Stern Fellowship Fund, Hanns Swarzenski and Brigitte Horney Swarzenski Fellowship Fund, Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust, Marica and Jan Vilcek, Polaire Weissman Fund, and Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellowship Fund.
Education programs presented in conjunction with The Magical City: George Morrison's New York are made possible by Margot and John Ernst, and Morgan and Ecaterina Aguiar-Lucander.
Artists on Artworks—Manny Vega is presented in collaboration with The Clemente as a part of Historias, a multi-year, citywide initiative that reimagines how Latinx cultural memory is built and shared in New York City.
For Education program funders, visit metmuseum.org/educationfundingsupport.
For MetLiveArts program funders visit metmuseum.org/metliveartssupport.
Your support allows the Museum to collect, conserve, and present 5,000 years of world art. Donate now.
Images: Late Night gif images by Argenis Apolinario and Filip Wolak | Date Night photo by Argenis Apolinario | Sunday at The Met photo: Raphael (Raffaello di Giovanni Santi), Portrait of a Lady with a Unicorn (detail), ca. 1505–1506. Oil on canvas (transferred from wood). Galleria Borghese, Rome (371) | Photo of Rana Abdelhamid by Nalafem | Collage, top: Robert Colescott (American, 1925–2009). Knowledge of the Past Is the Key to the Future: Some Afterthoughts on Discovery (detail), 1986. Acrylic on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Arthur Hoppock Hearn Fund, 1987 (1987.166) © The Robert H. Colescott Separate Property Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; bottom: Emanuel Leutze (German American, 1816–1868). Washington Crossing the Delaware (detail), 1851. Oil on canvas, 149 x 255 in. (378.5 x 647.7 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of John Stewart Kennedy, 1897 (97.34) | Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, 1848–1907). Diana (detail), 1892–93. Bronze, 101 3/4 x 53 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. (258.4 x 135.9 x 35.9 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1928 (28.101) | Art 101 photo by Argenis Apolinario | All other photos by Filip Wolak |
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