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| Discover something new with talks, tours, and hands-on activities all summer long at The Met! Celebrate Pride Month, let your imagination run wild in The Met Cloisters gardens, and more. |
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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, featuring the L Train Brass Band from 8:30–9 pm.
Admission is free for all
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| Date Night—Pride |
Friday, June 12, 5–8 pm
Celebrate LGBTQIA+ Pride Month at The Met! Join us for an evening of art, music, and community. Enjoy two-for-one drinks, strike a pose at a pop-up photo lounge, dance to live music, make art or participate in performances, join a gallery talk, add your voice to a collaborative mural, and more. Plus, connect with local LGBTQIA+ organizations across New York City.
Presented in celebration of LGBTQIA+ Pride Month.
Everyone is welcome—whether you're coming with a date, a friend, or on your own.
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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| Met Expert Talks en español—El mundo sublime de Rafael |
Sábado, 13 de junio, 11–11:45 am
Acompañe a expertos del Museo, como curadores, conservadores, científicos y académicos, para profundizar en una selección de objetos exhibidos en las salas. Conozca nuevas perspectivas e historias nunca contadas por los expertos de The Met y observe más en detalle las obras de arte. Tendrá también la oportunidad de hacer preguntas.
Observe más de cerca Raphael: Sublime Poetry, la primera exposición integral sobre Raphael en los Estados Unidos, que reúne más de 170 de las mayores obras maestras del artista. Escuche mientras la curadora Carmen C. Bambach explora la trayectoria de la vida y carrera de Rafael, desde sus orígenes en Urbino hasta su ascenso en Florence, donde comenzó a destacarse como igual de Leonardo da Vinci y Michelangelo, y hasta su última y prolífica década en la corte papal de Roma.
Presentado junto con la exposición Raphael: Sublime Poetry.
Gratuito con la entrada al Museo. El precio del boleto queda a discreción del visitante residente del estado de Nueva York y es gratuito para los menores de 12 años acompañados de un adulto y para el cuidador acompañante de un visitante con discapacidad. Atención: el aforo es limitado y se completará por orden de llegada.
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| Artists on Artworks—Step Afrika! |
Tuesday, June 16, 3–3:30 pm
See The Met collection through artists' eyes. Join C. Brian Williams, founder of Step Afrika!, as he offers insight into the company's creative work and its contributions to the Musical Bodies exhibition.
Listen as Williams traces the history and cultural significance of stepping, including its roots in the traditions of African American fraternities and sororities, and reflects on Step Afrika!'s contribution to the Bodies in Motion video installation within the exhibition. Discover how stepping fits within broader ideas of rhythm, movement, and the body as an instrument explored across the exhibition.
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Musical Bodies.
Free with Museum admission, though advance registration is required. Note: Space is limited; first come, first served.
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| Making History |
Sunday, June 28, 2–3 pm
Join us for a series of lectures exploring the evolution of history painting. In this talk, art historian Kathryn Calley Galitz delves into how contemporary artists from Gerhard Richter to Kent Monkman and Kerry James Marshall have reclaimed the past, reshaping our understanding of history and responding to our world today.
Free with Museum admission, though advance registration is required. Note: Space is limited; first come, first served.
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| Short Films for Short Nights |
Friday, July 10, July 17, and July 24, 6–7:30 pm
In July, The Met's Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art's annual three-part series Short Films for Short Nights returns with dozens of rare short films produced between 1903 and 1973. This year's theme explores "faces in the crowd." Program One, Me and You, looks at the tradition of portraiture through individual depictions, from psychological interiors to cameras turned on other subjects; Program Two, Friends and Strangers, includes all manner of encounters, from chance meetings to confrontations; and Program Three, Crowds and Power, assembles films about the masses, from the helter-skelter of cities to those resisting authoritarian control.
Free with Museum admission, though advance registration is recommended. Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Priority will be given to those who register.
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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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| Fables and Tales at The Met—Celebrating Jubilee Day! |
Sunday, June 21, 2–3 pm
Sing, dance, listen, and play—it's time for Fables and Tales! This month, join us as we learn about Jubilee Day and explore themes of joy, resilience, and community. Fables and Tales is recommended for families with children ages 18 months to 6 years.
Free; Museum admission is not required. Note: Space is limited; first come, first served.
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| Met Signs—Teens! |
Sunday, June 7, 3:30–5 pm
For teens who are D/deaf or hard of hearing. Hang out with other D/deaf and hard of hearing teens at this social gathering and hands-on art-making experience. Learn about The Met's European Paintings galleries with a Deaf educator, then make a collage inspired by artwork on view.
ASL interpretation will be available for any D/deaf and hard of hearing teen who needs voice interpretation. Met Signs and Met Signs in the Studio prioritize the Deaf community. Due to limited space, this program is not for ASL students.
Accessibility: Stools
Pro-Tactile interpretation is available upon request with at least two weeks' notice.
Visitors may borrow manual wheelchairs (standard and wide) from security at the 81st Street entrance on a first-come, first-served basis.
Format: This program involves a social gathering and art making activity. There will be snacks available.
Free, though advance registration is recommended. 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, and Raphael: Sublime Poetry.
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.
Short Films for Short Nights is organized by the Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art.
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: 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 | Artists on Artworks photo courtesy of Step Afrika! | 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) | VALIE EXPORT, Self-Portrait with Head, 1966–67. Black and white, silent, 4 min. © sixpackfilm | All other photos by Argenis Apolinario and Filip Wolak |
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