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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Founded in 1870 and housed in a vast Beaux-Arts palace along Fifth Avenue's Museum Mile, The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds roughly 1.5 million works spanning every era and culture. Its encyclopedic collection ranges from the ancient Near East and Egypt's Temple of Dendur to European Old Masters, American art, arms and armor, and modern and contemporary works. The fourth-largest art museum in the world, it draws over five million visitors a year to its galleries on the eastern edge of Central Park.

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Flip Sides: Seeing Korean Art Anew

Treasured Korean objects are turned around to reveal their interiors, reverses, and hidden details, offering a fuller view of each work's form across two rotations.

Now showing16 Mar – 31 May 2027

Costume Art

Inaugurating the new Conde Nast Galleries, the Costume Institute pairs nearly 400 garments with paintings and sculpture to explore how art has depicted the dressed body.

Now showing10 May – 10 Jan 2027
Rediscovering Della Robbia at The Met

Rediscovering Della Robbia at The Met

Results from a collaborative exchange among curators, conservators, and digital specialists studying The Met's Della Robbia sculptures.

Now showing10 Aug – 17 Jan 2028

A King's Carpet: Louis XIV and the Savonnerie

The first US exhibition on the Savonnerie centers The Met's three monumental Baroque carpets woven for Louis XIV's Grande Galerie at the Louvre, tracing their making and dispersal.

Now showing8 Sept – 5 Mar 2028
Celebrating the Year of the Horse at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Celebrating the Year of the Horse

Brings together works from The Met collection to explore the horse's enduring nature and vital place in Chinese civilization.

Now showingUntil 26 Jan 2027
Ecologies of Painting at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ecologies of Painting

A special installation of European paintings (c.1525-1775) by artists including Bruegel and Poussin, examining shifting depictions of humanity's relationship with nature.

Now showingUntil 17 Jan 2027
The Infinite Artistry of Japanese Ceramics at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Infinite Artistry of Japanese Ceramics

Explores Japan's extensive and rich history of ceramic art.

Now showingUntil 8 Aug 2027
The Face of Life: Modern Portraits at The Met

The Face of Life: Modern Portraits at The Met

Examines the language of portraiture from about 1900 to the 1960s through nearly 80 works from The Met collection.

Now showingOngoing
Household Gods: Hindu Devotional Prints, 1860-1930 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Household Gods: Hindu Devotional Prints, 1860–1930

The first encyclopedic exhibition of chromolithographic prints from the pioneering studio presses of Calcutta, Poona, and Bombay.

Now showingUntil 27 Jun 2027
Chasing Clouds at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Chasing Clouds

Traces how artists represented clouds and sky from early 19th-century plein-air oil sketches through 1920s photography, including Alfred Stieglitz's Equivalents cloud studies.

Now showingUntil 28 Feb 2027
City of Memory: Nanjing in the Seventeenth Century at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

City of Memory: Nanjing in the Seventeenth Century

Explores how artists lived and worked in Nanjing in the decades before and after the fall of the Ming dynasty.

Now showingUntil 3 Jan 2027
Orientalism: Between Fact and Fantasy at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Orientalism: Between Fact and Fantasy

The first exhibition at The Met to explore Orientalism as its central focus.

Now showingUntil 28 Feb 2027
Afterlives: Contemporary Art in the Byzantine Crypt at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Afterlives: Contemporary Art in the Byzantine Crypt

Brings together modern-day works that reckon with death and visualize the afterlife with Byzantine Egyptian funerary art and artifacts.

Now showingUntil 10 Jan 2027
Cottage Industry: The Val-Kill Furniture Shop at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cottage Industry: The Val-Kill Furniture Shop

In honor of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Val-Kill, this exhibition celebrates the trailblazing workshop, led by women and shaped by immigrant and rural craftspeople.

Now showingUntil 9 May 2027
The Genesis Facade Commission: Liu Wei, Speculation at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Genesis Facade Commission: Liu Wei, Speculation

Beijing-based artist Liu Wei (born 1972) inspires visitors to ponder cycles of rupture and resistance for the 2026 Genesis Facade Commission.

Now showing17 Sept – 8 Jun 2027
David Hartt: Peripheries at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

David Hartt: Peripheries

Multidisciplinary artist David Hartt transforms John Vanderlyn's 19th-century painting Panoramic View of the Palace and Gardens of Versailles into a site-specific installation exploring place and perspective.

Now showing25 Sept – 7 Feb 2027
There Are No Words: Si Lewen's Parade at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

There Are No Words: Si Lewen's Parade

Conceived by Si Lewen (1918–2016) in the aftermath of World War II, The Parade is informed by the artist's extraordinary life.

Now showing1 Oct – 5 Jan 2027
Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous

The first major New York presentation devoted to either artist in more than 20 years.

Now showing4 Oct – 31 Jan 2027
Designing the Gilded Age: Drawings from the Studios of Louis C. Tiffany at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Designing the Gilded Age: Drawings from the Studios of Louis C. Tiffany

The dazzling stained-glass windows, lamps, mosaics, and interiors from Tiffany's studios began as drawings created by the many talented designers who worked there.

Now showing22 Oct – 7 Feb 2027
Tapa bark cloth from Polynesia

Tapa: Art of the Gift in Polynesia

19th-century bark cloth tapa from Fiji, Samoa and Futuna, plus a Niuean hiapo on loan from Te Papa, shown as ceremonial gifts and diplomacy. Gallery 359.

Now showing2 Nov – 12 Dec 2027$30
Postwar Japanese photograph from A Long Shadow

A Long Shadow: Postwar Japan Through the Lens

Postwar Japanese photography, from Okinawa and base towns under US occupation, drawn from the Met's collection with rare photobooks and new acquisitions. Gallery 851.

Upcoming12 Nov – 2 May 2027$30
Across Wine-Dark Seas: Art and Identity beyond Ancient Greece at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Across Wine-Dark Seas: Art and Identity beyond Ancient Greece

Presents more than 180 exceptional works exploring art and identity beyond ancient Greece.

Upcoming20 Dec – 11 Apr 2027
John Galliano: Horizons at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

John Galliano: Horizons

The Costume Institute's spring 2027 exhibition examines the career of John Galliano, one of the most inventive and influential designers of the past four decades.

Upcoming9 May 2027 – 9 Jan 2028
Work by Felix Gonzalez-Torres

Felix Gonzalez-Torres: The Spaces Between

First New York museum survey in 30 years: over 40 works placed across the Met in 14 departments, from a British dining room to the American Wing's Engelhard Court.

Upcoming10 Jun 2027 – 18 Oct 2027$30

Plan Your Visit

Getting there

1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10028

Nearest station: 86 St (4/5/6 subway), 77 St (6 subway) and Bus M1/M2/M3/M4 (Madison/Fifth Ave)

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Sun10:00–17:00

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$22 seniors, $17 students; pay-what-you-wish for New York State residents and NY/NJ/CT students; free for members and children under 12.

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How much does The Metropolitan Museum of Art cost?
Standard adult admission to The Metropolitan Museum of Art is $30. $22 seniors, $17 students; pay-what-you-wish for New York State residents and NY/NJ/CT students; free for members and children under 12.. Prices for special exhibitions and timed-entry slots may differ.
What are the opening hours of The Metropolitan Museum of Art?
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is open Sun-Tue & Thu 10am-5pm; Fri-Sat 10am-9pm; closed Wednesdays.. Holiday hours can vary, so check the museum's website before you go.
Where is The Metropolitan Museum of Art?
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is located at 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10028, in the Upper East Side area of New York. The nearest stations are 86 St (4/5/6 subway), 77 St (6 subway) and Bus M1/M2/M3/M4 (Madison/Fifth Ave).
What can I see at The Metropolitan Museum of Art?
The Met is America's largest art museum: 5,000 years of human creativity from an Egyptian temple to Old Masters, on Central Park's edge. Current highlights include Celebrating the Year of the Horse, Flip Sides: Seeing Korean Art Anew and Arms and Armor.
Do I need to book The Metropolitan Museum of Art in advance?
Booking ahead is recommended, especially for weekends, school holidays, and special exhibitions. Tickets are normally on the museum's website, and a pre-booked timed slot helps you avoid queues at the entrance.
When is the best time to visit The Metropolitan Museum of Art?
Weekday mornings shortly after opening are typically the quietest, especially mid-week. Late afternoons can also be calmer. Weekends, school holidays, and the lunch rush are the busiest periods.

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