Bring the arts of Africa into your classroom. ✨ Join us on December 13 for a hands-on educator workshop exploring traditions, travel, and trade across sub-Saharan Africa—led by Met educators, artists, and curators. Through in-gallery conversations and studio-based making, discover new ways to weave these dynamic histories into your curricula and spark richer dialogue with your students. 🗓️ Saturday, December 13 | 10 am–1 pm 💵 $25 (includes admission, instruction, materials + light refreshments) 🎟️ met.org/4rx0Rcm Educators from NYC Title I schools are eligible for free registration—select “Title I Teacher” when you sign up.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, also known as The Met, presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. The Museum lives in two iconic sites in New York City—The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters. Millions of people also take part in The Met experience online. Since its founding in 1870, The Met has aspired to be more than a treasury of rare and beautiful objects. We are committed to fostering a collaborative and respectful work environment with a staff as diverse as the audiences we engage. Our staff members are art lovers who are passionate about working toward a common goal: creating the most dynamic and inspiring art museum in the world. Mission: The Met’s mission is to collect, study, conserve, and present significant works of art across time and cultures in order to connect all people to creativity, knowledge, ideas, and one another. Every day, art comes alive in the Museum's galleries and through its exhibitions and events, revealing both new ideas and unexpected connections across time and across cultures. At The Met, every staff member lives by the core values of respect, inclusivity, collaboration, excellence, and integrity. If you share our community’s values, please apply to one of our exciting opportunities!
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Celebrate the season at The Met with “ETHEL: SEASONS NOW” ❄️🎻 — an evening of seasonal string quartets by four trailblazing composers, paired with ETHEL’s signature spin on Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons. Honoring 300 years of Vivaldi’s iconic masterpiece, ETHEL blends the classic with contemporary works by award-winning composers ✨. Special guests Colin Stranahan (percussion) and Blair McMillen (keyboards) join for this one-night performance. 🗓️ Friday, December 12 | 7 pm 🎟️ Tickets start at $35 🔗 Learn more: met.org/48j6270 ___ 📸: Image: ETHEL, photo by Matthew Murphy
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Last weekend to see the special exhibition “Lorna Simpson: Source Notes” before it closes on November 30! A meteorite frozen mid-flight, suspended between worlds. In her most recent series, Lorna Simpson transforms a black-and-silver palette into something both cosmic and intimate—echoing the iron-studded rock and the photographic source behind the work. Hand-worked contours, dragged to create the veils of paint, and a textured surface draw us closer to the painting. Mysterious and monumental, the piece invites us to reflect on the unseen forces that shape our lives. ___ Lorna Simpson (American, born 1960), "did time elapse," 2024. Acrylic and screenprint on gessoed fiberglass. © Lorna Simpson; courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth; photo by James Wang.
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A beloved holiday moment for New Yorkers and visitors alike: The Met’s Christmas tree and Neapolitan Baroque Nativity are now on view through January 6! ✨ Nestled in the Medieval Sculpture Hall, the installation features a beautifully illuminated twenty-foot blue spruce rising above an eighteenth-century Neapolitan manger scene. Silk-robed angels float overhead as dozens of beautifully detailed figures gather below, bringing the warmth and bustle of a Mediterranean harbor town to the heart of the Museum.
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Join us Tuesday, December 9 for a series of talks and discussion led by The Met's Textile Conservation Department, offering significant insight on textile conservation practices, recent advancements, and challenges in the field. 🗓️ Tuesday, December 9 | 11am - 2pm 🎟️ Free with museum admission 🔗 Register: met.org/3X5PBWw
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Learn more about the rayograph, the cameraless photographic technique Man Ray used that turned everyday objects into dreamlike compositions. "Man Ray: When Objects Dream" is now on view through February 1, 2026. See the full exhibition tour: met.org/49GQWe3. #MetManRay #WhenObjectsDream
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Join us for an artist talk by photographer Mariette Pathy Allen, author of "Transformations and The Gender Frontier" followed by the documentary film "Casa Susanna," directed by Sébastien Lifshitz. The film screening is presented alongside exhibition, "Casa Susanna", on view through January 25. 🗓️ Sunday, December 7 | 2-4 pm 🎟️ Free with museum admission 🔗 Register: met.org/44eIqiz ___ 📸: Image: Andrea Susan (American, 1939–2015), "Photo shoot with Lili, Wilma, and friends, Casa Susanna, Hunter, NY," 1964–1968. Chromogenic print, 3 5/16 x 4 1/4 in. (8.4 x 10.8 cm). Art Gallery of Ontario.
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Explore how orchestral music and ancient Egyptian art intersect in "Sight and Sound: Leon Botstein and The Orchestra Now" on December 7. From Mozart and Johann Strauss II to Saint-Saëns, composers across centuries have looked to Egypt for inspiration. Experience those connections through works featured in "Divine Egypt"—on view through January 19—and a conversation led by conductor and music historian Leon Botstein. 🗓️ Sunday, December 7 | 2 pm 🎟️ Tickets start at $35 🔗 Register: met.org/43EoghW
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Celebrate the living spirit of ancient Egypt with an afternoon of expert talks on the festivals that honored its gods. ✨ Join us on Thursday, December 4, for "Celebrating the Divine: Festivals in Ancient Egypt"—a three-part lecture series presented in conjunction with “Divine Egypt.” Hear from leading Egyptologists as they explore: 🕊️ The Feast of Opet and state rituals in Thebes 🍷 The Festivals of Drunkenness honoring the goddess Mut 🌿 The Mysteries of Osiris and ancient rites of renewal 🗓️ Thursday, December 4 | 2 pm - 5 pm 🎟️ Free with museum admission 🔗 Learn more: met.org/48s9OMB
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We’re excited to share that "Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300–1350" has been named Exhibition of the Year by Apollo Magazine! 🏆✨ Created in partnership with the National Gallery, London, this landmark project brought together rare works and exceptional scholarship to offer a once-in-a-generation look at Siena’s artistic legacy. Though the exhibition is no longer on view, this recognition celebrates the extraordinary collaboration and curatorial vision behind it — and the lasting impact of the work happening across The Met. 🙌 🔗 Read more in Apollo Magazine: met.org/3MeDJiA
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