The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Final few days to experience the work of Alberto Giacometti in one of New York's most iconic spaces! See the work of one of the great artists of the twentieth century in conversation with the ancient civilization that influenced not only his art, but also his style and vision. 📣 Last chance! “Giacometti in the Temple of Dendur” is on view at The Met through September 8. ——— The Exhibition was co-organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Fondation Giacometti, Paris.
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Happy #NationalDogDay from Met K9 security dog, Valor! To celebrate, Valor took us around to some of his favorite spots in the Museum including: 🏠 Engelhard Court 🐎 His taller four-legged friends in Arms and Armor 🩰 Degas's "The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer" in European Sculpture and Decorative Arts ⛲️ Monet's gardens in European Paintings 🛶 "Washington Crossing the Delaware" in The American Wing
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Now on view! This is the first early Ptolemaic fragment of the Odyssey ever discovered. It dates to the beginning of the Hellenistic period, after Alexander the Great, when the Great Library at Alexandria was built and began gathering works of Greek literature. See this fragment on view in Gallery 162. ___ 📜 “Papyrus fragment with lines from Homer's Odyssey,” ca. 285–250 BCE. Miscellaneous-Papyrus.
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Get a sneak peek of “Costume Art!” This exhibition explores depictions of the dressed body across The Met’s vast collection, pairing garments with artworks to reveal the relationship between clothing and the body across time and cultures. The Met Costume Institute's Spring exhibition opens in new Condé M. Nast galleries on May 10!
The Metropolitan Museum of Art274,742 views • 4 months ago
Apply to the Copyist Program today! The Met's Copyist Program is the longest-running program at the Museum, originating in 1872, only two years after the Museum first opened its doors. This year, set up your studio at The Met Cloisters. Applications are due Friday, July 31, 2026, 11:59 pm ET. Learn more:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art182,177 views • 1 year ago
For Met Security Officer Armia Malak Khalil, it started as just another day—until a chance encounter and a friendly conversation led to something unexpected. Now, his art is featured in "Flight into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876–Now." As Armia puts it, “Magic happened here.” See #MetFlightIntoEgypt now through February 17.
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Take a trip down memory lane with author Ann Patchett and her dear friend Marti Fischer in our European Paintings galleries. Right before Patchett's newest novel, "Whistler," went to press, Fischer helped her select a new work from The Met's collection to include in the book. Watch the full video:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art19,363 views • 2 months ago
A new chapter for fashion at The Met is about to begin. The Condé M. Nast Galleries, a new nearly 12,000-square-foot space at the heart of The Met, will open in less than a week! Max Hollein, The Met's Director and CEO, and Miriam Peterson and Nathan Rich, the gallery architects founders of architecture firm Peterson Rich Office, take you behind the scenes. “Costume Art,” the inaugural exhibition, opens Sunday, May 10. #MetCostumeArt
The Metropolitan Museum of Art28,488 views • 4 months ago
Step into the world of Raphael! 🎨 Discover the genius of one of the Italian Renaissance’s most celebrated artists, whose work blended beauty, emotion, and intellect in ways that shaped art history forever. "Raphael: Sublime Poetry" is the first major U.S. exhibition dedicated to his work. From Urbino to Florence to Rome, explore his rise alongside legends like Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, and experience the full scope of his brilliance. 📣 Now open! See Raphael's art like never before through 230+ works ranging from the artist’s greatest masterpieces and rarely seen treasures on view. ——— Thanks to presenting sponsor Morgan Stanley.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art33,864 views • 5 months ago
Ana Gasteyer, actress, comedian, and singer, shares why Johannes Vermeer’s “Young Woman with a Water Pitcher” is one of her favorite works at The Met. Gasteyer reflects on how art first became a way for her to understand history, and why this quiet glimpse into an ordinary woman’s day continues to captivate her. 📺 Watch the full video →
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Explore Black style over three hundred years through the lens of dandyism 🪡✨ Get a sneak peek of our new exhibition “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” which opens to the public May 10 and will be celebrated Monday, May 5 at The Met Gala. Which garment are you most excited to see in the exhibition? #SuperfineStyle #CostumeInstitute
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Welcome to The Thomas J. Watson Library! Since its founding in 1870, The Met library's mission has included serving as an educational resource for the public at large, not only for the Museum’s staff and curators. The Watson Library contains more than 250,000 exhibition catalogues, 21,000 periodical titles, rare publications and special collections, as well as one of the world’s most extensive collections of art auction and sales catalogues, with more than 140,000 volumes dating from the mid-18th century to the present day. Get a library card today:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art18,069 views • 2 months ago
On this day in 1867, an architect who captivated the American imagination was born. For more than seventy-five years, Frank Lloyd Wright played a central role in the development of modern architecture, leaving a lasting mark on the American landscape. The Frank Lloyd Wright Room was originally the living room of the Little family's summer home, designed and built between 1912 and 1914 in Wayzata, Minnesota. Together, Wright and the Littles created an interior that is expansive yet cozy, angular yet welcoming, global in its influences yet deeply rooted in the local landscape. ___ 🏠 Frank Lloyd Wright (American, Richland Center, Wisconsin 1867–1959 Phoenix, Arizona), “Living Room from the Francis W. Little House,” 1912–14.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art16,607 views • 3 months ago
Explore the extraordinary stories of stylish Black individuals across art, literature, music, and society. Coming May 2025, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” will examine the historical and cultural emergence of the Black dandy. Inspired by curator Monica Miller’s 2009 book, "Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity," the exhibition will present a cultural and historical examination of the Black dandy, from the figure’s emergence in Enlightenment Europe during the 18th century to today’s incarnations in cities around the world. Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky, Pharrell Williams and Anna Wintour will co-chair the next #CostumeInstitute Benefit on the First Monday in May. LeBron James will serve as honorary chair. The Benefit, also known as The Met Gala, celebrates the opening of the 2025 exhibition “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” and provides The Costume Institute with its primary source of annual funding for exhibitions, publications, acquisitions, operations, and capital improvements. “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” opens to the public on May 10 and will be celebrated at the 2025 Met Gala on May 5. #SuperfineStyle #MetGala2025
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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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