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Great Women Artists
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Three painters radically reenvision the role of women artists
around the time of the French Revolution. Explore now →
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The Ancient
Olympics and Other Athletic Games
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Highlights from The Met collection illustrate the many
athletic games held in Ancient Greece, featuring celebrity athletes, grand
prizes, and the origins of the first Olympics. Explore now →
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What's in a Face?
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These portraits reveal how artists around the world reflect
our shared humanity. Explore now →
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How to Sketch
Movement | Drop-in Drawing
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Drop in anytime for a virtual session of our popular
art-making series and experience The Met collection through creative
challenges. This week, explore gesture, movement, and dramatic lighting as
you develop your own figurative sketches inspired by Henri de
Toulouse-Lautrec's studies of urban entertainment. Watch now →
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Telling Stories
with Library Data
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See how The Met's Thomas J. Watson Library uses data
visualizations. Read now →
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Virtual Tours
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The New
Woman Behind the Camera Virtual Opening
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Join Mia Fineman, Curator in the Department of Photographs,
for a tour of The New Woman Behind the Camera,
a groundbreaking exhibition, which features more than 120 photographers
from over 20 countries and explores the work of the diverse
"new" women who embraced photography as a mode of professional
and artistic expression. Watch now →
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The Medici:
Portraits and Politics, 1512–1570
Virtual Opening
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Join Keith Christiansen, the former John Pope-Hennessy
Chairman of the Department of European Paintings, and guest curator Carlo
Falciani, Professor of Art History at the Accademia di Belle Arti in
Florence, for a tour of The Medici: Portraits and Politics, 1512–1570.
Watch now →
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Plan Your Visit
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The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters are open! Watch this video or check out the visitor guidelines page to learn about our
new health and safety protocols. Please
note that our opening days and hours have changed. See
the Plan Your Visit page for more information
about making a reservation and buying tickets in advance.
Summertime Dining
Now Available
The Met offers two great locations for summer dining. Relax outdoors
with a freshly baked cinnamon roll, watermelon agua fresca, or a fruit
ice pop at the new Plaza Cafe, located on The Met Fifth Avenue's David H.
Koch Plaza near 83rd Street. Uptown at The Met Cloisters, the Trie Café
offers delicious salads, sandwiches, and desserts. Enjoy a glass of wine
or beer while surrounded by serene gardens and medieval architecture. For
hours and locations, visit us online.
Bike Valet
Complimentary bicycle valet service is available for Museum visitors
10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday. Valet service continues
through Labor Day and includes the September 6 Monday holiday. Look for
the valet tent located on The Met's Fifth Avenue's David H. Koch Plaza
near 83rd Street.
Buy or reserve your tickets now
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For more information about the exhibitions, including
sponsorship credits, see The New Woman Behind
the Camera and The Medici: Portraits and Politics, 1512–1570.
Drop-in Drawing is made possible by Bonnie J. Sacerdote.
Captioning is made possible by the Ruth Lapham Lloyd Trust.
Your support allows the Museum to collect, conserve, and Your support
allows the Museum to collect, conserve, and present 5,000 years of world
art. Donate now.
Comments are welcome at metmuseum_newsletter@metmuseum.org.
Images: Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (French, 1749–1803). Self-Portrait with Two Pupils, Marie Gabrielle
Capet (1761–1818) and Marie Marguerite Carreaux de Rosemond (died 1788),
1785. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Julia A. Berwind,
1953 (53.225.5) | Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora,
ca. 530 B.C. Greek, Attic. Attributed to the Euphiletos Painter. The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1914
(14.130.12) | Charles Alston (American, 1907–1977). Girl in a Red Dress, 1934.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace
Gift and George A. Hearn Fund, 2021 (2021.25). © Estate of Charles Henry
Alston. On view in Gallery 902. | Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
(French, 1864–1901). The Clown: M. Joret,
1885. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Mr. and Mrs.
Justin K. Thannhauser, 1951 (51.180) | W.E.B. Du Bois Data Portraits, Visualizing Black
America, The Color Line at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
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