Met Anywhere: Talks and Tours

Met Anywhere: Talks and Tours

 

Virtual Tour—Alice Neel: People Come First

Take a virtual tour of Alice Neel: People Come First, which presents Alice Neel (1900-1984) as one of the twentieth century’s most radical artists, and a champion of social justice whose longstanding commitment to humanist principles inspired her life as well as her art. Watch now →

Reimagining the European Painting Galleries, from Giotto to Goya

The Met's greatest Old Master paintings are back on view in a series of provocative galleries that introduce fresh themes and narratives about European art. Read now →

Conserving the Giovanni di Paolo altarpiece

Follow the two-year-long conservation treatment of the Madonna and Child with Saints altarpiece (1454) by Giovanni di Paolo, which hadn't been treated since it came into The Met collection in 1932. Watch the conservators as they remove discolored varnish, old overpaints, overgildings, and reconstructions, retouch paint losses and ingild abrasions, and replace missing and damaged frame elements. Watch now →

Insider Insights—The Camel at The Cloisters

Discover how a 12th-century Spanish painting of a camel, an animal not native to Europe, suggests medieval Spain’s connection to the world beyond its borders. Watch now →

Touring the World with "Art in Embassies"

Assistant Museum Librarian for Technical Services and Reference discusses art catalogs from the United States Embassies. Read now →

Exhibitions Highlights

Japan: A History of Style  Through April 24, 2022 The Met Fifth Avenue Goya's Graphic Imagination  Through May 2, 2021 The Met Fifth Avenue

Aesthetic Splendors: Highlights from the Gift of Barrie and Deedee Wigmore  CLOSING SOON Through April 18, 2021 The Met Fifth Avenue The Great Hall Commission: Kent Monkman, mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People  CLOSING SOON Through April 19, 2021 The Met Fifth Avenue

Bodhisattvas of Wisdom, Compassion, and Power  JUST OPENED Through October 16, 2022 The Met Fifth Avenue The Roof Garden Commission: Alex Da Corte, As Long as the Sun Lasts  OPENING SOON April 16–October 31, 2021 The Met Fifth Avenue

The Medici: Portraits and Politics, 1512–1570  UPCOMING June 26–October 11, 2021 The Met Fifth Avenue The New Woman Behind the Camera  UPCOMING July 2–October 3, 2021 The Met Fifth Avenue

See all current exhibitions →

Plan Your Visit

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. Entry to the Museum is by timed ticket or reservation only and capacity is limited. See the Plan Your Visit page for more information about making a reservation and buying tickets in advance. The Eatery and the American Wing Café are now open. A vibrant culinary marketplace, The Eatery offers seasonal dishes featuring locally sourced ingredients, including kid-friendly options. For a quick coffee and snacks, head to the American Wing Café. For hours and locations, visit us online. Buy or reserve your tickets now → The Met Fifth Avenue 1000 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10028 The Met Cloisters 99 Margaret Corbin Drive Fort Tryon Park New York, NY 10040

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The Jewish Heritage Museum Presents Marc Chagall: An Online Talk and Film led by Professor Maurice Mahler

Marc Chagall: An Online Talk and Film Led by Professor Maurice Mahler

WHEN: Sunday, March 14, 2021, at 2 PM
WHERE: Zoom
ADMISSION: $8 for members, $10 non-members.
To make a reservation, please call the Museum at 732-252-6990. You will receive an email with the link after your registration is processed.

The Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County welcomes back Professor Maurice Mahler to present a talk and show a different film than previously shown at the Museum, and to reveal more information about Chagall, his art, and his family. 

The film, The Art of Marc Chagall: War and Peace Through Yiddish Eyes, introduced by Dr. Linda Burghart, Scholar in Residence at the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center, explores the development of Chagall's work as life took him through Tsarist Russia, Nazi-controlled Europe, and post-war America. Burghart talks about Chagall's life and shows many of his paintings through a timeline of his life. A question-and-answer session will follow the hour-long film. 

Professor Mahler teaches at Rutgers University Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI-RU). He is a retired advertising executive and instructor at the School for Visual Arts in New York.

Funding has been made possible in part by a General Operating Support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a Division of the Department of State, through grant funds administered by the Monmouth County Historical Commission.

For more information, please call the Museum at 732-252-6990, or visit www.jhmomc.org. 

The Jewish Heritage Museum is located in the Mounts Corner Shopping  Center, at 310 Mounts Corner Drive Freehold, NJ, at the corner of Route 537 and Wemrock Road (between the CentraState Medical Center and Freehold Raceway Mall). It is on the second floor of the historic Levi Solomon Barn. 

The JHMOMC is a tax-exempt organization under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Although not currently open to the public, the Museum is handicapped and assistive-listening accessible.

Jewish Heritage Museum Presents Gellman American Dream: A documentary and talk by Gary Gellman on Creating Family Archives

The Jewish Heritage Museum Presents

Gellman American Dream: a documentary and talk by Gary Gellman on creating Family Archives

WHEN: Sunday, January 24, at 2 PM
WHERE: Zoom 
ADMISSION: $5 for members, $7 non-members.
To make a reservation, please call the Museum at 732-252-6990.

This documentary features Gellman’s family, who were Jewish immigrant farmers during the first half of the 20th century. In addition, Mr. Gellman will discuss how families can create their own family history documentary. He will provide guidance about the creation process and how he collected all the materials necessary to put the documentary together. From old family movies to newspaper articles, Gellman will detail the entire process.

“We recorded interviews with family members in their 80s and 90s, incorporated old film reels, photographs, media publications, and created a 30-minute piece that documents our family history said Gellman. “Our Jewish history came alive as we produced this documentary and uncovered our fascinating past. It is indeed remarkable what Jewish farmers needed to do to survive.”

Gary Gellman, founder of Gellman Images in 1989, has been featured nationally in newspapers, magazines, and on radio. This includes appearing on CBS’s The Early Show Indianapolis, ABC’s Good Morning Las Vegas, Action News-Early Edition, NBC’s 10, and News 12’s 

Daytime Edition, to discuss the multi-media industry. He has been a featured speaker at conventions in Las Vegas, Philadelphia, and Atlantic City. Gellman completed his broadcasting and journalism studies at The College of New Jersey. 

Funding has been made possible in part by a general operating support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a Division of the Department of State, through grant funds administered by the Monmouth County Historical Commission.

For more information, please call the Museum at 732-252-6990, or visit www.jhmomc.org. 

The Jewish Heritage Museum is located in the Mounts Corner Shopping  Center, at 310 Mounts Corner Drive Freehold, NJ, at the corner of Route 537 and Wemrock Road (between the CentraState Medical Center and Freehold Raceway Mall). It is on the second floor of the historic Levi Solomon Barn. 

The JHMOMC is a tax-exempt organization under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Although not currently open to the public, the Museum is handicapped and assistive-listening accessible.

Jewish Heritage Museum Presents  Arthur L. Finkle in Talk on Shofar History and Technique

WHEN: Thursday, September 17, 2020, at 10:30AM.
WHERE: Zoom
ADMISSION: free
To make a reservation and obtain the Zoom link, please email the Museum at jhmomc@optonline.net. 

The Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County presents a virtual (online) program with Arthur L. Finkle, Shofar sounder, author, educator, historian, and mediator discussing Shofar History and Technique.  

Finkle, author of Shofar: History, Technique and Jewish Law (2015) and The Easy Guide to Shofar Sounders (2000), will facilitate a discussion and demonstration of the Shofar, its history, musicality, and religious significance.

Arthur L. Finkle is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Rutgers University with an MGA degree from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a certificate in Religious Education from the Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, Ohio.

This program is made possible in part by the Monmouth County Historical Commission through funding from the New Jersey Historical Commission of the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders.

For more information or to make a donation, call the Museum at 732-252-6990, or visit jhmomc.org. The Jewish Heritage Museum is located in the Mounts Corner Shopping Center, at 310 Mounts Corner Drive Freehold, NJ, at the corner of Route 537 and Wemrock Road (between the CentraState Medical Center and Freehold Raceway Mall). It is on the second floor of the historic Levi Solomon Barn. The JHMOMC is a tax-exempt organization under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Museum is handicapped and assisted-listening accessible.

This Week’s Virtual and Live Events @ Paper Mill Playhouse

Monday, July 6 – New Voices 2009: Thoroughly Modern Musicals!  The annual New Voices concert is the culmination of Paper Mill Playhouse’s Summer Musical Theater Conservatory, featuring 120 talented student performers ages 10–18, directed and choreographed by Paper Mill Playhouse’s professional artistic staff. This week’s installment features songs from Billy Elliot, Next to Normal, Mary Poppins, Wicked, The Light in the Piazza, Ragtime, Jersey Boys, and more!

Wednesday, July 8 – Babbling by the Brook: Tough Talk with the Sordelet Family Join Paper Mill’s own Producing Artistic Director Mark S. Hoebee for lighthearted, entertaining conversations with a star-studded roster of performers, writers, directors, and more theatrical denizens. Gain insight into our upcoming productions, delve into the creative process, and catch up with veteran actors! This week meet the stage combat dynasty family of Rick Sordelet, Christian Kelly-Sordelet, and Collin Kelly-Sordelet.

Thursday, July 9 – Humanities Symposium Series: Meet Mark Twain

Join us on the set of our 1997 production of Big River for an interesting and educational evening on the life and works of Mark Twain, hosted by Susie Speidel and featuring performances by Catrice Joseph, Jayme McDaniel, Jessica Wright, and Ms. Speidel, with a lecture by Dr. Elliot Engel. CLICK IMAGE ABOVE FOR MORE INFORMATION! Summer Theater School Online Paper Mill’s 5-week Theater School session continues weekly classes this summer online and worldwide!  Join our award-winning faculty of theater artists to make creative playmaking a part of your child’s week. Designed for students ages 7–17, our limited weekly class spots assure students will receive dedicated attention and instruction with the same instructors and lessons utilized in our in-person classes. Enrollment is ongoing, but spots are limited and are expected to sell out. Classes kick off the week of July 13! LEARN MORE And it’s not all virtual… LIVE this Saturday, July 11, Susie Speidel and JOE REGAN’S BROOKSIDE CABARET Every Saturday enjoy outdoor dining with live entertainment at the Carriage House Restaurant at the F.M. Kirby Carriage House. Prix Fixe Dinner Wednesday–Saturday Small Plates & Cocktails Available Curbside Pickup Sunday Brunch Reservations required for outdoor dining and pre-orders required for curbside pickup. Visit PaperMill.org/Restaurant

McCARTER@HOME: #BlackLivesMatter art that moves us

This week we want to spotlight a few powerful works that have moved us with their #BlackLivesMatter message.
Please watch, listen, read, reflect, and help us amplify their art.

Keedron Bryant: "I Just Wanna Live"

You may recognize this young gospel singer from NBC's primetime talent show, "Little Big Shot", or from President Obama's latest Instagram post.
"I'm a young black man, doing all that I can to stand. But when I look around and see what's being done to my kind every day... I'm being hunted as prey," sings Keedron Bryant in this heartbreaking clip. WATCH

Rhiannon Giddens: "Cry No More"
"First they stole our bodies. Then they stole our sons. Then they stole our God. And gave us a new one."

Rhiannon Giddens' poetic lyrics were written five years ago, after the massacre at the Emanuel AME church in South Carolina, and continue to ring true as a powerful reminder of oppression and struggle today. WATCH

Calvin Royal III, soloist with the American Ballet Theatre

Before the pandemic hit, Calvin Royal III was set to make history with Misty Copeland as the first African-American lead ABT dancers to dance Romeo & Juliet together. Instead, he is creating new art at home, "I Run With Them," inspired by the death of Ahmaud Arbery, with music by Cynthia Erivo.  WATCH

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

Comedian Trevor Noah has continued to record his show from home during COVID-19, mixing satire with politics reaching millions of viewers every day. In his latest segment, he delivers a serious monologue evaluating George Floyd, the Minneapolis protests, Ahmaud Arbery, and Amy Cooper.  WATCH

Ranky Tanky & Jordan Benton: "Freedom"

This Grammy Award-winning quintet (you may have seen them at McCarter in 2019) specializes in jazz-influenced arrangements of traditional Gullah music, a culture that originated among descendants of enslaved Africans.
Moved by their song "Freedom," dancer Jordan Benton choreographed this piece to express her emotions about racial discrimination in America. WATCH

A.I.M: "Meditation: A Silent Prayer"

"I share this work with you as a prayer for justice, and a prayer for change," writes dancer, choreographer, and artistic director Kyle Abraham. Originally created in 2018 to honor all of the unjustly fallen, his dance company, Abraham.In.Motion, remind us of the urgent need to address extreme racial inequality in this 10-minute dance with visual art.  WATCH

Code Switch: "A Decade Of Watching Black People Die"

If you listen to podcasts and Code Switch isn't one of them, consider adding it to your regular rotation. Hosted by journalists of color, Code Switch tackles the subject of race head-on. This latest episode revisits a 2015 essay by Rolling Stone senior writer Jamil Smith and observes how little has changed since then, plus the power of technology today. LISTEN

MOCA TALKS with Prof. Charlotte Brooks: American Exodus: Second-Generation Chinese Americans in China, 1901-49

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Join us virtually to meet and talk with Professor Charlotte Brooks about her newest book, American Exodus Second-Generation Chinese Americans in China, 1901–1949, the first to explore this extraordinary migration of Chinese Americans. Their exodus shaped Sino-American relations, the development of key economic sectors in China, the character of social life in its coastal cities, debates about the meaning of culture and “modernity” there, and the U.S. government’s approach to citizenship and expatriation in the interwar years. The program is moderated by Nancy Yao Maasbach, MOCA President.

In the first decades of the 20th century, almost half of the Chinese Americans born in the United States moved to China—a relocation they assumed would be permanent. At a time when people from around the world flocked to the United States, this little-noticed emigration belied America’s image as a magnet for immigrants and a land of upward mobility for all. Fleeing racism, Chinese Americans who sought greater opportunities saw China, a tottering empire and then a struggling republic, as their promised land.

Charlotte Brooks is a professor of history at Baruch College, CUNY. A scholar of race, immigration, and urban history, she has published widely on Asian American history, especially Chinese American history. Her newest book is American Exodus: Second-Generation Chinese Americans in China, 1901-1949 (University of California Press, 2019). She is also the author of Between Mao and McCarthy: Chinese American Politics in the Cold War Years (University of Chicago Press, 2015), and Alien Neighbors, Foreign Friends: Asian Americans, Housing, and the Transformation of Urban California (University of Chicago Press, 2009).

During Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, we invite you to experience our content digitally and online through Digital Tours and Audio Guides, the Oral History Archive featuring video interviews from MOCA's Journey Wall collection, Collections Online with 35,000 digitized images from MOCA's archives, digital learning resources such as our new MOCA Heroes magazines, the My MOCA Story social media video series, MOCA Talks webcasts, and Listen With MOCA, our new website that tells the history of the Chinese in America through music, sound, playlists, and virtual cassettes. 

MOCA has not skipped a beat since its temporary closure in March. We've been converting our programs to online offerings and creating new digital content through multiple platforms, always free of charge—because history matters. We've been hit hard by the dramatic loss of income due to COVID-19. We hope you'll consider making a gift to become part of a continuing lifeline for MOCA. No amount is too little and we greatly appreciate your generosity. Your support will ensure the survival of MOCA which has been dealt many blows over the past months.

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Join us tonight: Writers@Drew featuring Mark Olshaker

In light of Drew's move to virtual instruction and business, the University invites our students, families and alums to join us for a special Writers@Drew virtual event tonight at 7 p.m. EST.

Writers@Drew presents: Emmy Award-winning author Mark Olshaker
in A Virtual Zoom Writer Talk and Q&A

WHEN: TONIGHT, Tuesday, April 21, 2020 | 7 p.m. EST

Olshaker, co-author of the book that spawned Netflix's Mindhunter, will discuss his latest book, Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs, a scientific drama that looks at the world's lack of preparedness for what has become a reality—a global pandemic.

Mark Olshaker will answer your questions, which can be submitted via chat within the Zoom platform or via email ahead of the scheduled presentation to sdezenhall@drew.edu.

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MUSICAL PERFORMANCE AND TALK, "LETTERS TO ERICH: FAMILY SEPARATION AND HOLOCAUST MEMORY," NICHOLAS MUSIC CENTER, MARCH 3

Letters to Erich: A Musical Performance and Talk

WHEN: Tuesday, March 3, 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: Nicholas Music Center, 85 George Street, New Brunswick
ADMISSION: free and open to the public.
Free parking is available on campus with online vehicle registration.
For more information or to RSVP, visit BildnerCenter.Rutgers.edu.

Ted Rosenthal, acclaimed American jazz pianist and composer of the original jazz opera Dear Erich, will be joined by mezzo-soprano Sishel Claverie and baritone Peter Kendall Clark (left) in a performance from his powerful new work. Rosenthal will also discuss the backstory of the opera, which draws on more than 200 personal letters between Rosenthal’s grandmother, trapped in Nazi Germany, and his father Erich, who was able to immigrate to Chicago.

On March 4, Using Personal Letters to Teach about the Holocaust, a free professional development workshop for middle and high school teachers, will explore the use of personal letters as primary documents for teaching about family separation, Holocaust history, immigration, and antisemitism. Debórah Dwork, the inaugural Rose Professor of Holocaust History and founding director of the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University, Ted Rosenthal, and Colleen Tambuscio, the Center’s pedagogical consultant, will conduct the workshop. (Advance registration required. For requirements, visit BildnerCenter.Rutgers.edu.)

Presented by the Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life and the Herbert and Leonard Littman Families Holocaust Resource Center, the events are cosponsored by an Arts and Culture Community Grant of the Association for Jewish Studies, the Mason Gross School of the Arts, the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education, and the New Brunswick Jazz Project.

The Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life connects the university with the community through public lectures, symposia, Jewish communal initiatives, cultural events, and teacher training.

Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County Presents “Jews of the Wild West”

Jews of the Wild West
a talk by Rabbi Michael Klein, Rabbi Emeritus of Congregation Ahavat Olam, Howell, NJ

WHEN: Sunday, March 29, 2020, at 2 PM. 
WHERE: The Jewish Heritage Museum, located in the Mounts Corner Shopping Center, at 310 Mounts Corner Drive Freehold, NJ, at the corner of Route 537 and Wemrock Road (between the CentraState Medical Center and Freehold Raceway Mall). It is on the second floor of the historic Levi Solomon Barn.
ADMISSION: $8 members, $10 non-members. Maximum capacity is 100, so paid reservations are recommended.

It may come as a surprise to discover that there was a Jewish presence in America’s Old West! Jews were involved at the Alamo, with Wyatt Earp, with Native Americans, and in many other facets of life and history from the California gold rush to Tombstone, Arizona. Come learn about this surprising and fascinating piece of American history.

Funding has been made possible in part by a general operating support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a Division of the Department of State, through grant funds administered by the Monmouth County Historical Commission.

For more information or to make a paid reservation (non-refundable), call the Museum at 732-252-6990, or visit jhmomc.org.

The JHMOMC is a tax-exempt organization under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The Museum is handicapped and assisted listening accessible.

Two Programs at Thomas Edison National Historical Park, Saturday, February 15 and Sunday, February 16, 2020

Lost and Found: Edison's 1913 Kinetophone Films

WHEN: Saturday, February 15, at 1 pm
WHERE: Edison Laboratory Complex, 211 Main St., West Orange, New Jersey.

The Library of Congress Nitrate Film Vault Manager George Willemon will present a program on the digital restoration of eight surviving Edison kinetophone films. Produced in 1913, the kinetophone films were Edison's unsuccessful attempt to introduce commercial motion pictures with synchronized sound. 

The eight kinetophone films, originally part of the Thomas Edison NHP collection, were transferred to the custody of the  Library of Congress during the 1960s and for many years were stored at Wright-Patterson Airforce Base in Dayton, Ohio. Mr. Willemon became aware of these films in the early 1980s while working at the airforce base and attending Wright State University.

Mr. Willemon's goal of restoring the films became possible with recent advances in digital technology. Using state-of-the-art equipment, technicians at the Library of Congress were able to reconstruct the kinetophone films with the audio recordings that had survived in the sound archives at Thomas Edison NHP. Presented initially at the 2016 Orphan Film Symposium at the Library of Congress, the restored kinetophone films debuted publicly at the Museum of Modern Art in the fall of 2016, As George Willemon notes, "the reconstruction fills a previously unknown gap in motion picture history of one of the early "successful failures" in an attempt to bring sound to motion pictures. Above and beyond that, they are a wonderful view of the style of live theater performed in the early 20th century."

Edison Book Club

WHEN: Sunday, February 16, at 2 pm
WHERE: Edison Laboratory Complex, 211 Main St., West Orange, New Jersey.

Mr. Willemon will speak at the fourth meeting of the Edison Book Club, a series of programs designed to engage readers with Edison, the new biography by Edmund Morris, (Random House, 2019). The discussion will focus on Edmund Morris' interpretation of Edison's role in the development of motion pictures, but questions about other aspects of motion picture history or other themes in the Morris book are also welcome. The Edison Book Club is free and open to the public. Reading the Edmund Morris biography is encouraged but not required.

Thomas Edison National Historical Park is a National Park Service site dedicated to promoting an international understanding and appreciation of the life and extraordinary achievements of Thomas Alva Edison by preserving, protecting and interpreting the Park's extensive historic artifact and archival collections at the Laboratory Complex and Glenmont, the Edison family estate. The Visitor Center is located at 211 Main Street in West Orange, New Jersey. For more information call 973-736-0550 extension 11 or visit our website at www.nps.gov/edis. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.