| |  | | | | The Met Fall Festival 2025 | Saturday, October 18, 12–5 pm
Kick off the fall season at The Met! Create art, catch a performance, and check out our current exhibitions. For all ages.
Free with Museum admission.
Learn more → |  | | | | An Evening with Lorna Simpson | Tuesday, October 28, 6–7 pm
Discover Lorna Simpson's dynamic paintings and her bold approach to the medium in a conversation with the artist alongside curator David Breslin. Learn about the celebrated works on view in the exhibition Lorna Simpson: Source Notes and their place within the artist's multifaceted body of work.
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Lorna Simpson: Source Notes.
Free, though advance registration is required. Note: Space is limited; first come, first served.
Register now → |  | | | | Regarding History: American Art in Perspective | Saturday, November 1, 11 am–3 pm
Join curators, academics, and artists to mark the end of the American Wing’s 100th anniversary with dynamic conversations and presentations that explore multilayered interpretations of American art and history. Discover how diverse institutions and individuals are bringing history to life for audiences through a variety of engaging approaches that activate digital technologies, showcase innovations in visual and material object-based displays, and center the power of place and the potential for contemporary artistic interventions.
Presented in conjunction with The American Wing at 100.
Free with Museum admission, though advance registration is recommended. Note: Space is limited; first come, first served.
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|  | | | | Annual Lectures in Cycladic and Ancient Greek Art—Warrior Princes of Mycenaean Greece | Thursday, November 13, 11 am–12 pm
Join Jack Davis and Sharon Stocker, co-investigators of the grave of the Griffin Warrior in Pylos, in the province of Messenia, as they describe their spectacular finds of gold, silver, bronze, and precious gems. Learn about the implications of their discoveries for our understanding of the rise of the Mycenaean civilization and the first states in Europe ca. 1450 BCE and discover how archaeological excavations in Pylos have been writing new chapters in the history of the Greek Bronze Age since 2015.
Free with Museum admission, though advance registration is required. Note: Space is limited; first come, first served.
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|  | | | | Studio Workshop—Still Life-Inspired Perfumes | Friday, November 14, 5–8:30 pm or Saturday, November 15, 2–5:30 pm
Discover the art and science behind perfumery. Join perfumer Michael Nordstrand to explore still life paintings through scent. Look closely at works in the Museum’s collection of European art, then create your own personalized fragrance using a range of aromatic materials.
Fee: $125. Materials are provided. Note: Space is limited; advance registration is required. Registration closes on Thursday, November 13, 2025, or when registration is full.
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|  | | | | Storytime at The Met—Show your Style | Tuesdays and Thursdays in October, 10:15–10:45 am and 11:15–11:45 am
Look, listen, sing, and have fun with Storytime! Join us every Tuesday and Thursday for picture-book readings connected to objects in The Met collection. This month, enjoy books about fashion and celebrations! Storytime is recommended for families with children ages 18 months to 6 years old.
Free; Museum admission is not required. Note: Space is limited; first come, first served.
Learn more → |  | | | | Seeing Through Drawing—Man Ray: When Objects Dream | Saturday, October 25, 11 am–1 pm
For adults who are blind or partially sighted. Get inspired by the Museum's collection and learn drawing techniques through workshops that include experimentation with materials, verbal description, and creative responses to works of art.
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Man Ray: When Objects Dream.
Free, though advance registration is required. Space is limited.
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|  | | | | Get spooky at The Met Cloisters | Step into the world of the Middle Ages. Perched on the Hudson River in Fort Tryon Park, The Met Cloisters brings the Middle Ages to life with reconstructed cloisters, chapels, and halls filled with manuscripts, sculptures, tapestries, and metalwork. Join us all month to celebrate Halloween:
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| | | | Accessibility at The Met
The Met is committed to accessibility for all. For information about accessibility, programs, and services for people with disabilities at both Met sites, visit metmuseum.org/access. To request an access accommodation for virtual programs or online resources, email [email protected], or call 212-650-2010. For information about accessibility on our website, see our Website Accessibility Statement. | Events take place at The Met Fifth Avenue or The Met Cloisters unless otherwise noted.
For more information about the exhibitions, including sponsorship credits, see Man Ray: When Objects Dream, Divine Egypt, Lorna Simpson: Source Notes, The American Wing at 100, and The Magical City: George Morrison's New York.
Sunday at The Met—Meet the Gods of Egypt is made possible by the CORA Foundation.
Sunday at The Met—Man Ray in Collaboration is made possible by Phillips.
Regarding History: American Art in Perspective is made possible by the Clara Lloyd-Smith Weber Fund.
“Lectures in Cycladic and Ancient Greek Art” has been made possible by the Museum of Cycladic and Ancient Greek Art, Athens, Greece in fondest memory of its founder Dolly Goulandris.
Events and programming related to the reopening of The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing are made possible by the Breyer Family Foundation, the Ford Foundation, Samuel and Gabrielle Lurie, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and the Thompson Family Foundation. Additional support is provided by Stephen M. Cutler and Wendy N. Zimmermann, Kyveli and George Economou, Ed and Dale Mathias, the Mex-Am Cultural Foundation Inc., and two anonymous donors.
Teen Fridays are made possible by the Gray Foundation.
For Education program funders, visit metmuseum.org/educationfundingsupport.
For MetLiveArts program funders visit metmuseum.org/metliveartssupport.
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Images: The Met Fall Festival image by Paula Lobo | Photo of Lorna Simpson by James Wang | Regarding History: American Art in Perspective photograph by Paul Lachenauer | Annual Lectures in Cycladic and Ancient Greek Art—Warrior Princes of Mycenaean Greece photo by Jeff Vanderpool | Red Baraat, photo courtesy of the artist | Sierra de Catorce, photo by Florencia Podestá | Margareta Haverman (Dutch, Breda 1693–1722 or later). A Vase of Flowers (detail), 1716. Oil on wood. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, 1871 (71.6) | All other images by Filip Wolak | | | |
