For a century and a half, the Metropolitan Museum has been building a world-class collection of art and artifacts from around the world, across time. Seventeen curatorial departments study, exhibit, and care for the objects in the Museum's collection.
One of the world's largest art museums, includes American art and decorative arts, European, African, Asian, Ancient Egyptian, Roman and Greek art, Byzantine and Islamic art, and modern art. The Museum's comprehensive collection of medieval and Byzantine art is displayed in both the Main Building and in the northern Manhattan satellite location, The Cloisters museum and gardens.
The Museum mounts dozens of special, temporary exhibitions. It was the Met that invented the "blockbuster" exhibition.
Please check the museum website for updated exhibition information. Scheduling has been reworked as a result of the temporary museum closure.
Explores the transformative role of enamel during the Ming and Qing dynasties
100+ objects of jade and other hardstones
Trans-historical presentation of art that reckons with death and visualizes the afterlife
Celebrates Dr. Martin Eidelberg’s collection of ceramic works from the 1880s to 1910s
200+ works illuminate Raphael’s extraordinary creativity
13th -16th century stylistic evolution of Gothic architecture and art
Highlights the influence and audacity of her magazine career
Multiple views of the inside, reverse, or hard-to-see aspects of objects.
The Horse, a creature symbolizing power, strength, and vitality.
Artworks provide a view of the roots, course, and aftermath of the Revolutionary War
Ceramics in dialogue with related art forms
Presents connections between garments and artworks
Works that explore ideas and ideals of autonomy—creative, social, and political.
80 works explore portraiture from about 1900 to the 1960s
50+ objects displayed at the Met Cloisters
130 objects explore the relationship between musical instruments and the body
14 sculptures in dialogue with ancient civilization
Four complete carpets along with a selection of fragments
Four large-scale sculptures invite contemplation, surprise, and revelation
120+ works trace parallel lives and practices