Founded in 1879, the museum's original main 1904 Cass Gilbert-designed building and an addition, the East Building, house an encyclopedic collection of more than 33,000 works of art spanning five millennia and six continents.
Exhibitions & Dates
Ancient Splendor Roman Art in the Time of Trajan
Mar 14 2026 - Aug 16 2026
Sculptures, frescoes, mosaics, glass, and bronze artifacts from renowned Italian antiquities collections
Aymara Weavings: The Indigenous Andes
Jan 30 2026 - Sep 13 2026
18 & 19th century weavings by Aymara artists and related works from the Central Andes
Visions of Antiquity
Apr 10 2026 - Oct 18 2026
Explores the persistence of Greek and Roman antiquity in art, from 1500 to the present.
Anselm Kiefer: Becoming the Sea - Sculpture Hall Installation
- Spring 2027
Massive green and gold-leaf works showcase important rivers in Kiefer’s life
Picturing Independence
Jun 12 2026 - Jan 24 2027
Artworks in a variety of mediums spanning 1770 to 2017
Quilts and Coverlets American Needlework in White
Oct 2 2026 - Mar 28 2027
19th century whitework bedcoverings plus ceramics, printed fabrics, and needlework
Women Impressionists and the Land
Oct 17 2026 - Jan 10 2027
70 works of landscape and nature imagery by women Impressionists
Unsettling the City - Julie Mehretu’s “Epigraph, Damascus”
Nov 6 2026 - Aug 15 2027
Large-scale print upends the representational possibilities of a city view