This is a retrospective honoring the life and work of Charles Seliger. 'Charles Seliger (1926- 2009): A Memorial Exhibition, A Retrospective of Paintings' features approximately thirty-five paintings...

The New York City Police Department patch was introduced on July 1st, 1971. It provides a distinctive uniform emblem which identifies all members of the Department to the public and engenders great...

A major feature of the Rose Center is the Scales of the Universe exhibit along the 400-foot-long walkway that hugs the glass wall of the cube. This unique exhibit, which employs the facility's...

This exhibit is presented as an overview of African American participation in the New York City Police Department. It is a tribute to all men and women who, in confronting racial discrimination...

The Museum's habitat group dioramas, located extensively throughout its halls, are among the most renowned and beloved exhibits at the Museum. With precise depictions of geographical locations and the...

In the Hall of Minerals the visitor finds minerals composed of a single element, such as gold and copper, and groups that combine several elements, such as the silicates quartz, amethyst and mica.

New York City is known for commerce, but how did it get started? Wander through the ports of New York and discover their vital role in building the city. From beaver pelts and defense systems to Wall...

'On Feathered Wings: Birds in Flight' is an exhibition of over 30 striking photographs featuring dramatic images of birds in flight. On view in the Akeley Gallery on the second floor, the exhibition...

Giuseppe Petrosino, an immigrant from Salerno who became the New York City Police Department's first Italian-American detective, waged a valiant battle against the Black Hand, a loosely-knit criminal...

In his search for a new national message during the 1932 presidential primary, FDR gathered around him a number of political, economic and legal scholars. The core of this group were Columbia...

Meteorites are solid particles from space that survive the passage through Earth's atmosphere to fall to the ground. In addition to such specimens as moon rocks and a meteorite studded with tiny...

'Timescapes', a 25-minute multimedia experience, traces the growth of New York City from a settlement of a few hundred Europeans, Africans and Native Americans to its present status as one of the...

Until the New-York Historical Society's landmark exhibition, 'Slavery in New York,' opened to acclaim on October 7, 2005, no museum had told the full story of slavery in New York--from its early 17th...

The Milstein Hall of Ocean Life is home to the Museum's beloved 94-foot-long model of a blue whale, a powerful evocation of the massive yet graceful nature of the largest animal ever to roam the...

This exhibit showcases the leadership of the department from 1845 to 1901. This includes chronologies of police commissioners, first depute commissioners and police chiefs.

This exhibition, on view in a dedicated gallery, presents highlights from Justin Thannhauser's bequest of a significant portion of his art collection, including masterpieces by Paul Cezanne, Paul...

These compositions they made by Victorian women with photographs and watercolors are whimsical and fantastical, combining human heads and animal bodies, placing people into imaginary landscapes, and...

This exhibition will include a selection of around 100 works drawn from a recent gift of more than 300 paintings, sketches and studies, poetry manuscripts, and artist's seals done by or for Xie Zhiliu...

Several large ink drawings will portray a mythical history of the Metropolitan Museum, imagining the building under construction and giant artworks being transported or installed. Running in parallel...

This exhibition is the first ever dedicated to Agnolo Bronzino (1503-1572), and will present nearly all the known drawings by, or attributed to, this leading Italian Mannerist artist, who was active...

This exhibition will chart the history of the development of the Du Paquier factory, setting its production within the historic and cultural context of Vienna in the first half of the...

The art of the book in medieval India is closely associated with the Jain religious community. This exhibit features illustrated palm-leaf and paper manuscripts.

Liza Lou's recent work 'Continuous Mile,' an ambitious and engaging large-scale sculpture made of gleaming white beads, went on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on January 23, 2009. The work is...

The internationally acclaimed British artist Richard Hamilton (b. 1922), one of the founders of Pop art in London, first studied printmaking as a teenager and continues his experiments today at the...

This camera (circa 1910) is smaller than the stand-up camera but could be used for photographing line-ups. It could also rotate downward to photograph evidence.

This exhibit chronicles the role the NYPD played in response to September 11, 2001. Exclusive on-camera interviews, striking photographs and numerous Ground Zero artifacts, will tell the story.

This hall explores the pre-Columbian cultures of South America as well as the traditional cultures living in the region today, encompassing the ancient Inka, Moche, Chavin and Chancay cultures as well...

This corridor linking the Akeley Hall of African Mammals with the Hall of African Peoples provides gallery space for special photographic exhibitions.

This exhibition -- the first in an art museum to be devoted exclusively to Oceanic musical instruments -- explores the rich diversity of musical instruments created and used in the Pacific Islands...

This exhibition, which celebrates the Museum's collection, showcases approximately 50 examples of this art form.