'Vermeer's Masterpiece: The Milkmaid' will mark the first time that the painting has traveled to the United States since it was exhibited at the 1939 World's Fair 70 years ago.

This exhibit features seven centuries and five continents of fashionable dress, regional costumes and accessories for men, women and children, up to the present.

This exhibit features major canvases, panels, triptychs and frescoes by Italian, Flemish, Dutch, French, Spanish and British masters, from the 12th through the 19th century.

The Museum will continue a long-standing holiday tradition with the annual presentation of its Christmas tree, a favorite of New Yorkers and visitors from around the world.

This exhibit features furniture, silver, pewter, glass, ceramics and textiles from the late 17th to early 20th century, as well as domestic architecture in furnished period rooms.

This exhibit features stone reliefs and sculpture, ivory and objects of precious metal from a vast area and time span: Anatolia to the Indus Valley, Neolithic period (ca. 8000 B.C.E.) to the Arab...

This exhibit features paintings, calligraphy, prints, sculpture, ceramics, bronzes, jades, lacquer, textiles and screens from ancient to modern China, Japan, Korea, and South and Southeast Asia

See tapestries, velvets, carpets, embroideries, laces, samplers, quilts and woven and printed fabrics from all periods and civilizations, dating back to 3000 B.C.E.

Discover rare first editions, artists' treatises and manuals, illustrated atlases, scrapbooks, fine bindings and seminal works of art history in the Museum's research libraries.

This exhibit features sculpture, furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork, scientific instruments, textiles and period rooms of the major Western European countries from the Renaissance through the...

American artist Roxy Paine (b. 1966) is creating a 130-foot-long by 45-foot-wide stainless-steel sculpture, especially for the Museum's Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden. Immersing viewers in what...

The Museum's renovated gallery devoted to Native North American art display approximately 90 works made by numerous American peoples. Ranging from the beautifully shaped stone tools known as...

When The Charles Engelhard Court--the grand, light-filled pavilion that has long served as the formal entrance to The Metropolitan Museum of Art's American Wing reopens in March 2009 after two years...

This exhibit features statuary, reliefs, stelae, funerary objects, jewelry, daily implements and architecture from prehistoric Egypt through the Old, Middle and New Kingdoms to the Roman period (4th...

This exhibit features portraits, landscapes, history paintings, still lifes, folk art and sculpture from colonial times through the early 20th century.

This exhibit features ritual objects and monuments, articles of personal adornment and utensils for daily life from three continents and dozens of Pacific islands, from 2000 B.C.E. to the present.

Come on down and get in on some great skating with the sound of great music in the background. As we near Christmas there just might be that occasional Santa gliding along as well.

There's all-new excitement in this year's 'Radio City Christmas Spectacular.' All new this year is a dazzling opening number featuring stunning new sets, costumes and breathtaking stage effects. With...

The observation deck includes three renovated lower levels and three renovated upper levels housed in the 70-story architectural heart of Rockefeller Center, 30 Rockefeller Plaza. The view itself is...

Enjoy dancing after hours with DJ Timmy Regisford and/or special guest DJs.

Get up close and personal with some of the zoo's wild animals. The location will be posted at the Zoo entrance.

The National Park Service provides ranger-guided walking tours of the museum. Times are posted at the Information Desk.

See an international array of instruments of historical, technical and social importance, as well as tonal and visual beauty, from accordions to koras to zithers.

This exhibit features American and European paintings, works on paper, sculpture, design and architecture representing the major artistic movements since 1900.

The Pacific Ocean encompasses more than a thousand distinct cultures and hundreds of artistic traditions in an area that covers about one-third of the earth's surface. The Museum's new permanent...

This exhibit features armor for men, horses and children, as well as weapons and martial accoutrements of sculptural and ornamental beauty from Europe, Asia, the Middle East and America

These galleries explore the South Asian emergence of Buddhist and Hindu sculptural traditions between the 2nd century B.C. and the 8th century A.D. More than 160 works from the permanent collections...

This complex of Hellenistic, South Italian, Etruscan and Roman galleries, comprises an entire wing housing some 5300 objects in more than 30,000 square feet. The centerpiece is the Leon Levy and...

This exhibit features manuscripts and miniatures, carpets, intricately decorated objects in many media, and architectural elements from the founding of Islam in the 7th century C.E. onward, from...