It's almost here! 🌿 Join us this Saturday, April 20 for The Met Cloister's annual Plant Sale.

Meet the Museum's gardeners and horticulturists who'll help you select medieval-inspired plants, cultivated in the Cloisters greenhouse.

Learn more: met.org/3INQuMa

Italian designer Maria Monaci Gallenga captivated contemporaries with her luminous, richly patterned textiles—the basis for striking fashions and interiors.

Explore #Gallenga 's life, work, and historical and contemporary influences ➡️ met.org/49Im21u

📣 Calling all middle school teachers and students!

Join us on Friday, May 10 to learn about the exhibition 'The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism' with Alphonso Horne and The Gotham Kings, who perform jazz from the period.

Learn more: met.org/3xE0mGb

Ready to unleash your inner artist? 🎨

Join us on Saturday, April 20, for a studio workshop exploring watercolor landscape painting. Get inspired by the nature and artworks in The Met collection to create your own watercolor painting.

Learn more: met.org/4cXnAac

What makes a cultural landmark?

On Tuesday, April 30, join experts at The Met as they explore cultural heritage sites in Mexico and the unique relationship between communities, lived traditions, and natural landscapes.

Learn more: met.org/3vBdjQp

✅ Unicorns
✅ Cozy vibes
✅ Books!

Join Met educators every Tuesday for Storytime at The Met Cloisters—featuring picture-book readings in English and Spanish.

Learn more: met.org/3O91AhT

🔍 Dive into the art of connoisseurship.

Join us on Friday, April 19 for the second Michael and Juliet Rubenstein Lecture on Connoisseurship, featuring the British Museum’s Hugo Chapman who explores “mistakes, fakes, and second takes.”

Learn more: met.org/3vV9wNM

Hey plant-lovers! 🌱

Join us on Saturday, April 20 for The Met Cloister's annual Plant Sale.

Meet gardeners and horticulturists who'll help you select medieval-inspired plants for your outdoor garden, cultivated in the Cloisters greenhouse.

Learn more: met.org/3INQuMa

What makes a cultural landmark?

On Tuesday, April 30, join experts at The Met as they explore cultural heritage sites in Mexico and the unique relationship between communities, lived traditions, and natural landscapes.

Learn more: met.org/3vBdjQp

The Met is grateful to Senator Chuck Schumer (Chuck Schumer) for helping secure $1.7 million in federal funds for construction of necessary safety measures on our plaza.

Sound on 🔊

How does the rediscovery of an audio component for Romare Bearden’s monumental collage transform our understanding of it?

Experience 'The Block' alongside its audio element for the first time in more than 50 years.

#MetHarlemRenaissance
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Explore Harlem's vibrant past and present on three walking tours, led by Harlem historian John Reddick.

📅 April 13: Artists' Interpretations of Harlem

📅 May 4: LGBTQA+ Circle of Langston Hughes

📅 June 22: Black and Jewish Music Culture

Learn more: met.org/4aJejko

Discover Renaissance secrets 🤫
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NOW ON VIEW—'Hidden Faces: Covered Portraits of the Renaissance' explores the Renaissance tradition of private portraits hidden behind clever covers adorned with puzzles, emblems, and allegories.

Learn more: met.org/MetHiddenFaces

A plant-lover's dream is coming 🌿 ✨

Join us on Saturday, April 20 for The Met Cloister's annual Plant Sale.

Meet gardeners and horticulturists who'll help you select medieval-inspired plants, cultivated in the Cloisters greenhouse.

Learn more: met.org/3INQuMa

Hey audiophiles! 🎧 Did you know you can access The Met's audio guides even if you aren't on site?

Visit our website to listen to exhibition playlists, highlights tours, family tours, and more: met.org/Audioguide

How are common objects animated and transformed by the camera?

Join us on Thursday, April 11 as Sara Cwynar, Bobby Doherty, and Emily Keegin explore commercial strategies of visual seduction in contemporary and historical product photos: met.org/3vkirrR

📸 Emily Keegin

Why does the banjo continue to capture the American imagination?

Hey educators! Join us on April 13 to explore the history of the banjo, discover The Met’s musical instruments, and develop connections with music and social studies curricula.

Learn more: met.org/3xiskHm

“Occasionally, in times of worry, I’ve longed to be stylish, but on second thought I say no—just let me be myself—and express rough, yet true things with rough workmanship.”⁣⁣
— Vincent van Gogh

In times of doubt, listen to #VanGogh —born March 30, 1853—and just be yourself. ❤️

Think you know #Cubism ? Stop by The Met to discover a new perspective.

Join us on Monday, April 1 as scholar Richard J. Powell rethinks the art of Cubism through the historical and aesthetic lens of African American art.

Learn more: met.org/4a3eY02

On May 26, 1854, William and Frederick Langenheim took 8 photos and made history—this was the first total solar eclipse ever captured in photographs in the U.S. 🌙

Join us on Monday, April 1 to explore early eclipse photos and more in The Met collection: met.org/43BQc4B