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Find Yourself at the Met—Looking and Drawing
(Ages 15–18)
Join other teens in a program of free classes devoted to understanding art and exploring the Metropolitan Museum. All classes are based on works of art in the Museum's collection.
Sketch and discuss works of art in the galleries of the Metropolitan with an artist-instructor. The classes encourage teens to experiment with individual drawing styles and approaches. Please bring a 9 x 12" sketchbook and pencils.
To register, call 212–650–2832 or email teenprograms@metmuseum.org. Please provide your name, telephone number, school, grade, email address, and title and date(s) of the class that you would like to attend. Enrollment is limited. Classes meet in the Uris Center for Education, located on the ground floor of the Museum, near the 81st Street entrance. Classes start promptly—please be on time! Registration is closed.
Randolph Williams
Free with Museum admission
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m., Uris Center for Education, ground floor
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American Moderns: O'Keeffe, Sheeler, and Demuth
This talk focuses on artists of the so-called Stieglitz circle, whose paintings of the 1920s and 1930s reveal the influence of European modernism, while still displaying a uniquely American spirit.
Emily Kies Folpe
Free with Museum admission
11:00 a.m., Tours Sign, Great Hall
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Look Again—Body Art
Topics unlocking the history, meaning, and cross-cultural connections of works of art in the Museum are explored through conversation and sketching by visitors ages five through twelve and their adult companions. From time to time, performances enhance this Museum adventure.
Free with Museum admission
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m., Carson Family Hall, Uris Center for Education, ground floor
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Met Escapes—Gallery Tour
We invite individuals living with dementia, together with their family members or care partners, to take a break from the everyday with art at the Museum. Through discussions, handling sessions, art making, and other interactive and multisensory activities in the galleries and in the classroom, we travel through time using the Metropolitan’s collections spanning 5,000 years of world culture.
This program is free, but reservations are required and places are limited.
Please call 212–650–2010 or email access@metmuseum.org to make a reservation or for more information.
Free with Museum admission
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m., Uris Center for Education, ground floor
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Museum Highlights
An introduction to the Metropolitan's diverse and encyclopedic collection of art from all corners of the world, from the earliest times to the present.
Free with Museum admission
11:15 a.m., Tours Sign, Great Hall
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Old Master Paintings
A chronological overview of the Museum's distinguished collection of European paintings from the 13th through the 18th century.
Free with Museum admission
11:30 a.m., Tours Sign, Great Hall
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Museum Highlights
An introduction to the Metropolitan's diverse and encyclopedic collection of art from all corners of the world, from the earliest times to the present.
Free with Museum admission
12:15 p.m., Tours Sign, Great Hall
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How Did They Do That?—Degas's Bronze Dancers
Supplementing the Look Again! program of the morning, this session shows families how a particular work of art was created, through handling tools and materials.
Free with Museum admission
1:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m., Nineteenth-Century European Paintings and Sculpture Galleries, 2nd floor
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Museum Highlights
An introduction to the Metropolitan's diverse and encyclopedic collection of art from all corners of the world, from the earliest times to the present.
Free with Museum admission
1:15 p.m., Tours Sign, Great Hall
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Arts of Ancient Greece and Rome
An overview of the Metropolitan's exceptional collection of Greek, Hellenistic, Etruscan and Roman art presented in the newly designed galleries.
Free with Museum admission
1:30 p.m., Tours Sign, Great Hall
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How Did They Do That?—Degas's Bronze Dancers
Supplementing the Look Again! program of the morning, this session shows families how a particular work of art was created, through handling tools and materials.
Free with Museum admission
1:30 p.m.–2:00 p.m., Nineteenth-Century European Paintings and Sculpture Galleries, 2nd floor
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Old Master Paintings
A chronological overview of the Museum's distinguished collection of European paintings from the 13th through the 18th century.
Free with Museum admission
2:00 p.m., Tours Sign, Great Hall
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Art of the Samurai—An Introduction
Part of Sunday at the Met—Art of the Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armor, 1156–1868
Morihiro Ogawa, special consultant and curator of the exhibition
Free with Museum admission
2:00 p.m., The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
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How Did They Do That?—Degas's Bronze Dancers
Supplementing the Look Again! program of the morning, this session shows families how a particular work of art was created, through handling tools and materials.
Free with Museum admission
2:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m., Nineteenth-Century European Paintings and Sculpture Galleries, 2nd floor
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Find Yourself at the Met—The Drawing Academy
(Ages 15–18)
Join other teens in a program of free classes devoted to understanding art and exploring the Metropolitan Museum. All classes are based on works of art in the Museum's collection.
This academic drawing class, for students with intermediate to advanced drawing skills, focuses on setting scale, measuring proportions, and recognizing and using planes to create sculptural drawings of works in the collection. Please bring a 9 x 12" sketchbook and pencils.
To register, call 212–650–2832 or email teenprograms@metmuseum.org. Please provide your name, telephone number, school, grade, email address, and title and date(s) of the class that you would like to attend. Enrollment is limited. Classes meet in the Uris Center for Education, located on the ground floor of the Museum, near the 81st Street entrance. Classes start promptly—please be on time! Registration is closed.
Gary Horn
Free with Museum admission
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m., Uris Center for Education, ground floor
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Museum Highlights
An introduction to the Metropolitan's diverse and encyclopedic collection of art from all corners of the world, from the earliest times to the present.
Free with Museum admission
2:15 p.m., Tours Sign, Great Hall
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The Japanese Sword and the Japanese Aesthetic
Part of Sunday at the Met—Art of the Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armor, 1156–1868
Victor Harris, Keeper Emeritus of Japanese Antiquities, British Museum; honorary librarian, The Japan Society; and author and art consultant
Free with Museum admission
2:20 p.m., The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
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Start with Art at the Met
Kids ages three through seven and their adult companions have fun at the Met through storytelling, sketching, and other ways of exploring art!
Free with Museum admission
2:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m., Carson Family Hall, Uris Center for Education, ground floor
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How Did They Do That?—Degas's Bronze Dancers
Supplementing the Look Again! program of the morning, this session shows families how a particular work of art was created, through handling tools and materials.
Free with Museum admission
2:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m., Nineteenth-Century European Paintings and Sculpture Galleries, 2nd floor
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Collection Highlights at The Cloisters
Free with Museum admission
3:00 p.m., The Cloisters Museum and Gardens
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Conserving Japanese Works of Art in Foreign Collections
Part of Sunday at the Met—Art of the Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armor, 1156–1868
Norio Suzuki, Director-General, National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo
Free with Museum admission
3:00 p.m., The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
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How Did They Do That?—Degas's Bronze Dancers
Supplementing the Look Again! program of the morning, this session shows families how a particular work of art was created, through handling tools and materials.
Free with Museum admission
3:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m., Nineteenth-Century European Paintings and Sculpture Galleries, 2nd floor
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Museum Highlights
An introduction to the Metropolitan's diverse and encyclopedic collection of art from all corners of the world, from the earliest times to the present.
Free with Museum admission
3:15 p.m., Tours Sign, Great Hall
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Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
An exploration of the 19th-century French Impressionists and Post-Impressionists focusing on the artists' stylistic innovations and the social milieu in which they worked.
Free with Museum admission
3:30 p.m., Tours Sign, Great Hall
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How Did They Do That?—Degas's Bronze Dancers
Supplementing the Look Again! program of the morning, this session shows families how a particular work of art was created, through handling tools and materials.
Free with Museum admission
3:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m., Nineteenth-Century European Paintings and Sculpture Galleries, 2nd floor
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Demonstration and Panel Discussion
Part of Sunday at the Met—Art of the Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armor, 1156–1868
A demonstration on the handling of Japanese swords is followed by a discussion on connoisseurship and appreciation.
Victor Harris, Keeper Emeritus of Japanese Antiquities, British Museum; honorary librarian, The Japan Society; and author and art consultant
Morihiro Ogawa, special consultant and curator of the exhibition
Norio Suzuki, Director-General, National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo
Okisato Fujishiro, Japan's leading sword polisher and connoisseur
Free with Museum admission
4:00 p.m., The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
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Please note that all of the events listed above are subject to change. For additional information, consult one of our staff members at an Information Desk upon arrival at the Museum. Events are free with Museum admission unless otherwise noted.
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