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• Les jardins du Met Cloisters

  Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 9:16 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Concerts
  November 2010

  Monday, September 27, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  Gabriela Montero and Gautier Capuçon Play Rachmaninoff & Prokofiev, New York Philharmonic CONTACT! Program Features Lindberg & Grisey Premieres,
  Pianist Alessio Bax Makes His New York Recital Debut,
  Patti Smith Riffs on Khubilai Khan,
  Concerts Feature Music from Philippines & Mexico, and A Chanticleer Christmas

• Wendy Lesser, Author of a Soon-to-be-Released Biography of Dmitri Shostakovich, to Host Pre-Concert Conversations for Pacifica Quartet's Shostakovich String Quartet Concerts at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Beginning October 23

  Sunday, September 19, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  Wendy Lesser, author of the book Music for Silenced Voices: Shostakovich and His Fifteen Quartets, to be published by Yale University Press in March 2011, will host pre-concert conversations before each of the four performances in the Pacifica Quartet's Shostakovich string quartet cycle, part of the Metropolitan Museum Concerts' 2010-2011 season.

• Candace K. Beinecke Named Elective Trustee at Metropolitan Museum

  Monday, September 13, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  The election of Candace K. Beinecke to the Board of Trustees of The Metropolitan Museum of Art was announced today by James R. Houghton, the Museum's Chairman. Ms. Beinecke's election took place at the September 14 meeting of the Board.

• ¡Fiesta! at Metropolitan Museum Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with Full Day of Programs and Performances

  Monday, September 13, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  ¡Fiesta! Celebrating Hispanic and Latin American Culture, will be presented on September 25, 2010 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art by the Museum's Multicultural Audience Development Initiative and its Education Department. ¡Fiesta! is the Metropolitan's first Museum-wide, all-day event in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, and it features programs for all ages from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. ¡Fiesta! offers visitors art-making activities, talks, Museum tours, music and dance performances, films, and many more engaging programs related to Latin American art from the Metropolitan Museum's collection. Nearly all the ¡Fiesta! programs are free with Museum admission.

• "First Person: Seeing America"
  Combines Images from the Photographic Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art with Music from Ensemble Galilei and Narration by Neal Conan and Lily Knight Saturday, October 16, 2010

  Monday, September 13, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  The strings, winds, and percussion group Ensemble Galilei, narrator Neal Conan of NPR, and actress Lily Knight collaborate to present "First Person: Seeing America," a program combining words and music with iconic images from the Photographic Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, as part of the Metropolitan Museum Concerts series on Saturday, October 16, at 7:00 p.m.

• Hamilton E. James Named Elective Trustee at Metropolitan Museum

  Monday, September 13, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  Hamilton ("Tony") E. James, the president and chief operating officer of The Blackstone Group, has been elected to the Board of Trustees of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, it was announced today by James R. Houghton, the Museum's Chairman. The election took place at the September 14 meeting of the Board.

• 服装艺术部中国主题特展以815,992名访客记录列大都会史上最受欢迎展览第五位

  Friday, September 10, 2010, 6:28 p.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Concerts
  October 2010

  Thursday, September 9, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  Pacifica Quartet Launches Its Shostakovich Cycle;
  Till Fellner Concludes Beethoven Sonata Series;
  Ensemble Galilei Offers Program of Words, Music & Images from Met Museum's
  Photographic Collection; David Kadouch Kicks Off Season's Piano Forte Series,
  and More

• Met Cloisters의 정원

  Monday, August 23, 2010, 2:25 p.m.

• Next "Met Holiday Monday" on Labor Day, September 6

  Wednesday, August 18, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  Last Chance to See Tutankhamun's Funeral; Additional Viewing Opportunity for Popular Summer Exhibitions

• Metropolitan Museum Announces Picasso Exhibition Drew 700,000 Visitors in 17 Weeks

  Monday, August 16, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  Seventh Highest Exhibition Attendance on Record at the Met

• Metropolitan Museum Concerts
  September 2010

  Monday, August 9, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  Judy Collins at The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing,
  Dee Dee Bridgewater's Tribute to Billie Holliday, and
  "Strings of the Black Sea," Music from Bulgaria, Ukraine, Crimea, and Turkey

• 大都会艺术博物馆以12种语言推出应用程序82nd & Fifth，以同名获奖网上系列为基础，由100位策展人讲述激发他们灵感的100件艺术作品

  Saturday, August 7, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

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• 大都會藝術博物館以12種語言推出應用程式82nd & Fifth，以同名獲獎網上系列為基礎，由100位策展人講述激發他們靈感的100件藝術作品

  Friday, August 6, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

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• Le Metropolitan Museum lance son application « 82nd & Fifth » en 12 langues. Elle est fondée sur la série en ligne, primée, du même nom et montre 100 œuvres d’art et les 100 conservateurs qu’elles ont inspirés

  Thursday, August 5, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

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• Metropolitan Museum startet 82nd & Fifth App in 12 Sprachen, basierend auf der preisgekrönten Online Serie, die 100 Kunstwerke und 100 von ihnen inspirierten Kuratoren präsentieren

  Wednesday, August 4, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

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• "The Met Cloisters" الحدائق في متحف

  Tuesday, August 3, 2010, 2:57 p.m.

• 修道院艺术博物馆内的花园

  Tuesday, August 3, 2010, 1:59 p.m.

• Il Metropolitan Museum lancia 82nd & Fifth, applicazione web in 12 lingue tratta dalla premiata serie online che mostra 100 opere d’arte e 100 curatori ad esse ispirati.

  Tuesday, August 3, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

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• メトロポリタン美術館は 82nd & Fifthアプリを12カ国語でご紹介します。これは受賞歴のあるオンラインシリーズに基づき、100点もの美術品とそれらに影響を受けた100人の学芸員に焦点をあてています。

  Monday, August 2, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

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• 메트로폴리탄 박물관은 12개의 언어로 82nd & Fifth앱을 출시합니다. 이는 2013년 상을 수상한 온라인 시리즈로 100점의 작품을 100명의 큐레이터가 받은 영감을 토대로 보여 줍니다.

  Sunday, August 1, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

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• O Metropolitan Museum de Nova York, o MET, Lança o Aplicativo 82nd & Fifth em 12 Línguas, Baseado na Premiada Série Online, Apresentando 100 Obras de Arte e 100 Curadores Que Elas Inspiraram

  Saturday, July 31, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

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• Музей Метрополитен (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) запускает приложение 82nd & Fifth на двенадцати языках, основанное на знаменитой серии онлайн эпизодов, представляющей 100 произведений искусства и 100 кураторов, которых вдохновили эти работы. 

  Friday, July 30, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

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• El Museo Metropolitano (The Metropolitan Museum) lanza la aplicación 82nd & Fifth en 12 idiomas, basado en la galardonada serie online 100 obras de arte y 100 conservadores a los que inspiraron

  Thursday, July 29, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

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• Director Thomas P. Campbell Announces Curatorial and Conservation Appointments at Metropolitan Museum

  Wednesday, July 21, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  (New York, July 22, 2010)—Thomas P. Campbell, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, today announced three appointments within the Museum's curatorial and conservation departments:

• Important Roman Sculpture Joins Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

  Wednesday, July 7, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  (New York, July 8, 2010)—An ancient Roman group statue of great importance and beauty—a depiction of the Three Graces of Greek mythology—has been acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, it was announced today by Thomas P. Campbell, the Museum's Director. The marble sculpture is a second-century A.D. Roman copy of a Greek work from the second century B.C. Discovered in Rome in 1892, the statue has been on loan to the Museum from a private collector since 1992, and has been on view in the center of the Leon Levy and Shelby White Sculpture Court since it opened in 2007.

• Metropolitan Museum Announces 5.24 Million Annual Attendance, Highest Since 2001, as Fiscal Year Ends

  Tuesday, June 29, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  (New York, June 30, 2010)—Attendance at The Metropolitan Museum of Art reached 5,240,000 visitors during the fiscal year that ends today, June 30, the Museum has announced. This is the first year since 2001 that attendance at the Metropolitan has exceeded five million. The number, which includes attendance at The Cloisters museum and gardens, ranks among the highest in its entire 130-year history.

• Ringo Starr's Gold Drum on View at Met Museum in
  Celebration of the Musician's 70th Birthday
  
  

  Monday, June 28, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  July 'Artists Den' National Television Broadcast Features Ringo Starr
  at the Met

• El Museo Metropolitano lanza una nueva función web interactiva Un Met. Muchos Mundos. en 11 idiomas

  Thursday, June 10, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

• Метрполитен-Музей запускает новую интерактивную интернет-функцию «Один Мет. Много Миров» на 11 языках

  Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

• O Metropolitan Museum de Nova York, o MET, lança uma nova ferramenta interativa: One Met. Many Worlds. em 11 línguas

  Monday, June 7, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

• 메트로폴리탄 박물관은 새로운 인터랙티브한 웹 기능인 하나의 MET. 다양한 세계.를 11개의 언어로 출시합니다

  Sunday, June 6, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

• Il Metropolitan Museum lancia Un solo Met. Tanti Mondi, nuova applicazione web interattiva in 11 lingue

  Saturday, June 5, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

• Metropolitan Museum startet neues interaktives Web-Feature "Ein Met. Zahllose Welten." in 11 Sprachen

  Friday, June 4, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

• P.S. Art 2010 Exhibition at Metropolitan Museum
  Juried Display of Art by NYC Public School Students on View

  Thursday, June 3, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  Exceptional works of art by 70 New York City public school students, ages four through 20, will be displayed in the Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education at The Metropolitan Museum of Art for two months this summer through P.S. Art, a collaborative program between the New York City Department of Education and Studio in a School Association, Inc. The juried exhibition P.S. Art 2010: Celebrating the Creative Spirit of NYC Kids will open for special viewing by the public beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 8, for participants in the Museum Mile Festival, and will remain on view through August 8.

• June 8 Events at Met Museum: P.S. Art Opening, Museum Mile, and Cool Culture

  Thursday, June 3, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  WHAT: Three photo ops/one evening:

• Le Metropolitan Museum lance une nouvelle fonction interactive en onze langues sur Internet: Un Met. Des Mondes.

  Thursday, June 3, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

• 大都会艺术博物馆以11种语言推出全新观众互动网页"来MET参观。看多元文化。"

  Wednesday, June 2, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

• متحف المتروبوليتان للفنون (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) يُطلق تطبيقًا تفاعليًّا جديدًا على الشبكة "METحف واحد، عوالم كثيرة" (One Met. Many Worlds) بإحدى عشرة لغة.

  Tuesday, June 1, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

• Metropolitan Museum Partners with Berg Publishers to Make Costume Institute Images Available

  Tuesday, June 1, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  (New York, June 2, 2010) -- The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today that it has entered a partnership with Berg Publishers, the leading academic and reference imprint owned by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, to enable more than 2,000 images of The Costume Institute's collection to be made available through the Berg Fashion Library, a new online resource launching in late June 2010.

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art Announces 2010-2011 Concert Season

  Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  57th Season Features Acclaimed PianoForte Recitals; New York Philharmonic CONTACT! Series; Pacifica Quartet's Season of Shostakovich; Music from Argentina, Cuba, Mexico, and the Philippines; Itzhak Perlman, Chanticleer, Sharon Isbin, Patti Smith, Judy Collins, Christine Ebersole, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and More

• Metropolitan Museum Announces Departure of Concerts & Lectures General Manager Hilde Limondjian

  Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced that Hilde Limondjian, who has been the General Manager of its Concerts & Lectures series since 1969, will step down from the position on June 30, 2010, at the conclusion of the series' 56th season. Ms. Limondjian has programmed 41 seasons of music and lectures – more than 9,000 events – at the Metropolitan Museum that comprise not only the oldest continually offered major concert series in New York, but one of the most esteemed.

• Metropolitan Museum Announces New Schedule of "Met Holiday Mondays"

  Sunday, May 9, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  (New York, May 10, 2010) – The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today the schedule for the next seven Met Holiday Mondays—extra public viewing days that take place on the Mondays of major holiday weekends, when historically the Museum has been closed. A different selection of exhibitions will be open on each Met Holiday Monday. The Metropolitan's public cafeteria and several of the gift shops in the main building will be open on all of these special viewing days.

• Spring and Summer Attractions in the Gardens at The Cloisters

  Sunday, May 9, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  Many of the herbs and flowers in the three enclosed gardens at The Cloisters—the branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art dedicated to the art and architecture of medieval Europe—are at their peak in late spring and early summer. Located on a hilltop in Fort Tryon Park in northern Manhattan, The Cloisters museum and gardens enjoy an unparalleled view of the Hudson River and the New Jersey Palisades from several vantage points.

• LONDON TO NEW YORK VIA...ICELAND?
  PIANIST PAUL LEWIS IS TRYING TO GET TO NEW YORK SO THE SHOW CAN GO ON AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ON SATURDAY, APRIL 24

  Tuesday, April 20, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  English pianist Paul Lewis has a recital to perform this Saturday, April 24, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. But the Tuesday flight he had booked from London to New York was canceled because of the spreading ash cloud from Iceland's volcanic eruption, and the best he could do to reschedule was standby on Saturday, the day of the concert.

• Metropolitan Museum Concerts
  May 2010

  Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 4:00 a.m.

  A Gaggle of Pianists: Alexei Volodin with Members of the New York Philharmonic, Nikolai Lugansky Rounding Out the PianoForte Series, and The 5 Browns – Also, a Chat with Renée Fleming, and a Performance by Dan Zanes & Friends

• Metropolitan Museum Lectures in The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
  March and April 2010

  Sunday, March 14, 2010, 5:00 a.m.

  For tickets, call the Concerts & Lectures Department at 212-570-3949 or visit www.metmuseum.org/tickets, where updated schedules and programs (including additional lectures that are free with Museum admission) are available. Tickets are also available at the Great Hall Box Office, which is open Tuesday–Saturday 10–5:00, and Sunday noon–5:00. Student discount tickets are available for some events; call 212-570-3949.

• Jennifer Russell to Rejoin Metropolitan Museum As Associate Director for Exhibitions

  Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 5:00 a.m.

  (New York, March 10, 2010)—Thomas P. Campbell, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, announced today that Jennifer Russell will return to the Museum as Associate Director for Exhibitions. She is currently Senior Deputy Director of Exhibitions, Collections, and Programs at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. She had worked at the Metropolitan Museum as Associate Director for Administration from 1993 to 1996, and will rejoin the Museum in her new role effective April 26. She was formally elected at the March 9 meeting of the Board of Trustees.

• The Honorable W. L. Lyons Brown, Jr., Elected an Honorary Trustee at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

  Monday, March 8, 2010, 5:00 a.m.

  (New York—March 9, 2010) The Honorable William Lee Lyons Brown, Jr., former Ambassador of the United States to the Republic of Austria, has been elected an Honorary Trustee of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, it was announced today by James R. Houghton, the Museum's Chairman. The election took place at the March 9 meeting of the Board.