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Lunar New Year Festival at Metropolitan Museum on February 5 Celebrates Chinese Arts and Culture
Wednesday, January 19, 2011, 5:00 a.m.
Visitors of all ages are invited to The Metropolitan Museum of Art on February 5, 2011, to enjoy a day-long Lunar New Year Festival celebrating Chinese arts and culture. The Museum will ring in the Year of the Rabbit with interactive programs, art-making workshops, and lively performances. Nearly all Lunar New Year programs are free with Museum admission.
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Metropolitan Museum Concerts
February 2011
Monday, January 17, 2011, 5:00 a.m.
Paul Lewis and Lise de la Salle Continue the PianoForte Recital Series; Itzhak Perlman Performs with Members of the Perlman Music Program; Steve Miller Plays Jazz, Classical Guitarist Odair Assad Performs in Recital; Pacifica Quartet Continues with Shostakovich; and Chinese Theatre Works Performs Little Red Riding Hood
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Metropolitan Museum Observes Martin Luther King Jr. Day—January 17—as "Met Holiday Monday"
Thursday, January 13, 2011, 5:00 a.m.
(New York, January 14)—Galleries, shops, and dining facilities at The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be open to the public on January 17 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day), the next in the series of popular "Met Holiday Mondays."
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James C. Y. Watt to Become Curator Emeritus After Decade Leading Department of Asian Art and Distinguished 25-Year Tenure at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Monday, January 10, 2011, 5:00 a.m.
Maxwell K. Hearn to Become the Douglas Dillon Curator in Charge of the Department
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Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Make $10 Million Gift to Launch the Renovation of the Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute
Monday, January 10, 2011, 5:00 a.m.
(New York, January 11, 2011)—A landmark gift of $10 million to The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch will support the creation of a major exhibition space within its Costume Institute. This gift will allow the Museum to proceed, beginning in 2012, with the complete renovation of its costume-related exhibition galleries, study collection, and conservation center, it was announced today by Thomas P. Campbell, Director of the Museum.
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美国大都会博物馆服装艺术部2015年春季特展
Saturday, January 8, 2011, 8:00 p.m.
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Metropolitan Museum Concerts Announces
Additions to its Spring 2011 Season
Monday, January 3, 2011, 5:00 a.m.
• Shen Wei Dance Arts Creates Dance Inspired by Sculpture in the American Wing
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Metropolitan Museum Launches Connections Series of Online Episodes Featuring Museum Staff
Monday, January 3, 2011, 5:00 a.m.
On January 5, The Metropolitan Museum of Art will launch Connections, a new online interactive feature that highlights the perspectives and insights of Museum staff on works of art in the Metropolitan's collection.
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Metropolitan Museum Celebrates the Holidays by Opening on "Holiday Monday" December 27
Sunday, December 19, 2010, 5:00 a.m.
Galleries, Exhibitions Open to the Public on Monday of
Christmas/New Year's Week
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Metropolitan Museum's Exhibitions Picasso in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Doug + Mike Starn on the Roof: Big Bambú, and American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity Stimulate $784 Million Economic Impact for City
Monday, December 13, 2010, 5:00 a.m.
(New York, December 14, 2010)—The Metropolitan Museum's concurrent presentation of three acclaimed and widely attended special exhibitions over the summer 2010 season—Picasso in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Doug + Mike Starn on the Roof: Big Bambú, and American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity—generated $784 million in economic activity by regional, national, and international tourists to New York, according to a visitor survey the Museum released today. Using the industry standard for calculating tax revenue impact, the study noted that the direct tax benefit to the City and State from out-of-town visitors to the Museum totaled some $78.4 million. (Study findings below.)