News on The Metropolitan Museum Of Art

Travel Postcard: 48 hours in New York on a shoestring

2011-08-05T03:30:06Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - It's known for its Broadway shows, designer shops and exclusive restaurants but there are plenty of things to enjoy in the Big Apple without burning a hole in your pocket.

Reuters correspondents with local knowledge show that bargains can still be found in the city.

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The Curule Construction - and Ancient X-frame Chair Design

2010-11-29T14:39:49Z

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Symbolism in Chinese porcelain

2010-11-29T15:59:48Z

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Fun Things to Do Indoors in New York City

2010-11-29T14:35:48Z

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Travel destinations: Balboa Park, San Diego, CA

2010-11-29T15:32:43Z

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Metropolitan Museum of Art Coupons

2010-11-30T12:55:16Z

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What are Museums?

2010-11-05T11:25:32Z

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Family Vacations: Metropolitan Museum of Art

2010-11-02T16:00:29Z

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Art Year In Review 2009

2010-11-02T15:33:12Z

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Yearly attendence tops 5M at NYC's Met museum

2010-06-30T15:45:45Z

Attendance at NYC's Metropolitan Museum of Art exceeds 5 million for first time since 2001

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a popular place. Really popular.

Museum officials said Wednesday that 5.24 million people visited the museum in the fiscal year ending June 30. It's the first time since 2001 that attenda...

Smithsonian Resident Associate Program 15th Anniversary, 1980

2010-11-03T09:25:08Z

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Blue Moonlight, 2007

2010-11-03T09:25:08Z

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We go to NYC for Food and art, we find:Naked stuff, Culture, & indigestion.

2010-10-27T07:56:36Z

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Detroit art museum opening Islamic gallery

2010-03-02T14:34:56Z

Detroit Institute of Arts acquires, restores and unearths treasures for new Islamic gallery

In the heart of the largest concentration of Muslims in the U.S., the Detroit Institute of Arts this weekend is opening a new permanent gallery of Islamic art showcasing exhibits including a rare 15th-century Quran of a Mongol conqueror...

Top Ten Art Museums in the United States

2010-10-25T08:08:09Z

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Top places to go in New York City

2010-09-10T10:06:41Z

Let me first start with the top 10 spots that you need to go in New York City. Then watch the Amazing Aerial Video of the City in HD HERE.

1. Empire State Building: Tired of staring up at New York City skyscrapers? Check out the v...

NY's Met museum reattributes painting to Velazquez

2010-04-16T10:24:21Z

NY's Metropolitan Museum of Art reattributes painting to 17th-century Spanish master Velazquez

New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art has reattributed a painting in its collection to the 17th-century Spanish master Velazquez.

The museum had previously ascribed the portrait to the workshop of Velazquez, not ...

The Cosmopolitan Review

2010-10-22T11:25:18Z

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Music abstract

2010-10-26T21:33:33Z

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Hot-Dog Vendor Economics

2010-11-02T14:01:40Z

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Art of the Royal Court at the Met

2010-10-22T11:00:05Z

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MUSEUM MEMO

2010-10-22T10:31:17Z

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George Grey Barnard

2010-10-22T10:27:48Z

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How to Visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art, ...

2010-10-21T11:13:02Z

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Washington painting in NY gets new frame, touchup

2010-04-16T17:10:33Z

'Washington Crossing the Delaware' getting fancy new, but familiar, frame

The iconic painting that depicts George Washington crossing the Delaware River is getting even more dazzling. The plain frame that held the room-size painting is being replaced with an ornate recreation of its origina...

Video "Beyond Babylon"

2010-10-26T11:59:49Z

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20 Gifts from New York City Museums

2010-11-02T13:40:13Z

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Metropolitan Museum of Art announces new director

2010-04-16T13:22:53Z

Metropolitan Museum of Art announces Thomas P. Campbell will be its new director

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has named a new director.

Thomas P. Campbell, curator in the museum's Metropolitan Museum of Art, but it is Thomas Campbell, another British-born museums man, who has been chosen as Philippe de Montebello's successor.

The announcement ends m...

Biblical Views

2010-11-03T09:21:18Z

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Big name shows boost gallery figures

2010-06-12T09:53:19Z

Art galleries and museums recorded a sharp rise in visitor numbers last year thanks to blockbuster shows featuring artists such as Manet, Matisse and Mir&amp;#243;.

But some experts believe the proliferation of these crowd-pleasing megashows is reducing the diversity of exhibitions and may squeeze smaller, more academic shows out of the market.

A survey of about 800 galleries and museums reveals that 241 exhibitions managed to attract more than 1,000 visitors a day...

Museum Mile Festival

2010-10-25T20:44:44Z

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5 New York universities to host World Science Festival

2010-04-16T16:24:57Z

Five universities and museums throughout New York City will host the first World Science festival this spring.

From May 28 to June 1, the festival will feature a dozen Nobel laureates, along with researchers, artists and writers at 15 venues around New York.

Co-founder Brian Greene, a <...

20 Fresh Gift Ideas

2010-11-02T13:38:22Z

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Take the Subway to the Middle Ages

2010-09-10T18:32:29Z

Take the A train to the Middle Ages.

The subway stop at 190th Street lets you out near the Cloisters, the Metropolitan Museum of Art's medieval outpost in northern Manhattan.

This complex of early European architecture, perched high above the Hudson River in Fo...

Art History Job, Fellowship and Internsh...

2010-10-15T19:46:53Z

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Lucky Shops in NYC Oct. 26-27

2010-09-09T23:08:32Z

Annual Lucky Shops Event to Hit New York, Oct. 26-27

The annual "Lucky Shops" event, billed by Lucky Magazine as the "ultimate shopping experience," returns to New York Oct. 26-27.

The fourth annual event benefits Baby Buggy, the nonprofit organization that helps families in need with baby clothes and gear.

More than 5,000 people from 40 states attended last year.

Lucky Shops features to...

New York CityPass adds Met Museum

2010-09-09T00:55:37Z

Metropolitan Museum of Art Joins New York CityPass

CityPass is celebrating its 10th anniversary with the addition of The Metropolitan Museum of Art to attractions included on the New York pass, and the Hockey Hall of Fame to attractions covered by the

Watson Adventures Scavenger Hunt Review

2010-10-15T09:45:40Z

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Empire strikes back

2010-10-26T10:04:09Z

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2nd Annual Change Begins Within Benefit

2010-12-14T10:01:55Z

Singer Katy Perry attends the 2nd annual 'Change Begins Within' benefit celebration, hosted by the David Lynch Foundation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday, Dec. ...

People Elizabeth Hurley

2010-12-13T11:00:40Z

FILE - In this May 4, 2009 file photo, actress Elizabeth Hurley and Arun Nayar arrive at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala in New York. (AP Photo/Pe...

Travel Trip NYC Christmas Trees

2010-12-01T12:32:23Z

This 2010 photo courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art shows their Christmas tree in New York. The Met is home to a Christmas tree decorated with a Baroque creche and small lifelike figures, ranging in size from six to 20 inches, that were sculpted in 18th century Alexander McQueen poses with Sarah Jessica Parker during arrivals at the Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Metropolitan Museum of Art shows Pablo Picasso as photographed by Man Ray in 1933. It will be included in the museum's upcoming exhibit opening on April 27. For the first time in its history, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is putting all of the artist's paintings,...