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Rates from: $185.00 per person for 2-night complete package
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All NYCVP Vacations include FREE admission to the Metropolitan Museum of Art! See what other free bonuses you get with your package.
 The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the world’s finest museums and a must-see on your visit to New York City. The Museum's comprehensive collection contains more than two million works of art from ancient through modern times. With Egyptian mummies, Islamic carvings, Renaissance paintings, historic and modern costumes, Native American masks and 20th century decorative arts, there’s something for everyone. Enjoy the Met on 2-night and longer New York City vacation packages arriving any day.
Metropolitan Musem of Art Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art Exhibitions
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Your Metropolitan Museum of Art Vacation Includes:
- Accommodations for 2-nights or longer in a midtown Manhattan hotel of your choice, in the heart of Times Square, the Theater District, Rockefeller Center
- Admission to the Metropolitan Musem of Art
- And much more
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The Met Collection
In formation since 1870, the Metropolitan Museum's collection now contains more than two million works of art from all points of the compass, ancient through modern times. |
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American Decorative Arts
Furniture, silver, pewter, glass, ceramics, and textiles from the late 17th to early 20th century, as well as domestic architecture in furnished period rooms. |
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American Paintings and Sculpture
Portraits, landscapes, history paintings, still lifes, folk art, and sculpture from colonial times through the early 20th century. |
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Ancient Near Eastern Art
Stone reliefs and sculpture, ivory, and objects of precious metal from a vast area and time span: Anatolia to the Indus Valley, Neolithic period (ca. 8000 B.C.E.) to the Arab conquest (7th century C.E.). |
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Arms and Armor
Armor for men, horses, and children, weapons, and martial accoutrements of sculptural and ornamental beauty from Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and America.
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Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Ritual objects and monuments, articles of personal adornment, and utensils for daily life from three continents and dozens of Pacific islands, 2000 B.C.E. to the present. |
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Asian Art
Paintings, calligraphy, prints, sculpture, ceramics, bronzes, jades, lacquer, textiles, and screens from ancient to modern China, Japan, Korea, and South and Southeast Asia. |
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The Cloisters
Art and architecture of medieval Europe, including sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, stained glass, metalwork, enamels, ivories, paintings, and tapestries (see also "Medieval Art"). |
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The Costume Institute
Seven centuries and five continents of fashionable dress, regional costumes, and accessories for men, women, and children, up to the present.
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Drawings and Prints
Graphic art of the Renaissance and after, encompassing prints in all techniques, sketches to highly finished drawings, illustrated books, and other works on paper. |
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Egyptian Art
Statuary, reliefs, stelae, funerary objects, jewelry, daily implements, and architecture from prehistoric Egypt through the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms to the Roman period (4th century C.E.). |
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European Paintings
Major canvases, panels, triptychs, and frescoes by Italian, Flemish, Dutch, French, Spanish, and British masters, from the 12th through the 19th century. |
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Greek and Roman Art
Arts of Greece, Rome, Etruria, Cyprus, and Greek and Roman settlements until the 4th century C.E., including marble, bronze, and terracotta sculpture, vases, wall paintings, jewelry, gems, glass, and utilitarian objects. |
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Islamic Art
Manuscripts and miniatures, carpets, intricately decorated objects in many media, and architectural elements from the founding of Islam in the 7th century C.E. onward, from Morocco to India.
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The Robert Lehman Collection
A private collection of paintings, drawings, and decorative arts given to the Museum, rich in works from the Italian and Northern Renaissance through the 20th century. |
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The Libraries
Rare first editions, artists' treatises and manuals, illustrated atlases, scrapbooks, fine bindings, and seminal works of art history from the Museum's research libraries.
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Medieval Art
Early European, Byzantine, Carolingian, Romanesque, and Gothic works from the 4th to 16th century, including sculpture, tapestries, reliquaries, liturgical vessels, and more (see also "The Cloisters"). |
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Modern Art
American and European paintings, works on paper, sculpture, design, and architecture representing the major artistic movements since 1900. |
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Musical Instruments
An international array of instruments of historical, technical, and social importance, as well as tonal and visual beauty, from accordions to koras to zithers. |
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Photographs
Prints and daguerreotypes from the early history of the medium, European and American avant-garde works, and contemporary contributions from around the world. |
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Antonio Ratti Textile Center
Tapestries, velvets, carpets, embroideries, laces, samplers, quilts, and woven and printed fabrics from all periods and civilizations, dating back to 3000 B.C.E.. |
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Provenance Research Project
Read about ongoing research into the ownership history, or provenance, of paintings and other works of art in the Metropolitan Museum. |
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Special Exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Current Exhibitions
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Imperial Privilege: Vienna Porcelain of Du Paquier, 1718-44
Through March 21, 2010
The second porcelain factory in Europe able to make true porcelain in
the manner of the Chinese was established in Vienna in 1718. Founded by
Claudius Innocentius Du Paquier, the small porcelain enterprise
developed a highly distinctive style that remained Baroque in
inspiration throughout the history of the factory, which was taken over
by the State in 1744.
Peaceful Conquerors: Jain Manuscript Painting
Through March 21, 2010
The
art of the book in medieval India is closely associated with the Jain
religious community, and illustrated palm-leaf manuscripts survive from
around the tenth century, while those on paper appear after the
twelfth, when paper was introduced from Iran.
The Drawings of Bronzino
Through April 18, 2010
This
exhibition is the first ever dedicated to Agnolo Bronzino (1503–1572),
and will present nearly all the known drawings by, or attributed to,
this leading Italian Mannerist artist, who was active primarily in
Florence. This
monographic exhibition will contain approximately 60 drawings from
European and North-American collections, many of which have never
before been on public view.
Richard Hamilton: Selected Prints from the Collection, 1970-2005
Through May 2, 2010
The
internationally acclaimed British artist Richard Hamilton (b. 1922),
one of the founders of Pop art in London, first studied printmaking as
a teenager and continues his experiments today at the age of 87.
Playing with Pictures: The Art of Victorian Photocollage
Through May 9, 2010
Sixty
years before the embrace of collage techniques by avant-garde artists
of the early twentieth century, aristocratic Victorian women were
already experimenting with photocollage. The compositions they made
with photographs and watercolors are whimsical and fantastical,
combining human heads and animal bodies, placing people into imaginary
landscapes, and morphing faces into common household objects.
Surface Tension: Contemporary Photographs from the Collection
Through May 16, 2010
Photographs are often perceived as transparent windows onto a
three-dimensional world. Yet photographs also have their own material
presence as physical objects. Contemporary artists who exploit this
apparent contradiction between photograph as window and photograph as
object are featured in Surface Tension. The exhibition presents 30 works that play with the inherent tension between the flatness of the photograph and the often lifelike illusion of depth.
The Mourners: Medieval Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy
Through May 23, 2010
5,000 Years of Japanese Art: Treasures from the Packard Collection
Through June 6, 2010
In
1975, the Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired more than four hundred
works of Japanese art from collector Harry G. C. Packard (1914-1991),
by gift and purchase. The acquisition instantly transformed the Museum
into an institution boasting one of the finest collections of its kind
in the West, with encyclopedic holdings from the Neolithic period
through the nineteenth century.
Contemporary Aboriginal Painting from Australia
Through June 13, 2010
This
installation features fourteen bold and colorful paintings created by
contemporary Aboriginal Australian artists. Drawn from a private
collection in the U. S., the installation provides an introduction to
Aboriginal painting, which has become Australia’s most celebrated
contemporary art movement and has attained prominence within the
international art world.
The Art of Illumination: The Limbourg Brothers and the Belles Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry
Through June 13, 2010
Mastering the Art of Chinese Painting: Xie Zhiliu (1910-1997)
Through July 25, 2010
This
exhibition features more than one hundred works by Xie Zhiliu
(pronounced "shay jer-leo"), one of modern China's leading traditional
artists and a preeminent connoisseur of painting and calligraphy. The
rare trove of material on view demonstrates how studying and copying
earlier models were as much a part of Chinese artistic tradition as
learning from nature.
Celebration: The Birthday in Chinese Art
Through August 15, 2010
Sounding the Pacific: Musical Instruments of Oceania
Through September 6, 2010
Music
is a universal human phenomenon. Musical instruments and musical
expression, however, take an almost infinite variety of forms
throughout the world. This is especially true in Oceania (the Pacific
Islands) whose more than 1,800 different peoples create an astonishing
diversity of musical instruments, from familiar types such as drums,
flutes, and the Hawaiian 'ukulele, to unusual forms such as slit gongs
carved in the form of ancestral catfish, bullroarers whose eerie
whirring sounds are said to be the voices of supernatural beings, and
delicate stringed instruments with sounding chambers fashioned from
palm leaves.
Tibetan Arms and Armor from the Permanent Collection
Through Fall 2010
This installation presents approximately forty highlights from the Museum's extensive permanent collection of rare and exquisitely decorated armor, weapons, and equestrian equipment from Tibet and related areas of Mongolia and China, dating from the eighth to the twentieth century. Included are several recent acquisitions that have never before been exhibited or published.
Masterpieces of French Art Deco
Opened August 4, 2009
French Art Deco is one of the great strengths of the Metropolitan’s modern design collection. The Museum has been actively collecting in this area since the 1920s, when pieces were acquired directly from their designers in Paris. This presentation in The Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman Gallery features many of the collection’s most important works, some of which have not been shown for generations.
American Landscapes
Opened May 20, 2008
Nine large and superb American landscape paintings from the Metropolitan Museum’s collection are currently displayed in the newly renovated Robert Lehman Wing.
 Classic/Fantastic: Selections from the Modern Design Collection
Opened December 21, 2007
New Galleries for 19th- and Early 20th-Century European Paintings and Sculpture, including the Henry J. Heinz II Galleries
Opened December 4, 2007
New Galleries for Oceanic Art
Opened November 14, 2007
New Gallery for the Art of Native North America
Opened November 14, 2007
Reinstallation of the South Asia Galleries
Gandhara, Mathura, Andhra and Gupta Sculpture
Opened August 10, 2007
The Campin Room at The Cloisters, Fort Tryon Park
Opened June 29, 2007
New Greek and Roman Galleries
Opened April 20, 2007
Early Gothic Hall
Opened Spring 2006
Reconstruction and Reinstallation of the Egyptian Art Galleries
Opened January 29, 2004
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Upcoming Exhibitions
Epic India: Scenes from the Ramayana
March 31, 2010–September 19, 2010
Vienna Circa 1780: An Imperial Silver Service Rediscovered
April 13, 2010–November 7, 2010
Picasso in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
April 27, 2010–August 1, 2010
American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity
May 5, 2010–August 15, 2010
An Italian Journey: Drawings from the Tobey Collection, Correggio to Tiepolo
May 12, 2010–August 15, 2010
Duncan Phyfe, America's Legendary Cabinetmaker
Opens Spring 2011
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Museum Hours
 Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday: 9:30am-5:30pm
Friday and Saturday: 9:30am-9pm
Closed Mondays (except as listed below), Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day.
*Galleries are cleared at 5:15pm, Sunday–Thursday, and 8:45pm, Friday and Saturday
**The Main Building of the Metropolitan Museum—its galleries, restaurants, and shops—will be open from 9:30am to 5:30pm on the following Met Holiday Mondays:
Martin Luther King Jr. Day: January 21, 2008
Presidents' Day: February 18, 2008
Memorial Day: May 26, 2008
Labor Day: September 1, 2008
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NOTE: Rates listed are per person based on two adults sharing a room for 2 nights, subject to availability and change. Rates include all taxes and service fees, and all listed features. Triple, quad, single and child rates are available. Starting price is based upon lowest-priced off-peak 3-Star hotel unless otherwise specified. You may get prices on other hotel and date options, longer stays, additional theater, sightseeing and dining, and transportation to NYC on NYC TripQuote.
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