Date: September 10, 2009 through November 29, 2009
Hours: Tuesday-Thursday 9:30am-5:30pm; Friday and Saturday 9:30am-9pm; Sunday 9:30am-5:30pm
Ages: All Ages
Price: $20; free children under 12

Address:
Fifth Ave. (82nd St.) - 212-879-5500
www.metmuseum.org

Description: A special exhibition that will include all five paintings by Vermeer from its collection, as well as a select group of works by other Dutch artists.

Venue Description: Accommodates some of the greatest cultural treasures in the world, representing every category of art from just about every country from every time period from the Stone Age to the present. It houses the finest American art in the world, as well as an impressive collection of European, Greco-Roman, and Ancient Egyptian art. The Egyptian Art gallery includes a whole temple that was shipped to America as a gift. Going to the Metropolitan Museum of Art is (at least) a full-day affair, and an essential part of any trip to New York. The Cloisters A branch of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Cloisters are devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe. The building itself is built with actual chapels, cloisters and other pieces of Gothic and Romanesque architecture. Inside, one can see sculpture, tapestries, magnificent stained-glass windows, and more. The most-renowned treasures include the Book of Hours by Jeanne d'Evreux, the Bury St. Edmonds cross, the Chalice of Antioch, and the Unicorn Tapestries. The Cloisters are situated on the beautiful rolling grounds of Fort Tryon Park, which has magnificent views of the Palisades. Fridays and Saturdays 9:30 a.m.-9:00 p.m. Sundays, Tuesdays?Thursdays 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Met Holiday Mondays in the Main Building: May 26, and September 1, 2008, sponsored by Bloomberg 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. All other Mondays closed; Jan. 1, Thanksgiving, and Dec. 25 closed Recommended Admission (Includes Main Building and The Cloisters on the Same Day)

Adults $20.00, seniors (65 and over) $15.00, students $10.00 Members and children under 12 accompanied by adult free Advance tickets available at www.TicketWeb.com or 1-800-965-4827. For More Information (212) 535-7710; www.metmuseum.org No extra charge for any exhibition.

Upcoming Events at Metropolitan Museum of Art:

• Japanese Mandalas: Emanations and Avatars - 06/18/09 - 11/29/09
  
• Cinnabar: The Chinese Art of Carved Lacquer - 08/06/09 - 02/21/10
  
• Vermeer's Masterpiece The Milkmaid - 09/10/09 - 11/29/09
  
• Surface Tension: Contemporary Photographs from the Collection - 09/15/09 - 05/16/10
  
• Imperial Privilege: Vienna Porcelain of Du Paquier, 1718–44 - 09/22/09 - 03/21/10
  
• Watteau, Music, and Theater - 09/22/09 - 11/29/09
  
• Looking In: Robert Frank's The Americans - 09/22/09 - 01/03/10
  
• Eccentric Visions: The Worlds of Luo Ping (1733-1799) - 10/06/09 - 01/10/10
  
• Pablo Bronstein at the Met - 10/06/09 - 02/21/10
  
• American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765-1915 - 10/12/09 - 01/24/10
  
• Art of the Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armor, 1156-1868 - 10/21/09 - 01/10/10
  
• Members Double Discount Days - 11/10/09 - 11/23/09
  
• Velazquez Rediscovered - 11/17/09 - 02/07/10
  
• Sounding the Pacific: Musical Instruments of Oceania - 11/17/09 - 09/07/10
  
• Annual Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Creche - 11/24/09 - 01/06/10
  
• Holiday Sale - 12/18/09 - 12/29/09
  

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