When visitors enter the Great Hall of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art this month, they will be greeted with something unusual: a pair of monumental history paintings by Cree artist Kent Monkman.

Discover the greatest little-known facts about the famous museum. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photo by G. Scott Segler, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. For ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art opened in 1872, but it was at the turn of the 20th century that it found its voice. Reaping the immense wealth in the hands of philanthropists, the museum began to ...

“So much has changed in just a year,” says Claire Lanier, the Metropolitan Museum in New York’s social media manager, who has just celebrated her one-year anniversary on the job—in quarantine. In ...

Robin Givhan on the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new exhibit, “Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations” Plus, read our interview with Miucci Prada herself. “Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible ...

Stars shine bright as they walk the red carpet at the 2024 Met Gala celebrating "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday, May 6, 2024 in New York City.

The repatriations are linked to long-running investigations into looting at Bubon and other archaeological sites, as ...

NEW YORK (WGN) — In Chicago, many museums honor those who have served by offering free admission year-round. But in New York City, one museum takes that gratitude a step further with a day dedicated ...

For nearly 50 years, New York City's Metropolitan Museum has been "pay what you wish," making it an accessible cultural attraction in a city known for being expensive. While there was a suggested ...

The heads of the Metropolitan Museum of Art enjoyed high incomes even as the museum was forced to execute mass layoffs in 2020. Newsday via Getty Images The money-hemorrhaging Metropolitan Museum’s ...