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Current Exhibitions


The Drawings of Bronzino
January 20, 2010–April 18, 2010



The Art of Illumination: The Limbourg Brothers and the Belles Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry
March 2, 2010–June 13, 2010



Playing with Pictures: The Art of Victorian Photocollage
February 2, 2010–May 9, 2010



Side by Side: Oberlin’s Masterworks at the Met
March 16, 2010–August 29, 2010



Tutankhamun’s Funeral
March 16, 2010–September 6, 2010



Sounding the Pacific: Musical Instruments of Oceania
November 17, 2009–September 6, 2010



Surface Tension: Contemporary Photographs from the Collection
September 15, 2009–June 13, 2010



The Young Archer Attributed to Michelangelo
Opened November 3, 2009



Five Thousand Years of Japanese Art: Treasures from the Packard Collection
December 17, 2009–June 6, 2010



Pablo Bronstein at the Met
October 6, 2009–April 18, 2010



Peaceful Conquerors: Jain Manuscript Painting
September 10, 2009–March 28, 2010



Contemporary Aboriginal Painting from Australia
December 15, 2009–June 13, 2010



Imperial Privilege: Vienna Porcelain of Du Paquier, 1718–44
September 22, 2009–March 21, 2010



The Mourners: Medieval Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy
March 2, 2010–May 23, 2010



Celebration: The Birthday in Chinese Art
February 27, 2010–August 15, 2010



Mastering the Art of Chinese Painting: Xie Zhiliu (1910–1997)
February 6, 2010–July 25, 2010



Romare Bearden's The Block
January 15, 2010–Spring 2010


Northern European Manuscript Illuminations from the Robert Lehman Collection
March 16, 2010–June 13, 2010

Reopening of the André Mertens Galleries for Musical Instruments
Opened March 2, 2010

Drawings and Prints: Selections from the Permanent Collection
January 11, 2010–April 11, 2010

Richard Hamilton: Selected Prints from the Collection, 1970–2005
December 16, 2009–May 2, 2010

Renovation of Late Gothic Hall, The Cloisters
Opened December 8, 2009

Contemplations on the Moon Jar
November 18, 2009–May 23, 2010

Masterpieces of French Art Deco
Opened August 4, 2009

Highlights from the Modern Design Collection: 1900 to the Present
June 23, 2009–June 23, 2011

The New American Wing
Part 2: The Charles Engelhard Court and the Period Rooms

Opened May 19, 2009

Reopening of the Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries for Byzantine Art and the Medieval Europe Gallery
Opened November 18, 2008

American Landscapes
Opened May 20, 2008

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

Reopening of The Wrightsman Galleries for French Decorative Arts
Opened October 30, 2007

Reinstallation of the South Asia Galleries
Gandhara, Mathura, Andhra and Gupta Sculpture

Opened August 10, 2007

New Greek and Roman Galleries
Opened April 20, 2007

Reconstruction and Reinstallation of the Egyptian Art Galleries
Opened January 29, 2004
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