The Metropolitan Museum of Art
April 2020
Met Escapes—Art-Making Workshop: Lights, Camera, Action!
Take a break from the everyday with art at the Museum. Participate in discussions, handling sessions, art making, and other interactive and multisensory activities in the galleries and classrooms. For individuals living with dementia, together with their family members or care partners. Free; reservations are required. Contact…
Find out more »Picture This! Workshop—In Pursuit of Fashion: The Sandy Schreier Collection
For adults who are blind or partially sighted. Awaken the senses in workshops that make works of art accessible through detailed descriptions, touch, and other activities. Free; reservations are required. Contact 212-650-2010 or access@metmuseum.org. Presented in conjunction with In Pursuit of Fashion: The Sandy Schreier Collection.
Find out more »MetFridays—Met Signs Tour in ASL: Making The Met, 1870–2020
With Emmanuel von Schack, art historian and lecturer. Tour presented in ASL without voice interpretation. Free; reservations are required. Contact 212-650-2010 or access@metmuseum.org. Meet at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Presented in conjunction with Making The Met, 1870–2020. In American Sign…
Find out more »Seeing Through Drawing—Studio Art Making: Gerhard Richter: Painting After All
For adults who are blind or partially sighted. With the Museum's collection as inspiration, learn innovative techniques that make drawing accessible. Free; reservations are required. Contact 212-650-2010 or access@metmuseum.org. Presented in conjunction with Gerhard Richter: Painting After All
Find out more »Discoveries—Show Your Creativity! (Ages 18 and above)
This workshop for adults with learning or developmental disabilities and accompanying friends and family members includes a gallery tour and art activity. Free; reservations are required. Contact 212-650-2010 or access@metmuseum.org. Learn about resources and tips for visiting the Museum.
Find out more »Discoveries—Show Your Creativity! (Ages 5–17)
This workshop for children with learning or developmental disabilities and accompanying friends and family members includes a gallery tour and art activity. Free; reservations are required. Contact 212-650-2010 or access@metmuseum.org. Learn about resources and tips for visiting the Museum.
Find out more »Met Escapes—Exploring Works of Art through Touch: Making The Met, 1870–2020
Take a break from the everyday with art at the Museum. Participate in discussions, handling sessions, art making, and other interactive and multisensory activities in the galleries and classrooms. For individuals living with dementia, together with their family members or care partners. Free; reservations are required. Contact…
Find out more »May 2020
Seeing Through Drawing—Arte del mar: Artistic Exchange in the Caribbean
For adults who are blind or partially sighted. With the Museum's collection as inspiration, learn innovative techniques that make drawing accessible. Free; reservations are required. Contact 212-650-2010 or access@metmuseum.org. Presented in conjunction with Arte del mar: Artistic Exchange in the Caribbean.
Find out more »Met Escapes—Gallery Tour: With Love
Take a break from the everyday with art at the Museum. Participate in discussions, handling sessions, art making, and other interactive and multisensory activities in the galleries and classrooms. For individuals living with dementia, together with their family members or care partners. Free; reservations are required. Contact…
Find out more »Picture This! Workshop—Aesthetic Splendors: Highlights from the Gift of Barrie and Deedee Wigmore
For adults who are blind or partially sighted. Awaken the senses in workshops that make works of art accessible through detailed descriptions, touch, and other activities. Free; reservations are required. Contact 212-650-2010 or access@metmuseum.org. Presented in conjunction with Aesthetic Splendors: Highlights from the Gift of Barrie and Deedee Wigmore.
Find out more »Met Signs in the Studio in ASL—Sculpting Figures of Power
With Hollie Ecker and Joyce Hom. Be inspired by The Met collection and exhibitions at this workshop that includes a discussion in the galleries followed by an art-making activity in the studio. In ASL without voice interpretation. Free; reservations are required. Contact 212-650-2010 or access@metmuseum.org. In American Sign Language only,…
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