Just dipping out for a bit! 🤿 After a busy year, The Met's social media team is taking the plunge into vacation mode through July 5. We’ll be floating offline and pressing pause on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, X, and LinkedIn.⁣⁣ We’ll be back next week, refreshed and ready to make a splash with more art, insights, and behind-the-scenes fun. In the meantime, there are plenty of ways to keep up with The Met: 🏛️ Wander the galleries at The Met Fifth Avenue or The Met Cloisters—we promise the art (and air conditioning) is unbeatable.⁣⁣ 🌐 Browse hundreds of essays, videos, and digital features on our website to keep the inspiration going.⁣⁣ 🎬 Join us in person for Date Night, Met Expert Talks, family programs, and more.⁣⁣ Wishing you a joyful and restful holiday week. We'll see you when we swim back ashore! ——— Hubert Robert (French, Paris 1733–1808 Paris), "The Bathing Pool," 1777–79. Oil on canvas.

The Met commemorates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence—the founding document of the United States of America—with a special installation, events, and performances. On July 4, join us for: 🥁 A high-energy performance by the Brooklyn United Marching Band on The Met’s iconic steps. 🎶 A choral meditation with five-time Grammy-nominated Clarion Choir and Grammy-winning Catalyst Quartet for "the national anthems," a moving work by David Lang that reflects on national identity and finding common ground. 💡 Learn more → met.org/4enkP3u

Celebrate the Knicks championship with a visit to The Met, illuminated in blue and orange through Sunday, June 21! 🧡💙 New Yorkers always pay what you wish at The Met. Plan your visit → met.org/4w1f7M9

Join us for a series of lectures exploring the evolution of history painting! Delve into how contemporary artists from Gerhard Richter to Kent Monkman and Kerry James Marshall have reclaimed the past, reshaping our understanding of history and responding to our world today. 🗓️ Sunday, June 28 🕰️ 2 pm 🎟️ Get tickets → met.org/4vXFHWx

Welcome to The Thomas J. Watson Library! Since its founding in 1870, The Met library's mission has included serving as an educational resource for the public at large, not only for the Museum’s staff and curators. The Watson Library contains more than 250,000 exhibition catalogues, 21,000 periodical titles, rare publications and special collections, as well as one of the world’s most extensive collections of art auction and sales catalogues, with more than 140,000 volumes dating from the mid-18th century to the present day. Get a library card today: met.org/3SJXC4o

On this day in 1867, an architect who captivated the American imagination was born. For more than seventy-five years, Frank Lloyd Wright played a central role in the development of modern architecture, leaving a lasting mark on the American landscape. The Frank Lloyd Wright Room was originally the living room of the Little family's summer home, designed and built between 1912 and 1914 in Wayzata, Minnesota. Together, Wright and the Littles created an interior that is expansive yet cozy, angular yet welcoming, global in its influences yet deeply rooted in the local landscape. ___ 🏠 Frank Lloyd Wright (American, Richland Center, Wisconsin 1867–1959 Phoenix, Arizona), “Living Room from the Francis W. Little House,” 1912–14.

On this day in 1958, music icon Prince was born. ☔️ This guitar is shaped like Prince’s famous “Love Symbol,” a glyph he created to express artistic freedom and identity. Fusing the astrological symbols for Mars and Venus, it reflects the blending of masculine and feminine elements that became central to his image and artistry. The instrument echoes the opening lyrics of the musician’s “I Would Die 4 U” (1984): “I’m not a woman, I’m not a man / I am something that you’ll never understand.” 📣 Now open! See "Musical Bodies," the first major exhibition to explore the relationship between musical instruments and the body by bringing together over 130 instruments, paintings, sculptures, drawings, and more. ——— 🎸 "Symbol Guitar," Late 1990's-Early 2000's. Wood, metal, plastic. Collection of Tavis Smiley. Photo: Eileen Travell.

Ana Gasteyer, actress, comedian, and singer, shares why Johannes Vermeer’s “Young Woman with a Water Pitcher” is one of her favorite works at The Met. Gasteyer reflects on how art first became a way for her to understand history, and why this quiet glimpse into an ordinary woman’s day continues to captivate her. 📺 Watch the full video → met.org/3RNmPdT

Kick off your summer at The Met! ☀️ During the Museum Mile Festival, check out our collection of art from around the world plus some of our current exhibitions, including "Costume Art," "Musical Bodies," "Raphael: Sublime Poetry," and the newly opened "P.S. Art: Celebrating the Creative Spirit of New York City Kids." Close out the night with a performance on our iconic steps—Admission is free for all. 🗓️ Tuesday, June 9 🕰️ 6 pm 🔍 Learn more → met.org/49zzzuG

The Met is for everyone. Together with the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs (@nyculture) and the Department of Social Services, we're proud to announce a free Membership program for New Yorkers on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Over 1.7 million New York City residents rely on SNAP, and this initiative ensures that individuals and families navigating economic strain have access to free, high-quality cultural experiences and opportunities for learning, reflection, and connection. Learn more: met.org/4omHkdP

Acompañe a expertos del Museo, como curadores, conservadores, científicos y académicos, para profundizar en una selección de objetos exhibidos en las salas! Observe más de cerca Raphael: Sublime Poetry, la primera exposición integral sobre Raphael en los Estados Unidos, que reúne más de 170 de las mayores obras maestras del artista. 🗓️ Sábado, 6 de junio 🕰️ 11 am 🎟️ Comprar entradas → met.org/4v7J0tv ——— Raphael (Raffaello di Giovanni Santi), "The Virgin and Child with Infant Saint John the Baptist in a Landscape (The Alba Madonna) (detail)," ca. 1509–11. Oil on canvas (transferred from wood). National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Andrew W. Mellon Collection 1937.1.24.

Join us for a night out filled with creativity and connection at Date Night—Pride! Enjoy hands-on art making, talks, music, and community gathering to celebrate LGBTQIA Pride Month. Everyone is welcome—whether you’re coming with a date, a friend, or on your own. 🗓️ Friday, June 12 🕰️ 5 pm 🎶 Learn more → met.org/4fKKoOn

Let your imagination run wild in The Met Cloisters gardens! During the Garden Festival, enjoy tours, performances, art making, and more as you explore the gardens and the creatures who call them home. From buzzing bees and fluttering butterflies to sly foxes and creeping garden critters, discover how the living world has long inspired extraordinary hybrid beings: part animal, part human, part plant. 🗓️ Saturday, June 6 🕰️ 10 am 🌼 Learn more → met.org/49lqwh0

Access the expertise of The Met from anywhere and expand your knowledge of art history through an online study group! Celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence by discovering works from across The Met that reveal the roots, course, and aftermath of the Revolutionary War (1775–1783). Together, explore the paintings, drawings, prints, and decorative arts that tell the intertwined stories of the birth of our country. 🗓️ Wednesday, June 3 🕰️ 3 pm 🎟️ Get tickets → met.org/4u3NUa6 ——— After John Trumbull (American, Lebanon, Connecticut 1756–1843 New York), "Declaration of Independence," 1820–23. Etching and engraving; fifth state of six.

Join us for a series of lectures exploring the evolution of history painting! In "Painting the Present from David to Warhol," discover an eighteenth-century revolution in history painting as artists shifted focus to contemporary events in response to rapid political and social change. 🗓️ Sunday, May 31 🕰️ 2 pm 🎟️ Get tickets → met.org/4dk8xIW

The Met came alive with teen creativity! ✨ Relive moments from the 12th annual #TeensTakeTheMet. The night was filled with live performances, art making activities, workshops, and gallery experiences created for and by teens from across all five boroughs. Shoutout to the 60 community partners who helped make this celebration possible! Made memories with us? Stay connected through teen events, internships, programs, and opportunities at The Met.

Join Rana Abdelhamid—author, organizer, and Founder & Executive Director of Malikah—for a conversation with Elena Ketelsen González, Associate Curator at MoMA PS1, celebrating Abdelhamid’s new book, "Get Home Safe: A Guide to Self-Defense and Building Our Collective Power." Grounded in community care and collective action, this book reimagines self-defense as a practice of healing, solidarity, and shared power. 🗓️ Thursday, May 28 🕰️ 6 pm 🎟️ Get tickets → met.org/3RBiSIZ

Dragons, shapeshifters, and hybrid creatures await! Spend a special after-hours evening at The Met Cloisters to celebrate spring. On Thursday, May 21 at 6 pm, join us for: 🎶 Music in the gardens by Noah Bless Latin Jazz Quartet 💃 A Cumbia dance class led by artist and cultural educator Alan Mijai 🔍 Spot creatures that call Fort Tryon Park home with naturalist Alexandra Wang 🕹️ Try your luck at a special game of Lotería ✏️ Design your own mythical hybrid being 🎟️ Get tickets → met.org/4u20dV7 ——— 📸 Argenis Apolinario

Join a curator talk for "Gothic by Design: The Dawn of Architectural Draftsmanship!" Explore the vision, imagination, and skillful artistry embedded in the carefully drawn plans of medieval architects and other artists of the day. The rare presentation of more than 90 works of art—drawings and prints alongside goldsmith works, architectural elements, sculpture, and painting—sheds new light on the artistic choices and expansive knowledge that informed the Gothic building practice. 🗓️ Thursday, May 28 🕰️ 3 p.m. 🎟️ Get tickets → met.org/42ZKf1Q ——— ✏️ Attributed to Erwin von Steinbach (German, born Upper Rhine region, died 1318), Partially after Master Rudolph the Elder (German, died 1276), "Partial Elevation of the Facade of Strasbourg Cathedral (Drawing A’)," ca. 1260–70. Pen and brown ink on parchment. Fondation de l’Oeuvre Notre-Dame, in custody of Musée de l’Oeuvre Notre-Dame, Strasbourg.

Get a sneak peek of “Costume Art!” This exhibition explores depictions of the dressed body across The Met’s vast collection, pairing garments with artworks to reveal the relationship between clothing and the body across time and cultures. The Met Costume Institute's Spring exhibition opens in new Condé M. Nast galleries on May 10!