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Wed May
22

Word for Word: The Fate of the Species with Fred Guterl and Jeffrey Kluger

Presented by Bryant Park

Fred Guterl, The Fate of the Species: Why the Human Race May Cause Its Own Extinction and How We Can Stop It In conversation with senior writer at Time magazine Jeffrey Kluger (Apollo 13)
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Tue May
28

American Museum of Natural History Presents: Astronomical Phenomena Revealed with Jackie Faherty

Presented by American Museum of Natural History

What types of astronomical phenomena are observable from Earth? In this program, Museum research scientist Jackie Faherty uses the power of the Dome’s Zeiss IX Projector and the Museum’s Digital Universe Atlas to simulate numerous exciting celestial phenomena. From transits of the inner planets, to partial and total solar and lunar eclipses, she will simulate events you should expect and when you can expect to see them.
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Wed May
22

9:30 a.m. till 5:30 p.m.

Galleries for Ancient Near Eastern Art

Presented by Metropolitan Museum of Art

This exhibit features stone reliefs and sculpture, ivory and objects of precious metal from a vast area and time span: Anatolia to the Indus Valley, Neolithic period (ca. 8000 B.C.E.) to the Arab conquest (7th century C.E.).
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Wed May
22

9:30 a.m. till 5:30 p.m.

Andre Mertens Galleries for Musical Instruments

Presented by Metropolitan Museum of Art

See an international array of instruments of historical, technical and social importance, as well as tonal and visual beauty, from accordions to koras to zithers.
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Wed May
22

9:30 a.m. till 5:30 p.m.

Arms and Armor

Presented by Metropolitan Museum of Art

Approximately 800 objects from the collection are on permanent display in the arms and armor galleries located in The John Pierpont Morgan Wing. These date from about the fifth- to the late nineteenth-century and offer a broad range of the best examples from Europe, America, Japan, India, and various Islamic cultures. In addition, the Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gallery has periodically changing displays that focus on varied aspects of the collection.This exhibit features armor for men, horses and children, as well as weapons and martial accoutrements of sculptural and ornamental beauty from Europe, Asia, the Middle East and America.
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Wed May
22

9:30 a.m. till 5:30 p.m.

Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas

Presented by Metropolitan Museum of Art

This exhibit features ritual objects and monuments, articles of personal adornment and utensils for daily life from three continents and dozens of Pacific islands, from 2000 B.C.E. to the present.
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Wed May
22

9:30 a.m. till 5:30 p.m.

Egyptian Art

Presented by Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Museum's collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately twenty-six thousand objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from the Paleolithic to the Roman period (ca. 300,000 B.C.-A.D. 4th century). Virtually the entire collection is on display in the Lila Acheson Wallace Galleries of Egyptian Art, with objects arranged chronologically over thirty-nine rooms.
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Wed May
22

9:30 a.m. till 5:30 p.m.

New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia

Presented by Metropolitan Museum of Art

On November 1, 2011, the Museum opened a suite of fifteen dramatic 'New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia.' The greatly enlarged, freshly conceived, and completely renovated galleries house the Metropolitan's renowned collection of Islamic art--one of the finest and most comprehensive collections of this material in the world. Design features within the new space highlight both the diversity and the interconnectedness of the numerous cultures represented here; multiple entryways allow visitors to approach the new galleries--and the art displayed within--from different perspectives. In sequence, the fifteen new galleries trace the course of Islamic civilization over a span of thirteen centuries, from the Middle East to North Africa, Europe, and Central and South Asia.
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Wed May
22

9:30 a.m. till 5:30 p.m.

Gallery for the Art of Native North America

Presented by Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Museum's renovated gallery devoted to Native North American art displays approximately 90 works made by numerous American peoples. Ranging from the beautifully shaped stone tools known as bannerstones of several millennia B.C. to a mid-1970s tobacco bag, the objects illustrate a wide variety of cultural background, artistic style and functional purpose, all qualities inherent in the art of the peoples of the large North American continent. Works include wood sculpture from the Northwest Coast of North America, ivory carvings from the Arctic, wearing blankets from the Southwest and objects of hide from the Great Plains. Anchored by the Metropolitan's American Indian holdings drawn from the Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, the installation is augmented by loans from the well-known private collections of Ralph T. Coe of Santa Fe and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Diker of New York.
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Wed May
22

9:30 a.m. till 5:30 p.m.

Greek and Roman Galleries

Presented by Metropolitan Museum of Art

This complex of Hellenistic, South Italian, Etruscan and Roman galleries, comprises an entire wing housing some 5300 objects in more than 30,000 square feet. The centerpiece is the Leon Levy and Shelby White Court for Roman art, a dramatic skylit space that links the various galleries and themes.
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