Welcome back! The Met Fifth Avenue opens today.

Plan your visit with new exhibitions and important healthy/safety information. [The Met Fifth Ave is open. The Met Cloisters opens September 12. Your health is our top priority. How to visit safely.]( [View in browser]( [The Met]( [Met News]( Welcome back! [The Met Fifth Avenue opens today.]( On April 13, 1870, The Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded. It had no building and not a single work of art, but it did have a mission: to expand the cultural landscape of New York City. Now, after an unprecedented five-month closure, our doors are open. To protect our staff and our visitors, we have worked closely with state, city, and public health leaders to develop comprehensive social-distancing measures. Use our website to easily [purchase or reserve timed tickets]( for your visit. We look forward to seeing you in the galleries, where 5,000 years of art and creativity—on view across our two-million-square-foot building—can once again provide solace, inspiration, and joy. [New exhibitions]( [Making The Met, 1870–2020]( August 29, 2020–January 3, 2021 The Met Fifth Avenue The signature exhibition of The Met's 150th-anniversary year takes visitors on an immersive, thought-provoking journey through the history of one of the world's preeminent cultural institutions. [Making The Met, 1870–2020]( features more than 250 superlative works of art of nearly every type, from visitor favorites to fragile treasures that can only be displayed from time to time. Organized around transformational moments in the evolution of the Museum's collection, buildings, and ambitions, the exhibition reveals the visionary figures and cultural forces that propelled The Met in new directions since its founding. Rarely seen archival photographs, engaging digital features, and stories of both behind-the-scenes work and the Museum's community outreach enhance this unique experience. [Learn more →]( [Exhibition Primer]( [Exhibition Preview]( [Exhibition Catalogue]( [The Roof Garden Commission: Héctor Zamora, Lattice Detour]( August 29–December 7, 2020 The Met Fifth Avenue Mexican artist Héctor Zamora (born 1974) has created a site-specific work for The Met's Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden. For [The Roof Garden Commission: Héctor Zamora, Lattice Detour](, the artist invites us to reconsider the panoramic view of the surrounding Manhattan skyline and the implications of obstruction and permeability within a social space by utilizing one of the defining symbols of our time: the wall. [Learn more →]( [Jacob Lawrence: The American Struggle]( August 29–November 1, 2020 The Met Fifth Avenue [Jacob Lawrence: The American Struggle]( will present a striking and little-known series of paintings by the esteemed American modernist Jacob Lawrence titled Struggle: From the History of the American People (1954–56). The exhibition marks the first time in more than half a century that the powerful multi-paneled series is being reunited. The series reveals the artist's prescient visual reckoning with the nation's complex history through iconic and folkloric narratives. [Learn more →]( [Exhibition Catalogue]( [See all current exhibitions →]( [The Met's New Safety Guidelines]( The Met is delighted to welcome visitors back to the museum! [Watch this video]( to learn about our [new safety guidelines](. Entry to the Museum will be by timed ticket or reservation only and capacity will be limited. See the [visitor guidelines page]( for more information on reserving or buying tickets in advance. [Buy or reserve your tickets now →]( [The Met Fifth Avenue New Public Hours]( [On Thursdays and Fridays the Museum will be open from noon to 7 pm. On Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays, it will be open from 10 am to 5 pm. The Museum will be closed on Tuesday and Wednesday.]( [From The Met Store]( [The Met 150 | Edit | Several top brands have joined us to mark our milestone anniversay. | Shop now]( [The Met Fifth Avenue]( 1000 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10028 [The Met Cloisters]( 99 Margaret Corbin Drive Fort Tryon Park New York, NY 10040 [metmuseum.org]( [Explore]( [Membership]( [Donate]( [Manage Your Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe]( For more information about the exhibitions, including sponsorship credits, see [Making The Met, 1870–2020](, [The Roof Garden Commission: Héctor Zamora, Lattice Detour](, and [Jacob Lawrence: The American Struggle](. The Primer is made possible by Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne. It is supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Director's Fund. Your support allows the Museum to collect, conserve, and present 5,000 years of world art. [Donate now.]( Comments are welcome at [metmuseum_newsletter@metmuseum.org](mailto:MetMuseum_Newsletter@metmuseum.org). Images: Young 19th- and 21st-century viewers gaze at [Washington Crossing the Delaware](, 1851, by Emanuel Leutze. Left: Archival photo from The Met archives. Right: Photo by Roderick Aichinger. Composite image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York | Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917–2000). In all your intercourse with the natives, treat them in the most friendly and conciliatory manner which their own conduct will admit . . . —Jefferson to Lewis & Clark, 1803 (detail), 1956. Egg tempera on hardboard, 16 x 12 in. (40.6 x 30.5 cm). Collection of Harvey and Harvey-Ann Ross. © 2020 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York