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Met Museum Most Popular in Country — Based on Google Searches and IG Hashtags

Mike Mishkin March 18, 2022 Arts & Entertainment No Comments

A new study by creative resource Design Bundles reveals that the Metropolitan Museum of Art is the most popular craft museum in the United States — Read More...

Met Museum Launches Friday and Saturday “Date Nights”

Mike Mishkin February 23, 2022 Arts & Entertainment No Comments

Date Night at The Met — “an evening of art, live music, and more in the hundreds of galleries and soaring spaces of the Museum” Read More...

The Extraordinary Story of the Upper East Side’s Hot Dog King

Hazen Cuyler January 27, 2022 Food & Drink 2 Comments

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has long been my favorite spot in the city. Right in the middle of the entry way stairs, there are Read More...

A Look Inside The Met’s Disney Exhibition

Hazen Cuyler December 22, 2021 Arts & Entertainment No Comments

This is The Met’s first exhibition on Walt Disney’s cartoon film history, but it is not the first time artwork from The Mouse House has Read More...

The Met Receives $125 Million Gift to Revamp Underwhelming Modern Art Wing

Hazen Cuyler December 5, 2021 Arts & Entertainment No Comments

Anyone who has spent a decent amount of time at The Met can tell you that its post-1950 collection feels like an afterthought. One experiences Read More...

A Block Party at The Met

Bobby Panza September 26, 2021 Arts & Entertainment No Comments

From 12-6pm on Saturday, October 2, the Met is hosting its first-ever MetFest block party. Live music, performances and art-making workshops will be offered – Read More...

Protestors Aplenty at the Met Gala

Bobby Panza September 15, 2021 NYPD + FDNY No Comments

Black Lives Matter protesters staged a large demonstration outside the Met Gala on Monday evening, leading to multiple arrests. Several videos of the protest that Read More...

Met Evacuated Due to Steam-Related Emergency

Mike Mishkin September 7, 2021 Odds and Ends 1 Comment

The Met announced today on its Twitter page that the Fifth Avenue museum closed down at 1pm due to “an emergency shutdown of steam in Read More...

Free Chocolate this Weekend

Mike Mishkin June 10, 2021 Food & Drink No Comments

In celebration of its 95th anniversary, Godiva will be sending its pink truck around the city to give out free samples. And it’ll be wheeling Read More...

Museum Mile Festival, 2021!

Mike Mishkin May 31, 2021 Arts & Entertainment No Comments

The Upper East Side’s Museum Mile Festival will return this year on June 28 from 9am to 9pm, presenting a mix of virtual and in-person Read More...

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