Let your imagination run wild in The Met Cloisters gardens!
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.
For garden enthusiasts and curious visitors of all ages. Select activities offered in both Spanish and English.
The Met Cloisters Late Night: Beasts and Beings
Dragons, shapeshifters, and hybrid creatures await! Join us for a special after-hours evening to celebrate spring.
Groove to music in the gardens by Noah Bless Latin Jazz Quartet in partnership with Jazz WaHi, Inc., join a Cumbia dance class led by artist and cultural educator Alan Mijail, spot creatures that call Fort Tryon Park home with naturalist Alexandra Wang, try your luck at a special game of Lotería, and design your own mythical hybrid being. Sip, sketch, and wander the galleries to chat with experts and discover the wild, wondrous creatures that have captivated the human imagination for centuries.
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Creatures of Myth and Imagination: Europe and the Americas.
Tickets $50. Note: Space is limited; advance registration is required. Drink specials and light fare available for purchase. Activities are subject to change.
How Did They Do That?—Natural Dyes
Peek at technique and learn—through handling tools and materials—how works of art were created. Stop by for hands-on demonstrations and conversations with educators, conservators, artists, and more! Demonstrations repeat every 30 minutes. For visitors of all ages.
Medieval Drama at The Met Cloisters Lawn
Join the Fordham Medieval Dramatists for a spectacular, interactive outdoor staging of the 13th-century animal fable The Fox and the Wolf. Virtually unperformed since the Middle Ages, this play brings Reynard the fox, Sigrim the wolf, Chaunticleer the cock, and a flock of befuddled friars to vibrant life with bold costumes, creative staging, and a new translation for the occasion.
Free: Space is limited; first come, first served.
Celebrate the recent conservation treatment of the Julius Caesar tapestry from the Nine Heroes Tapestries at The Met Cloisters by joining a talk to learn about the history and conservation of these unique textile works.
Main Hall
Free with Museum admission; admission is pay what you wish for New York state residents, and free for children 12 and under with an adult, and a care partner accompanying a visitor with a disability. Note: Space is limited; first come, first served.
