*****At this time, we are at capacity and are no longer accepting RSVPs. If you emailed before 10:15 PM on 2/28, we have received your RSVP. We have an event coming up on May 15 in conjunction with The Costume Institute’s special exhibition Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations. To be the first to hear about this event, please subscribe to metcollegegroup@metmuseum.org or like our...
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*****At this time, we are at capacity and are no longer accepting RSVPs. If you emailed before 10:15 PM on 2/28, we have received your RSVP. We have an event coming up on May 15 in conjunction with The Costume Institute’s special exhibition Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations. To be the first to hear about this event, please subscribe to metcollegegroup@metmuseum.org or like our Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/CollegeGroupAtTheMet. We encourage you to visit the New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia on your own. Also, don’t forget that the Museum is open Friday and Saturday nights until 9:00 pm.
An Oasis at the Met
Escape from your books, essays, and exams and celebrate the Museum's New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran,
Central Asia, and Later South Asia with the College Group at the Met.
Thursday, March 1
8:00–11:00 p.m.
There will be music, refreshments, the Museum’s glamorous ambiance, and much more. You will have the opportunity to view the awe-inspiring new galleries after hours and enjoy tours provided by College Group committee members throughout the evening.
MUSICAL GUESTS: ZIKRAYAT 8:00 p.m. DJ LOUIE XIV 9:30 p.m.
Event is free with a valid student ID, however please RSVP to metcollegegroup@metmuseum.org. Guests are encouraged to dress to the nines in their best semi-formal attire or national dress.
Tughra (Official Signature) of Sultan Süleiman the Magnificent (reign of Süleiman the Magnificent, 1520-1566) (detail), ca. 1555-60. Turkey (Istanbul). Ink, opaque watercolors, and gold on paper. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1938 (38.149.2)
Link to image:
http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/140006811