The Met

The Met announced on Friday that the Cantor Roof Garden, along with the Roof Garden Bar, will be reopening on May 19.

The Metropolitan Opera is adding its name to what will likely be a growing list of entities requiring COVID-19 booster shots for attendance at indoor events ranging from the world of entertainment to academia and elsewhere. Starting Jan. 17, the Met will mandate COVID boosters for all eligible to receive them and restrict entry to anyone eligible who hasn’t yet…

Dr. Anthony Fauci said Wednesday that new data show booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines offer protection against the omicron variant and there is no current need to reformulate shots for variant-specific boosters.

Starting next week the Metropolitan Museum of Art is expanding its hours and will be open six days a week. The Met’s Fifth Avenue location and the Met Cloisters will soon be closed only on Wednesdays. Additionally, Friday and Saturday evening hours will also return, the museum announced. After a months-long closure due to the pandemic, the iconic and...

Police have deemed a suspicious package left outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art safe after closing nearby streets and issuing an advisory to clear the area. The package left on the sidewalk near the museum was actually a suitcase, police said Monday. Police were first notified of the luggage after a museum security dog checked out the suitcase. Almost an…

The iconic institution said it is considering selling some of its items as it faces a massive deficit due to the pandemic, but some are happy with the Met engaging in such a controversial act. NBC New York’s Rana Novini reports

The Metropolitan Museum of Art reopens to the public for the first time since its door were shuttered by the coronavirus pandemic. The cultural institution joins a growing number of museums to start reopening exhibits to the public after Gov. Andrew Cuomo finally gave the green light to do so last Monday. All buildings are limited to 25 percent capacity…

The Metropolitan Museum of Art reopens to the public for the first time since its door were shuttered by the coronavirus pandemic. Myles Miller reports.