Holiday Celebrations at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Now that Halloween is over, Christmas decorations are sprouting all over the place. New York City is a great place to be as the holidays draw near, and there are few places that approach the holidays with the same elegance and panache as the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Beginning November 21, the Museum's annual Christmas tree and Neapolitan Baroque creche display will once again be on view in the Medieval Sculpture Hall. The brightly lit, 20-foot blue spruce --decorated with a collection of 18th-century Neapolitan angels and cherubs, and a baroque creche at its base -- will be set in front of the 18th-century Spanish choir screen from the Cathedral of Valladolid. Dramatic lighting ceremonies will take place this year on a new and more frequent schedule: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays at 3:30 and 4:30 p.m., and Fridays and Saturdays (plus Thursday, December 28) at 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, and 6:30 p.m.
While you're at the Museum, be sure to check out the special exhibit called "Louis Comfort Tiffany and Laurelton Hall -- An Artist's Country Estate," which runs from November 21 to May 20, 2007. The exhibition will shed new light on this remarkable artist, who lavished as much care and creativity on the design and furnishing of his home and gardens as he did on the wide-ranging media in which he worked. And you can consider the time you spend admiring Tiffany's treasures your holiday gift to yourself!
While you're at the Museum, be sure to check out the special exhibit called "Louis Comfort Tiffany and Laurelton Hall -- An Artist's Country Estate," which runs from November 21 to May 20, 2007. The exhibition will shed new light on this remarkable artist, who lavished as much care and creativity on the design and furnishing of his home and gardens as he did on the wide-ranging media in which he worked. And you can consider the time you spend admiring Tiffany's treasures your holiday gift to yourself!
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