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Met Museum Thanksgiving Hours in NYC: Closed Two Days in a Row

Met Museum Thanksgiving Hours in NYC: Closed Two Days in a Row

On Wednesday, November 25 and Thursday, November 26 the Met Fifth Avenue is shut, back to back. We read the museum's own schedule: Friday and Saturday run to 9 p.m., the Cloisters to 4:30. Plus the balloons and the tree.

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Neue Galerie Reopening on Fifth Avenue, and the Met Museum Merger

Neue Galerie Reopening on Fifth Avenue, and the Met Museum Merger

The Neue Galerie reopens November 12, 2026, four blocks north of the Met. The merger with the Metropolitan Museum is planned for 2028, so your Met ticket does not work there, admission is $28, and children under 12 are not admitted at all.

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Met Museum Skip the Line: What 24 New York Tour Listings Promise

Met Museum Skip the Line: What 24 New York Tour Listings Promise

There is no queue to skip at the Metropolitan Museum: admission is sold at the desk, with no booking and no timed entry. Yet 11 of the 24 Met tour listings here sell a skip-the-line, and they hold 92% of all the reviews. Counted again October 22, 2026.

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NYC Marathon Spectator Spots: The Race Runs Behind the Met Museum

NYC Marathon Spectator Spots: The Race Runs Behind the Met Museum

On November 1, 2026 the marathon leaves Fifth Avenue at 90th Street and runs behind the Met on the East Drive. We read the city's own closure notice and the museum's hours: the Met is open 10 to 5, and the sun now sets at 4:53 p.m.

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Krasner and Pollock at the Met Museum, and Modern Art on Fifth Avenue

Krasner and Pollock at the Met Museum, and Modern Art on Fifth Avenue

Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous runs to January 31, 2027 in gallery 899, included in the $30 ticket. We read the museum's records: every Krasner and Pollock work on view that day was inside the show, because the modern galleries stay shut until 2030.

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Designing the Gilded Age at the Met Museum: Tiffany on Fifth Avenue

Designing the Gilded Age at the Met Museum: Tiffany on Fifth Avenue

Nearly 120 Tiffany drawings open at the Met on October 22, 2026. The Gilded Age room you can actually stand in is one floor below, on permanent display, and its house was demolished in 1938.

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