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Image: Mary Cassatt, Child in a Straw Hat, c. 1886, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1983.1.17Image: Edward Hopper, American Landscape, 1920, Print Purchase Fund (Rosenwald Collection) and Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1979.64.1Image: Medici Porcelain Factory, Flask, c. 1575/1587, or slightly later, Widener Collection, 1942.9.354Image: John Singleton Copley, Watson and the Shark, 1778, Ferdinand Lammot Belin Fund, 1963.6.1

Sunday, May 25
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
Guided Tour: Test event
Film: Lost Treasures of Afghanistan
12:30PM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Galleries
1:00PM
Gallery Talk: Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books—Part 2
Concert: Traditional Afghan Music
1:30PM
Guided Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection
2:00PM
Lecture: Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul
2:30PM
Guided Tour: American Collection
3:30PM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century
Guided Tour: Test event
4:00PM
Concert: Afghan Children's Songbook
4:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
5:45PM
Film: Battleship Potemkin

Monday, May 26
10:30AM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: Test event
12:30PM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Galleries
1:30PM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: Test event
2:30PM
Guided Tour: American Collection
3:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection

Tuesday, May 27
10:30AM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: Test event
12:00PM
Gallery Talk: In the Forest of Fontainebleau: Painters and Photographers from Corot to Monet
Film: The Incised Image
Gallery Talk: Where Art and Nature Meet: Isamu Noguchi's "Great Rock of Inner Seeking"
12:30PM
Guided Tour: Points of View: The Painter's Choices
1:00PM
Gallery Talk: Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books—Part 2
1:30PM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: Test event
2:30PM
Guided Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection
3:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection

Wednesday, May 28
10:30AM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: Test event
12:00PM
Gallery Talk: Where Art and Nature Meet: Isamu Noguchi's "Great Rock of Inner Seeking"
12:30PM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Galleries
1:00PM
Gallery Talk: Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books—Part 2
1:30PM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: Test event
2:30PM
Guided Tour: French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century
3:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection

Thursday, May 29
10:30AM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: Test event
12:00PM
Gallery Talk: The Fauves
12:30PM
Guided Tour: Points of View: The Painter's Choices
1:30PM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: Test event
2:00PM
Gallery Talk: Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books—Part 2
2:30PM
Guided Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection
3:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection

Friday, May 30
10:30AM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: Test event
12:00PM
Gallery Talk: Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul
12:30PM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Garden
1:00PM
Gallery Talk: Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books—Part 2
1:30PM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: Test event
2:30PM
Guided Tour: French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century
3:30PM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
5:00PM
Jazz Programs: The Young Lions (Jazz Rock)

Saturday, May 31
10:30AM
Guided Tour: Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection
11:30AM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Galleries
Guided Tour: Test event
12:00PM
Gallery Talk: Where Art and Nature Meet: Isamu Noguchi's "Great Rock of Inner Seeking"
12:30PM
Guided Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection
1:30PM
Guided Tour: The Sculpture Garden
2:30PM
Guided Tour: American Collection
3:30PM
Guided Tour: 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection
Guided Tour: French Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century
Guided Tour: Test event
4:00PM
Film: Jolly Fellows (Moscow Laughs)


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