Monkey Business: Celebrating the Year of the Monkey

June 28 - July 24, 2016 - The Metropolitan Museum is pleased to present this small exhibition in the Charlotte C. Weber Galleries for the Arts of Ancient China, featuring depictions of monkeys in various media including painting, ceramics, metalwork, and jade carving. The traditional East Asian lunar calendar consists of a repeating twelve-year cycle, with each year corresponding to one of the twelve animals in the East Asian zodiac. This Lunar New Year, which begins on February 8, 2016, is the Year of the Monkey.

Dates:June 28, 2016 10:00 am to July 24, 2016 05:00 pm
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