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Sunday May 13
Five Minute Focus Tour
The Five Minute Focus Tours offers visitors a brief introduction to one work of art from the museum's collection at the top of each hour. Join Rubin Museum guides and docents to discover compelling stories and rich histories behind individual works of Himalayan art with new insights every hour.
Tour meets in the spiral lobby.
Taste of RMA Tour
Taste of RMA tours offer museum visitors an introduction to Himalayan art, exploring process, materials, iconography, religion, and cultural influence along the way. Tours vary in theme each day, highlighting diverse works of art throughout the museum. Taste of RMA tours are free with museum admission and approximately forty-five minutes to an hour long.
Five Minute Focus Tour
The Five Minute Focus Tours offers visitors a brief introduction to one work of art from the museum's collection at the top of each hour. Join Rubin Museum guides and docents to discover compelling stories and rich histories behind individual works of Himalayan art with new insights every hour.
Tour meets in the spiral lobby.
Taste of RMA Tours
Taste of RMA tours offer museum visitors an introduction to Himalayan art, exploring process, materials, iconography, religion, and cultural influence along the way. Tours vary in theme each day, highlighting diverse works of art throughout the museum. Taste of RMA tours are free with museum admission and approximately forty-five minutes to an hour long.
Exhibition TourModernist Art from India: Approaching Abstraction
Join a museum guide for an in-depth tour of Modernist Art from India: Approaching Abstraction. Tours last approximately thirty minutes. Exhibition tours are free with museum admission and do not require reservations.
Learn more about this exhibition
Five Minute Focus Tour
The Five Minute Focus Tours offers visitors a brief introduction to one work of art from the museum's collection at the top of each hour. Join Rubin Museum guides and docents to discover compelling stories and rich histories behind individual works of Himalayan art with new insights every hour.
Tour meets in the spiral lobby.
Monday May 14
Museum ClosedSpecial Event
The museum will be closed Monday 14, 2012 for a special event. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Wednesday May 16
Yak PackersEarly Childhood Art
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Price: $10.00
Member Price: $5.00
Each day revolves around a theme; past themes include colors, cities, and lines. Children and their adult friends will build and play with blocks, listen to a story relating to our theme, visit an exhibition in the galleries, and create an artwork inspired by the pieces we've looked at.
Five Minute Focus Tour
The Five Minute Focus Tours offers visitors a brief introduction to one work of art from the museum's collection at the top of each hour. Join Rubin Museum guides and docents to discover compelling stories and rich histories behind individual works of Himalayan art with new insights every hour.
Tour meets in the spiral lobby.
Five Minute Focus Tour
The Five Minute Focus Tours offers visitors a brief introduction to one work of art from the museum's collection at the top of each hour. Join Rubin Museum guides and docents to discover compelling stories and rich histories behind individual works of Himalayan art with new insights every hour.
Tour meets in the spiral lobby.
The Koran: The Origins of the BookLunch Matters
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Price: $10.00
2010, France, Bruno Ulmer, 52 min.
This enlightening documentary explores the origins of the Koran, which according to Muslim tradition, has remained static and unchanged since its revelation to the prophet Mohammed between 610 and 632 CE in Mecca and Medina.
Post-screening discussion moderated by NYU Professor Emeritus Frank Peters
$10/Free to Members | Learn More
Five Minute Focus Tour
The Five Minute Focus Tours offers visitors a brief introduction to one work of art from the museum's collection at the top of each hour. Join Rubin Museum guides and docents to discover compelling stories and rich histories behind individual works of Himalayan art with new insights every hour.
Tour meets in the spiral lobby.
Taste of RMA Tours
Taste of RMA tours offer museum visitors an introduction to Himalayan art, exploring process, materials, iconography, religion, and cultural influence along the way. Tours vary in theme each day, highlighting diverse works of art throughout the museum. Taste of RMA tours are free with museum admission and approximately forty-five minutes to an hour long.
Exhibition TourModernist Art from India: Approaching Abstraction
Join a museum guide for an in-depth tour of Modernist Art from India: Approaching Abstraction. Tours last approximately thirty minutes. Exhibition tours are free with museum admission and do not require reservations.
Learn more about this exhibition
Himalayan Happy HourUnwind at Serai
Unwind every Wednesday evening from 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Enjoy 10% off selected specialty teas, wine, beer and cocktails and snacks in Serai. See exceptional examples of Himalayan artistry and craftsmanship at the Shop, or attend a concert, book launch, or talk in the theater.
Free | Learn More
Five Minute Focus Tour
The Five Minute Focus Tours offers visitors a brief introduction to one work of art from the museum's collection at the top of each hour. Join Rubin Museum guides and docents to discover compelling stories and rich histories behind individual works of Himalayan art with new insights every hour.
Tour meets in the spiral lobby.
Himalayan Soul (Diego Campo + Rigdzin Collins)Spiral Music
Diego Campo, guitar
Rigdzin Collins, violin
Himalayan Soul blends the traditions of jazz, soul and hard-bop with elements of Himalayan music. With Rigdzin Collins, the first Himalayan jazz violinist and Diego Campo, playing classical and flamenco guitar, the repertoire incorporates ancient traditional Himalayan songs as well as a few jazz songs inspired by eastern wisdom.
Free | Learn More
Nothing & EverythingBook Launch
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Price: $15.00
Member Price: $13.50
The launch of Ellen Pearlman's examination of the influence of Buddhism on the American Avant Garde: 1942 - 1962 with the author in conversation with poet and critic Vincent Katz.
Presented in association with EVOLVER.
Thursday May 17
Yak PackersEarly Childhood Art
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Price: $10.00
Member Price: $5.00
Each day revolves around a theme; past themes include colors, cities, and lines. Children and their adult friends will build and play with blocks, listen to a story relating to our theme, visit an exhibition in the galleries, and create an artwork inspired by the pieces we've looked at.
Five Minute Focus Tour
The Five Minute Focus Tours offers visitors a brief introduction to one work of art from the museum's collection at the top of each hour. Join Rubin Museum guides and docents to discover compelling stories and rich histories behind individual works of Himalayan art with new insights every hour.
Tour meets in the spiral lobby.
Five Minute Focus Tour
The Five Minute Focus Tours offers visitors a brief introduction to one work of art from the museum's collection at the top of each hour. Join Rubin Museum guides and docents to discover compelling stories and rich histories behind individual works of Himalayan art with new insights every hour.
Tour meets in the spiral lobby.
Five Minute Focus Tour
The Five Minute Focus Tours offers visitors a brief introduction to one work of art from the museum's collection at the top of each hour. Join Rubin Museum guides and docents to discover compelling stories and rich histories behind individual works of Himalayan art with new insights every hour.
Tour meets in the spiral lobby.
Taste of RMA Tours
Taste of RMA tours offer museum visitors an introduction to Himalayan art, exploring process, materials, iconography, religion, and cultural influence along the way. Tours vary in theme each day, highlighting diverse works of art throughout the museum. Taste of RMA tours are free with museum admission and approximately forty-five minutes to an hour long.
Exhibition TourModernist Art from India: Approaching Abstraction
Join a museum guide for an in-depth tour of Modernist Art from India: Approaching Abstraction. Tours last approximately thirty minutes. Exhibition tours are free with museum admission and do not require reservations.
Friday May 18
Five Minute Focus Tour
The Five Minute Focus Tours offers visitors a brief introduction to one work of art from the museum's collection at the top of each hour. Join Rubin Museum guides and docents to discover compelling stories and rich histories behind individual works of Himalayan art with new insights every hour.
Tour meets in the spiral lobby.
Five Minute Focus Tour
The Five Minute Focus Tours offers visitors a brief introduction to one work of art from the museum's collection at the top of each hour. Join Rubin Museum guides and docents to discover compelling stories and rich histories behind individual works of Himalayan art with new insights every hour.
Tour meets in the spiral lobby.
Mindful ConnectionsFor Visitors with Dementia and their Caregivers
Mindful Connections is a tour program for people with dementia and their caregivers. Trained museum guides facilitate a gallery experience designed to promote conversation and engagement with works of art and each other.
Free (Advanced registration is required)| Learn More
Five Minute Focus Tour
The Five Minute Focus Tours offers visitors a brief introduction to one work of art from the museum's collection at the top of each hour. Join Rubin Museum guides and docents to discover compelling stories and rich histories behind individual works of Himalayan art with new insights every hour.
Tour meets in the spiral lobby.
Taste of RMA Tours
Taste of RMA tours offer museum visitors an introduction to Himalayan art, exploring process, materials, iconography, religion, and cultural influence along the way. Tours vary in theme each day, highlighting diverse works of art throughout the museum. Taste of RMA tours are free with museum admission and approximately forty-five minutes to an hour long.
Exhibition TourModernist Art from India: Approaching Abstraction
Join a museum guide for an in-depth tour of Modernist Art from India: Approaching Abstraction. Tours last approximately thirty minutes. Exhibition tours are free with museum admission and do not require reservations.
Learn more about this exhibition
Five Minute Focus Tour
The Five Minute Focus Tours offers visitors a brief introduction to one work of art from the museum's collection at the top of each hour. Join Rubin Museum guides and docents to discover compelling stories and rich histories behind individual works of Himalayan art with new insights every hour.
Tour meets in the spiral lobby.
DJ KamalaK2 Lounge
DJ and music stylist, Kamala has played professionally at many of New York City's best venues, underground parties, and special events for over a decade. Best known for her deep soulful house music sets, her musical taste spans many genres and eras including Global Lounge, Nu-Soul, as well as R&B, Soul, Salsa, and Dance classics from the 70's and 80's.
Free | Learn More
Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School: Hero, Villain, YetiArt Making
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
$12.00 in advance / $15.00 day of
Member Price: $10.80
Enjoy an evening of drinking and drawing as models pose as comic book heroes, villains and yetis in an alternative life drawing class for artists and non-artists alike.
This program is for adults 18 years old and older.
Ticket includes post-program tour of the exhibition Hero, Villain, Yeti: Tibet in Comics
The Name of the RoseIntroduced by novelist Siddhartha Deb
1986, West Germany, France, Italy, Jean-Jacques Annaud, 130 min.
Starring Sean Connery, Christian Slater and Helmut Qualtinger
Introduced by novelist Siddhartha Deb
Free with a $7 bar minimum | Learn More
Saturday May 19
Five Minute Focus Tour
The Five Minute Focus Tours offers visitors a brief introduction to one work of art from the museum's collection at the top of each hour. Join Rubin Museum guides and docents to discover compelling stories and rich histories behind individual works of Himalayan art with new insights every hour.
Tour meets in the spiral lobby.
Taste of RMA Tour
Taste of RMA tours offer museum visitors an introduction to Himalayan art, exploring process, materials, iconography, religion, and cultural influence along the way. Tours vary in theme each day, highlighting diverse works of art throughout the museum. Taste of RMA tours are free with museum admission and approximately forty-five minutes to an hour long.
ASL Gallery TourApproaching Abstraction
Join a free gallery tour in American Sign Language, exploring the exhibition Modernist Art from India: Approaching Abstraction on the museum's sixth floor. Voice interpretation will not be provided.
Free | Learn More
Five Minute Focus Tour
The Five Minute Focus Tours offers visitors a brief introduction to one work of art from the museum's collection at the top of each hour. Join Rubin Museum guides and docents to discover compelling stories and rich histories behind individual works of Himalayan art with new insights every hour.
Tour meets in the spiral lobby.
Taste of RMA Tours
Taste of RMA tours offer museum visitors an introduction to Himalayan art, exploring process, materials, iconography, religion, and cultural influence along the way. Tours vary in theme each day, highlighting diverse works of art throughout the museum. Taste of RMA tours are free with museum admission and approximately forty-five minutes to an hour long.
Exhibition TourModernist Art from India: Approaching Abstraction
Join a museum guide for an in-depth tour of Modernist Art from India: Approaching Abstraction. Tours last approximately thirty minutes. Exhibition tours are free with museum admission and do not require reservations.
Learn more about this exhibition
Five Minute Focus Tour
The Five Minute Focus Tours offers visitors a brief introduction to one work of art from the museum's collection at the top of each hour. Join Rubin Museum guides and docents to discover compelling stories and rich histories behind individual works of Himalayan art with new insights every hour.
Tour meets in the spiral lobby.
