Byzantium at The Met

Join Andrea Achi, Associate Curator in the Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters, for an insider tour of The Met’s Byzantine galleries focused on texts, inscriptions, and the visual culture of writing. Through manuscripts, mosaics, icons, and liturgical objects, the tour will explore the many scripts and languages of the Byzantine world and consider how writing functioned across devotional, imperial, and artistic contexts from Late Antiquity through the fifteenth century.

IMPORTANT: you must arrive 15 mins early to join the group at the 81st Street and 5th Avenue entrance, past security. You won't be able to catch up with the group if you arrive late.