Like the Tree at the American Museum of Natural History, at the Metropolitan Museum Christmas Tree is inspired by the museum’s collections. Standing 20 feet tall and located in front of the sanctuary of the eighteenth-century Valladolid Cathedral in the Museum’s Medieval Sculpture Hall, the Christmas tree is adorned with 18th-century cherubs and angels.

The Metropolitan Museum Christmas Tree tradition began in 1957 when museum patron Loretta Hines Howard began decorating a tree at the museum with Nativity figures she had collected since 1925. Today, the Metropolitan Museum Christmas Tree has more than 250 such items from Howard’s collection. At the base of the tree is an eighteenth-century Neapolitan Nativity scene, surrounded by more than seventy figures.

The Metropolitan Museum Christmas Tree will be on display until XXXXX along with a historic Menorah candlestick. The Menorah, displayed in The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Galleries was created for the Great Synagogue in Lviv (now Ukraine) and dates from 1866. It is one of the largest silver Hanukkah lamps known.

Where is the Metropolitan Museum Christmas Tree 2024?

Metropolitan Museum Christmas Tree is in Metropolitan Museum at Upper East Side. Its exact location is at 1000 5th Ave.

What is near?

Just opposite is St Patrick Cathedral. Within walking distance are Rockefeller Center (5 minutes, 0.2 miles), Times Square (14 minutes, 0.6 miles), United Nations (18 minutes, 0.8 miles), MoMA (8 minutes, 0.3 miles), Central Park (12 minutes, 0.5 miles), Grand Central Terminal (5 minutes, 0.2 miles), Bryant Park (14 minutes, 0.6 miles) and many other attractions.

How to get there?

The closest subway stations are 5 Av/53 St (E F trains) and 51 St (6 train). Madison Avenue and Park Avenue have many bus lines.