Research Guides: ARHS 48403: Medieval Art: Museums and Exhibitions

Several Exhibitions on Medieval Art

Dürer and Beyond
An exhibition at the Met of the museum's recently acquired drawings from Central Europe dating from the fifteenth through seventeenth centuries.
Past Exhibitions at the Met
An index by curatorial department to exhibitions at the Met. In particular, note the departments European Paintings, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, and Medieval Art and the Cloisters.
Blood, Gold, and Fire: Coloring Early German Woodcuts
An exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago on German woodcuts from the fifteenth century.
Illuminating Fashion: Dress in the Art of Medieval France and the Netherlands
An exhibition at the Morgan Library

Key Museums

The links below direct viewers to museums and other repositories with significant medieval collections. Other sites to try that are not listed include national libraries in Europe not represented below and those of major ecclesiastical buildings (e.g., Notre Dame de Paris). This guide's page on images should also be consulted.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (Medieval Galleries)
Direct link to the medieval galleries at the Met and the Cloisters
Metropolitan Museum of Art (Cloisters)
Direct link to the branch of the Met featuring medieval art
The Louvre
English site for the Louvre. No link groups the medieval collections.
National Gallery (Browse by Century)
Browse by century and decade the holdings of the National Gallery in London. The chronology begins in approximately 1200.
British Library (Manuscripts)
Direct link to an index of the digitized manuscripts at the British Library. The site has a slider by which one can narrow results to a particular range of dates. The library has a large collection of illuminated manuscripts.
(Pierpoint) Morgan Library (Highlights)
The Morgan Library has a strong collection of medieval manuscripts.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Direct link to the medieval collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum. The page includes subcategories with clearly defined content.
Cleveland Museum of Art
Direct link to the medieval collections. This museum has strong collections in medieval art. Pieces from these collections comprised a traveling exhibition, Medieval Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art, which included a stop at the Getty in 2008.