The Cloisters date mainly from the 13th to the 15th centuries and were where the Abbey’s monks spent much ... with the lower parts open, although shutters were used for protection against bad weather.

Michael Gordon’s site-specific “The Forest of Metal Objects” surrounds precious art and architecture with the music of chains ...

NEW YORK – High on a hill in the northwest corner of Manhattan is a mesmerizing world of medieval stones. They are cloisters, altars, apses and arches from ...

We spoke to Carly Still, the head horticulturalist at the Met Cloisters, ... So lots of maintenance gearing up for the winter, cutting all of our perennials back.

Become a paid member to listen to this article. Very few places in New York City offer a quiet refuge away from the chaos of everyday city life. The Cloisters, nestled inside Fort Tryon Park, is ...

The Cloisters opened in 1938 after Rockefeller bought sculptor George Barnard’s collection of medieval art and was designated as an official NYC landmark in 1974.