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Creatures of Myth and Imagination: Europe and the Americas

The Cloisters · New York, United States · 18 May to 18 Oct 2026

On nowConfirmed 7 Aug 2026 · check before you travelPress-sourced, not yet confirmed by the museum

Works created on either side of the Atlantic between 500 and 1500 CE, shown at The Met Cloisters, per the exhibition's own page linked from the venue's visit page. Dates from press coverage pending the museum's own exhibition page.

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The CloistersShown: The Cloisters - not the exhibition
No verified photograph of this show exists yet. This is the venue where it is held.
First recorded 7 August 2026Last confirmed 7 August 2026The source we used

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