Showing Creatures of Myth and Imagination: Europe and the Americas, at The Met Cloisters

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Figure pendant, 900–1600 CE
Aquamanile in the Form of a Unicorn, ca. 1425–50
Figure pendant, 900–1600 CE. Tairona artist(s), Figure pendant, Colombia, 900–1600 CE. Gold. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jan Mitchell and Sons Collection, Gift of Jan Mitchell, 1991 (1991.419.31).1 / 4

Creatures of Myth and Imagination: Europe and the Americas

The Met Cloisters

May 18 – Oct 18, 2026 Washington Heights

Closing soon

Hybrid beings in more than 50 works made between 500 and 1500 on both sides of the Atlantic, from Moche ceramics and Tairona gold to European dragons and unicorns.

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Museum Washington Heights

The Met Cloisters

99 Margaret Corbin Drive, Fort Tryon Park

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