Annual Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche Dates: 2012:
- Tree Goes Up: November 20, 2012
- Tree Comes Down: January 6, 2013
Annual Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche Basics:
Location: The Tree is located inside the Medieval Sculpture Hall at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Closest Subways: 4/5/6 train to 86th Street
Hours: On view whenever the museum is open.
Website: Annual Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche Website
Closest Subways: 4/5/6 train to 86th Street
Hours: On view whenever the museum is open.
Website: Annual Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche Website
About the Annual Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche:
For more than 40 years, the Metropolitan Museum of Art has displayed more than two hundred 18th-century Neapolitan crèche figures collected by Loretta Hines Howard and gifted to the museum with a Christmas Tree. The 20-foot-tall blue spruce is decorated with lights, cherubs and features 50 angels among its branches. Each year, there are new angels and crèche figures added to the collection and display.
