Ukuqala nge-1 kaMeyi, ekubhiyozeleni iminyaka engama-75 yemyuziyam yaseCloisters kunye neegadi, iMetropolitan Museum of Art iya kubonelela ngeveki enye yokwamkelwa kwi-The Cloisters kumalungu oluntu olundwendwela esona sakhiwo siphambili seMyuziyam yeMetropolitan kuqala. Ukwamkelwa kwabafundi kwiveki enye kukwandiswa nokwandiswa komgaqo-nkqubo wokwamkelwa kwabafundi wosuku olunye obusebenza phakathi kwezakhiwo amashumi eminyaka. Umtyeleli onerisithi yokwamkelwa evela kwisakhiwo esikhulu seMyuziyam yeMetropolitan uya kuba nelungelo leqhosha elinye elongezelelweyo lokungeniswa kwi-The Cloisters ukuya kutsho kwiintsuku ezisixhenxe. I-Cloisters-imyuziyam yesebe yeMetropolitan enikezelwe kubugcisa kunye noyilo lwamaXesha Aphakathi-ibekwe eFort Tryon Park, kumantla eManhattan.

UThomas P. Campbell, uMlawuli kunye noMlawuli oyiNtloko weMyuziyam yeMetropolitan, wathi: “ICloisters yindawo engaqhelekanga, indlela nje ekhawulezayo kaloliwe engaphantsi komhlaba, ibhasi, okanye iteksi ukusuka kumbindi wedolophu yaseManhattan. Kodwa siyaqonda ukuba ukutyelela isakhiwo esikhulu se-Met kunye ne-Cloisters ngosuku olunye ngamabhongo; ngoku izigidi zeendwendwe zethu zinokuwanandipha omabini la mava ebudeni beveki zize zithelele ekubhiyozeleni lo nyaka ubalulekileyo wesikhumbuzo.”

Imyuziyam yaseCloisters kunye nezitiya zinemisebenzi eyaziwayo evela kwingqokelela eyaziwayo yehlabathi yeMetropolitan Museum yobugcisa bexesha eliphakathi, kuquka i-Unicorn Tapestries edumileyo kunye namakhulu emizekelo yeglasi egqwethiweyo, isinyithi, i-enamels, iimpondo zendlovu, kunye nemizobo, zonke zikwindawo entle yolwakhiwo kunye. i-Hudson River evuselela amaXesha Aphakathi. Inxalenye ebalulekileyo yeCloisters kunye phakathi kwezinto zayo ezikhangayo xa yavulwa ngo-1938 kwaye namhlanje, iigadi zityalwe kwii-Cloisters ze-Romanesque kunye ne-Gothic.

Iminikelo ekhethekileyo iya kubandakanya imiboniso Ukukhangela i-Unicorn: uMboniso wokuhlonipha i-Cloisters' 75th Anniversary, umboniso wemifanekiso ye-unicorn kwiindidi ezahlukeneyo zeendaba (kwimbono kaMeyi 15-Agasti 18); UJanet Cardiff: I-Forty Part Motet, ufakelo oluvakalayo lwesakhiwo sikaTudor iSpem kwialium nguThomas Tallis kwiCloisters' Fuentidueña Chapel kunye ne-12th-century apse (Septemba 10–Disemba 8); kunye neCanterbury Stained Glass, umboniso weephaneli zegilasi enemibala yeRomanesque evela eCanterbury Cathedral yaseNgilani (ngoFebruwari 25–Meyi 18, 2014). Iinkqubo zemfundo zibandakanya ukhenketho olucwangcisiweyo lwasimahla lweegalari kunye neegadi, iinkqubo zosapho ngeempelaveki, kunye noSuku lweGadi ehlotyeni. Eyona nto ibalulekileyo luchungechunge oludumileyo lweekonsathi zobhaliso zomculo wamaxesha aphakathi kunye neRenaissance entwasahlobo nasebusika.

IGadi ePhakamileyo Ebiyelweyo, iblogi ehlaziywa rhoqo malunga neegadi zaseCloisters, ibonakaliswe kwiwebhusayithi yeMyuziyam yeMetropolitan ukususela ngo-2008 (http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/).

Ulwazi oluthe vetshe malunga neCloisters kunye nembali yayo yeminyaka engama-75 iyafumaneka kwiwebhusayithi yeMyuziyam ethi www.metmuseum.org/cloisters.

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The Cloisters museum and gardens features renowned works from the Metropolitan Museum's world-famous collection of medieval art, including the famed Unicorn Tapestries and hundreds of examples of exquisite stained glass, metalwork, enamels, ivories, and paintings, all in a magnificent architectural setting along the Hudson River that evokes the Middle Ages.
Beginning May 1, in celebration of the 75th-anniversary year of The Cloisters museum and gardens, The Metropolitan Museum of Art will offer same-week admission to The Cloisters for members of the public who visit the Metropolitan Museum's main building first.
An integral part of The Cloisters and among its major attractions when it opened in 1938 and today, the gardens are planted in reconstructed Romanesque and Gothic cloisters.