T HE M ETROPOLITAN M USEUM OF A RT 1000 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10028 T HE M ETROPOLITAN M USEUM OF A RT T HE M ETROPOLITAN M USEUM OF A RT Dear Members and Friends of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, PRSRT STD U.S. Postage Join us on a springtime cruise through the western Mediterranean, on a program that includes PAID TALIAN ASTERPIECES ACADEMIC I M masterworks of art and architecture as well as private visits to historic estates and palazzi, many with ARRANGEMENTS ABROAD stunning collections. Traveling with us will be Femke Speelberg, Assistant Curator of Ornament and Rome to Naples Aboard Sea Cloud II Architectural Drawings, Prints and Modelbooks in the Department of Drawings & Prints at the Metropolitan Museum. Beginning in Rome, we will view the exquisite collection at the Borghese Gallery before embarking Sea Cloud II. Step ashore in Pisa to see the Baptistry of St. John and the Leaning Tower. Spend a morning in Portofino, inspiration to generations of artists. In Genoa, explore San Lorenzo Photo by Wilfried Maehlmann. Cathedral, visit Renzo Piano’s workshop, and enjoy a private cocktail reception at the Palazzo Doria The Altar of Peace in the Ara Pacis Museum. Pamphilj. Discover glamorous Capri before disembarking in Naples to tour the National Archaeological OPTIONAL ROME Museum and the extensive ruins at nearby Herculaneum. PRELUDE On an optional Rome prelude, tour the Vatican and see the Sistine Chapel after hours, and May 17 to 21, 2013 visit the city’s extraordinary museums. An optional postlude in Sorrento features a drive along the breathtaking Amalfi Coast to Positano and an excursion to Pompeii. During three days in the Eternal City, discover some of Rome’s most famous sights as well as her less-visited, Life aboard the three-masted Sea Cloud II has no comparison. Her friendly staff, luxurious best-kept secrets. Stay at the elegant Hotel Majestic, ITALIAN MASTERPIECES accommodations, and fine dining create an onboard near the Spanish Steps, and savor Italian specialties in Rome to Naples Aboard Sea Cloud II May 20 to 28, 2013 ambiance of relaxed elegance. the city’s fine restaurants. Visit the Ara Pacis Museum, TRAVELING WITH YOU designed by architect Richard Meier to house the We hope you will join us on this delightful magnificent, 2,000-year-old Altar of Peace, and see the Femke Speelberg is an voyage, co-sponsored with the National Trust for Villa Farnesina, an enchanting Renaissance pavilion. Assistant Curator of Ornament Historic Preservation and alumni of Dartmouth College. Explore Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, a 19th-century and Architectural Drawings, palace with a stunning collection of Greek and Roman Prints and Modelbooks in the Sincerely, statuary, mosaics, and frescoes. A highlight will be a Department of Drawings & private, after-hours tour of the Vatican and the Sistine Prints at The Metropolitan Chapel, as well as the superb antiquities collections. Museum of Art. She completed graduate studies at the Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands and specializes in the Emily K. Rafferty artistic exchange between Italy and the countries President north of the Alps, predominantly focusing on architecture and ornament up to the 19th century. AUSTRIA SWITZERLAND In 2009, she and Dr. Peter Fuhring collaborated on a book on ornament prints, in particular, the FRANCE ITALY print collection of the Frisian notary, Nanne Ottema. Genoa Portofino Ms. Speelberg also researched and published a Pisa Livorno scrapbook album in the collection of the SPAIN CORSICA Civitavecchia Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam which contained Rome inspirational material and models collected by a Naples SARDINIA 19th-century Dutch furniture designer. She is Capri Sorrento currently preparing a publication on the early history Tyrrhenian Sea of ornament prints in the artistic culture of the late Mediterranean Sea 15th and early 16th centuries. SICILY May 20 to 28, 2013 ALGERIA TUNISIA Creation of the Sun, Moon, and Planets by Michelangelo, ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. www.metmuseum.org/travel T HE M ETROPOLITAN M USEUM OF A RT 1000 F IFTH A VENUE N EW Y ORK, N EW Y ORK 10028 T HE M ETROPOLITAN M USEUM OF A RT 1000 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10028 T HE M ETROPOLITAN M USEUM OF A RT T HE M ETROPOLITAN M USEUM OF A RT Dear Members and Friends of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, PRSRT STD U.S. Postage Join us on a springtime cruise through the western Mediterranean, on a program that includes PAID TALIAN ASTERPIECES ACADEMIC I M masterworks of art and architecture as well as private visits to historic estates and palazzi, many with ARRANGEMENTS ABROAD stunning collections. Traveling with us will be Femke Speelberg, Assistant Curator of Ornament and Rome to Naples Aboard Sea Cloud II Architectural Drawings, Prints and Modelbooks in the Department of Drawings & Prints at the Metropolitan Museum. Beginning in Rome, we will view the exquisite collection at the Borghese Gallery before embarking Sea Cloud II. Step ashore in Pisa to see the Baptistry of St. John and the Leaning Tower. Spend a morning in Portofino, inspiration to generations of artists. In Genoa, explore San Lorenzo Photo by Wilfried Maehlmann. Cathedral, visit Renzo Piano’s workshop, and enjoy a private cocktail reception at the Palazzo Doria The Altar of Peace in the Ara Pacis Museum. Pamphilj. Discover glamorous Capri before disembarking in Naples to tour the National Archaeological OPTIONAL ROME Museum and the extensive ruins at nearby Herculaneum. PRELUDE On an optional Rome prelude, tour the Vatican and see the Sistine Chapel after hours, and May 17 to 21, 2013 visit the city’s extraordinary museums. An optional postlude in Sorrento features a drive along the breathtaking Amalfi Coast to Positano and an excursion to Pompeii. During three days in the Eternal City, discover some of Rome’s most famous sights as well as her less-visited, Life aboard the three-masted Sea Cloud II has no comparison. Her friendly staff, luxurious best-kept secrets. Stay at the elegant Hotel Majestic, ITALIAN MASTERPIECES accommodations, and fine dining create an onboard near the Spanish Steps, and savor Italian specialties in Rome to Naples Aboard Sea Cloud II May 20 to 28, 2013 ambiance of relaxed elegance. the city’s fine restaurants. Visit the Ara Pacis Museum, TRAVELING WITH YOU designed by architect Richard Meier to house the We hope you will join us on this delightful magnificent, 2,000-year-old Altar of Peace, and see the Femke Speelberg is an voyage, co-sponsored with the National Trust for Villa Farnesina, an enchanting Renaissance pavilion. Assistant Curator of Ornament Historic Preservation and alumni of Dartmouth College. Explore Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, a 19th-century and Architectural Drawings, palace with a stunning collection of Greek and Roman Prints and Modelbooks in the Sincerely, statuary, mosaics, and frescoes. A highlight will be a Department of Drawings & private, after-hours tour of the Vatican and the Sistine Prints at The Metropolitan Chapel, as well as the superb antiquities collections. Museum of Art. She completed graduate studies at the Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands and specializes in the Emily K. Rafferty artistic exchange between Italy and the countries President north of the Alps, predominantly focusing on architecture and ornament up to the 19th century. AUSTRIA SWITZERLAND In 2009, she and Dr. Peter Fuhring collaborated on a book on ornament prints, in particular, the FRANCE ITALY print collection of the Frisian notary, Nanne Ottema. Genoa Portofino Ms. Speelberg also researched and published a Pisa Livorno scrapbook album in the collection of the SPAIN CORSICA Civitavecchia Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam which contained Rome inspirational material and models collected by a Naples SARDINIA 19th-century Dutch furniture designer. She is Capri Sorrento currently preparing a publication on the early history Tyrrhenian Sea of ornament prints in the artistic culture of the late Mediterranean Sea 15th and early 16th centuries. SICILY May 20 to 28, 2013 ALGERIA TUNISIA Creation of the Sun, Moon, and Planets by Michelangelo, ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. www.metmuseum.org/travel T HE M ETROPOLITAN M USEUM OF A RT 1000 F IFTH A VENUE N EW Y ORK, N EW Y ORK 10028 SEA CLOUD II LIDO DECK ERMS & ONDITIONS T C I TALIAN M ASTERPIECES AIRFARE Academic Arrangements Abroad (AAA) will be pleased to assist with 402 Y air travel arrangements for this program, including specially negotiated group Rome to Naples Aboard Sea Cloud II NAPLES LIDO BAR LOUNGE airfare when available, suggested group flights, or your own individual requests for 401 a processing fee of $40 per person. Complete details will be provided in your May 20 to 28, 2013 Monday, May 27 LIBRAR confirmation mailing. PAYMENT SCHEDULE A deposit of $2,500 per person, payable to Academic ________________________________________________ PROMENADE DECK Arrangements Abroad, of which $350 is non-refundable for administrative fees, This morning, drive to Herculaneum to see the ruins of is required with the reservation application. Final payment, by check only, must be received 120 days prior to departure. the Roman town that was buried by the eruption of N 318 316 314 312 310 308 306 304 302 LIVORNO PISA DINING PHOTOGRAPHY Photographs or, in some cases, videotapes of participants of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E. Less visited than Pompeii, ROOM Travel With the Met trips may be used for educational and promotional purposes by Wednesday, May 22 301 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. this extensive site offers a rare glimpse of Roman life. 319 317 315 RECEPTIO 311 309307 305 303 BOUTIQUE HEALTH All participants must be in good health. This program involves extensive From the port of Livorno, drive through Tuscan olive After lunch, continue to Naples to visit the National walking over uneven surfaces, climbing stairs at monuments and other locations not Archaeological Museum, a treasury of artifacts, mosaics, CABIN DECK handicapped accessible, and climbing in\out of various conveyances, including tenders.