06/23/2026
What’s your favorite instrument? 🎻🌬️🎹🥁
From clapping hands and tapping feet to beatboxing and whistling, the human body is a musical instrument. Musical instruments, in turn, often draw their form and decoration from our bodies.
“Musical Bodies” is the first major exhibition to explore the relationship between musical instruments and the body by bringing together some 130 instruments, paintings, sculptures, drawings, and more to illuminate how we express who we are, what we value, and what we believe.
Get a first look at product inspired by this exhibition, available now through the link in bio and at The Met Fifth Avenue.
“Musical Bodies” is on view through September 27 at The Met Fifth Avenue.
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🖼️ Slide 1: Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917), “The Singer in Green,” ca. 1884. Pastel on light blue laid paper.
🎻 Slide 2: labeled Richard Meares (British, 1647–1725), “Division Viol,” ca. 1680. Spruce, ebony, maple.
🏛️ Slide 9: Exhibition view of “Musical Bodies.”