Raphael: Sublime Poetry Sets Attendance Record at The Met

The Met Fifth Avenue's exhibition, Raphael: Sublime Poetry, closed on June 28, 2026, after running for three months and drawing in over 562,000 visitors since it opened on March 29. With an average of about 6,800 guests each day, it has become the museum's most attended exhibit since 2018 and ranks among the top three most popular in the past decade. The other notable exhibitions include Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer (2017–18), curated by Carmen Bambach, and The Costume Institute's Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination (2018). This impressive attendance represented nearly half of the museum's overall visitors during that time. Carmen Bambach, the curator of the show, highlighted Raphael's remarkable talent and enduring influence.