Image: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced 'Household Gods: Hindu Devotional Prints, 1860–1930', an exhibition exploring devotional printmaking in Hindu culture. According to The Met’s summer exhibitions listing, the show opens at The Met Fifth Avenue in New York on July 14, 2026, and remains on view through June 27, 2027.
The exhibition appears in a wide-ranging season of projects that the museum is presenting across its Fifth Avenue and Cloisters sites, alongside shows including 'Musical Bodies', 'Costume Art', 'Giacometti in the Temple of Dendur', 'Orientalism: Between Fact and Fantasy', 'Creatures of Myth and Imagination: Europe and the Americas', 'City of Memory: Nanjing in the Seventeenth Century', 'Revolution!', 'Gothic by Design: The Dawn of Architectural Draftsmanship', and 'Lillian Bassman: Bazaar and Beyond'. In that context, 'Household Gods: Hindu Devotional Prints, 1860–1930' is one of the museum’s longer-running exhibitions currently scheduled for The Met Fifth Avenue.
The title signals a focused look at printed images made for domestic religious use, with the date range in the title indicating a historical span from the late 19th century into the early 20th century. The Met’s own description identifies the project as an exploration of devotional printmaking in Hindu culture, situating it within the museum’s broad commitment to art and history from around the world.
The exhibition’s placement at The Met Fifth Avenue also aligns it with the museum’s large concentration of global art on that site. The museum’s summer campaign invites visitors to plan around multiple exhibitions already in view or coming soon, and 'Household Gods: Hindu Devotional Prints, 1860–1930' is listed among the upcoming offerings that extend into 2027.
The Met’s announcement gives the exhibition a notably long duration: nearly a full year from opening to closing. That span suggests a sustained opportunity for audiences to encounter a subject that combines religious practice, print culture, and visual circulation in a museum setting. No additional object list, curator credit, or programme details were provided in the source material supplied here.
For visitors planning ahead, the verified dates are July 14, 2026, to June 27, 2027, at The Met Fifth Avenue in New York.
