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note: the museum is closed to the public Wednesdays

December 1, Monday

• 1:00 PM TOUR: Mysterious Egypt (20 min) [ahm]
• 1:30 PM TOUR: Apocalyptic Landscape by Ludwig Meidner (15 min.) [ahm]
• 2:00 PM TOUR: America's Artistic Heritage (50 min.)
  [aoa]
• 3:00 PM TOUR: Sacred Stories in Art (50 min.)
  [ahm]

December 2, Tuesday

• 1:00 PM TOUR: Jewels of American Heritage (20 min) [aoa]
• 1:00 PM FILM PROGRAM: Meet Me in St. Louis [bt]
• 1:30 PM TOUR: Banquet Still Life by Abraham van Beyeren (15 min.) [ahm]
• 2:00 PM TOUR: Hearst the Collector (50 min) [aoa]
• 3:00 PM TOUR: South and Southeast Asian Art (50 min.)
  [ahm]

December 3, Wednesday MUSEUM CLOSED

December 4, Thursday

• 1:00 PM TOUR: Mid 20th Century Art (20 min) [ahm]
• 1:30 PM TOUR:   Magdalen with the Smoking Flame by Georges de La  Tour (15 min.) [ahm]
• 2:00 PM TOUR: Arts of Japan (50 min) [pja]
• 3:00 PM TOUR: Contemporary Art in BCAM (50 min.) [bcam]
• 7:00 PM TALKS: Conversations with Artists: Allen Ruppersberg & Allan McCollum [ba]

December 5, Friday

• 1:00 PM TOUR: Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913-2008 (20 min.) [hmr]
• 1:30 PM TOUR: Concert, 1937 by Georges Braque (15 min) [ahm]
• 2:00 PM TOUR: Art of Ancient America (50 min) [aoa]
• 3:00 PM TOUR: South and Southeast Asian Art (50 min.)
  [ahm]
• 7:30 PM FILM PROGRAM: Doubt [bt]

December 6, Saturday

• 1:00 PM TOUR: Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913-2008 (20 min.) [hmr]
• 1:30 PM TOUR: Mother About to Wash Her Sleepy Child by Mary Cassatt  (15 min.) [aoa]
• 2:00 PM TOUR: Hearst the Collector (50 min) [aoa]
• 3:00 PM TOUR: Art of Ancient World (50 min.)
  [ahm]
• 4:00 PM TOUR: Art Chats: Modern Art [ahm]

December 7, Sunday

• 12:30 PM TOUR: Art Chats: Modern Art [ahm]
• 1:00 PM TOUR: Italian Baroque Paintings (20 min) [ahm]
• 1:30 PM TOUR: Dötaku, Mysterious Bronze Bell (15 min.) [pja]
• 2:00 PM TOUR: Modern Art (50 min) [ahm]
• 3:00 PM TOUR: Contemporary Art in BCAM (50 min.) [bcam]
• 3:30 PM TALKS: Berton Memorial Lecture on Japanese Art [ba]
• 6:00 PM MUSIC PROGRAM: Sundays Live—Natalie Limonick Tribute [bt]

December 8, Monday

• 1:00 PM TOUR: Mother and Child in American Art (20 min) [aoa]
• 1:30 PM TOUR: The Hope Athena (15 min.) [ahm]
• 2:00 PM TOUR: Arts of Japan (50 min) [pja]
• 3:00 PM TOUR: Modern Art (50 min) [ahm]
• 7:00 PM TALKS: Decorative Arts and Design Council Lecture Series
  Hearst's Estate at San Simeon: Inside and Out [ba]

December 9, Tuesday

• 12:30 PM TOUR: Art Chats: Modern Art [ahm]
• 1:00 PM TOUR: Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913-2008 (20 min.) [hmr]
• 1:00 PM FILM PROGRAM: Strangers on a Train [bt]
• 1:30 PM TOUR: Holy Family by Fra Bartolomeo (15 min.) [ahm]
• 2:00 PM TOUR: Hearst the Collector (50 min) [aoa]
• 3:00 PM TOUR: Contemporary Art in BCAM (50 min.) [bcam]

December 10, Wednesday MUSEUM CLOSED

December 11, Thursday

• 12:30 PM TOUR: Gallery Discussion: The Art of Looking - American Portraiture [bpge]
• 1:00 PM TOUR: 17th Century Masters of Light and Drama (20 min.) [ahm]
• 1:30 PM TOUR: Egyptian Sarcophagus (15 min) [ahm]
• 2:00 PM TOUR: Costumes in Art (50 min) [ahm]
• 3:00 PM TOUR: America's Artistic Heritage (50 min.)
  [aoa]

December 12, Friday

• 1:00 PM TOUR: The Hindu Trinity (20 min.) [ahm]
• 1:30 PM TOUR: Daniel in the Lion's Den by Henry Tanner (15 min.)
  [aoa]
• 1:30 PM TOUR: Two Women by Ernst Kirchner (15 min.) [ahm]
• 2:00 PM TOUR: Arts of Japan (50 min) [pja]
• 3:00 PM TOUR: Modern Art (50 min) [ahm]
• 7:30 PM FILM PROGRAM: The Wrestler [bt]

December 13, Saturday

• 10:00 AM PROGRAM: Patina Breakfast with Santa [lw]
• 1:00 PM TOUR: 15th Century Altar Pieces (20 min) [ahm]
• 1:30 PM TOUR: Italian Maiolica (15 min.) [ahm]
• 2:00 PM TOUR: Hearst the Collector (50 min) [aoa]
• 3:00 PM TOUR: America's Artistic Heritage (50 min.)
  [aoa]
• 4:00 PM TOUR: Art Chats: Modern Art [ahm]

December 14, Sunday

• 12:30 PM TOUR: Art Chats: Modern Art [ahm]
• 1:00 PM TOUR: Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913-2008 (20 min.) [hmr]
• 1:30 PM TOUR: Voltaire Seated by Jean-Antoine Houdon (15 min.)
  [ahm]
• 2:00 PM TOUR: Arts of Japan (50 min) [pja]
• 3:00 PM TOUR: Modern Art (50 min) [ahm]
• 3:00 PM TALKS: Shibata Zeshin: His World in Painting and Lacquer [ba]
• 6:00 PM MUSIC PROGRAM: Sundays Live—Inna Faliks (piano) [bt]

December 15, Monday

• 1:00 PM TOUR: Mexico: Modern Art, Ancient Spirit (20 min) [aoa]
• 1:30 PM TOUR: Five Heads of Jeanette by Heni Matisse (15 min.) [aoa]
• 2:00 PM TOUR: America's Artistic Heritage (50 min.)
  [aoa]
• 3:00 PM TOUR: Contemporary Art in BCAM (50 min.) [bcam]
• 8:00 PM MUSIC PROGRAM: Art & Music: Lucinda Carver and Elizabeth Blumenstock / Inna Falicks [bt]

December 16, Tuesday

• 1:00 PM TOUR: The Barbizon Painters: The Road to Realism  (50 min) [ahm]
• 1:00 PM FILM PROGRAM: The Law and Jake Wade [bt]
• 1:30 PM TOUR: The Red Cow by Paul Gauguin (15 min.) [ahm]
• 2:00 PM TOUR: Hearst the Collector (50 min) [aoa]
• 3:00 PM TOUR: 17th Century Dutch Art (50 min.)
  [ahm]

December 17, Wednesday MUSEUM CLOSED

December 18, Thursday

• 1:00 PM TOUR: Gauguin (20 min) [ahm]
• 1:30 PM TOUR: Stairs and Fountain in the Park of a Roman Villa by Hubert Robert (15 min) [ahm]
• 2:00 PM TOUR: Islamic Art (50 min) [ahm]
• 3:00 PM TOUR: Modern Art (50 min) [ahm]

December 19, Friday

• 1:00 PM TOUR: Understanding Abstract Expressionism (20 min) [ahm]
• 1:30 PM TOUR: Construction for Noble Ladies by Kurt Schwitters (15 min.) [ahm]
• 2:00 PM TOUR: Arts of Japan (50 min) [pja]
• 3:00 PM TOUR: 20th Century Latin American Art (50 min) [aoa]

December 20, Saturday

• 1:00 PM TOUR: Women Artists of the Russian Avant-Garde (20 min) [ahm]
• 1:30 PM TOUR: Cubi XXIII by David Smith (15 min.) [ahm]
• 2:00 PM TOUR: Hearst the Collector (50 min) [aoa]
• 3:00 PM TOUR: Contemporary Art in BCAM (50 min.) [bcam]
• 4:00 PM TOUR: Art Chats: Modern Art [ahm]

December 21, Sunday

• 1:00 PM TOUR: Modern Art: Flattening of Space (20 min) [ahm]
• 1:30 PM TOUR: Triptych with Madonna and Child with Angels by the Master of the St. Lucy Legend (15 min.) [ahm]
• 2:00 PM TOUR: Costumes in Art (50 min) [ahm]
• 3:00 PM TOUR: America's Artistic Heritage (50 min.)
  [aoa]
• 6:00 PM MUSIC PROGRAM: Sundays Live—Peter Wittenberg, Wonhyee Bae, Matthias Bartolomey [bt]

December 22, Monday

• 1:00 PM TOUR: Italian Baroque Paintings (20 min) [ahm]
• 1:30 PM TOUR: Il Penseroso and L'Allegro by Thomas Cole (15 min.) [aoa]
• 2:00 PM TOUR: 20th Century Latin American Art (50 min) [aoa]
• 3:00 PM TOUR: Modern Art (50 min) [ahm]

December 23, Tuesday

• 1:00 PM TOUR: Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913-2008 (20 min.) [hmr]
• 1:00 PM FILM PROGRAM: Doctor Zhivago [bt]
• 1:30 PM TOUR: Japanese Lacquer Box (15 min) [pja]
• 2:00 PM TOUR: Hearst the Collector (50 min) [aoa]
• 3:00 PM TOUR: South and Southeast Asian Art (50 min.)
  [ahm]

December 24, Wednesday MUSEUM CLOSED

December 25, Thursday

December 26, Friday

• 1:00 PM TOUR: Tamayo (20 min.) [ahm]
• 1:30 PM TOUR: Daniel in the Lions' Den by Henry Tanner (15 min) [aoa]
• 2:00 PM TOUR: European Legacy (50 min) [ahm]
• 3:00 PM TOUR: Contemporary Art in BCAM (50 min.) [bcam]

December 27, Saturday

• 1:00 PM TOUR: Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913-2008 (20 min.) [hmr]
• 1:30 PM TOUR: View of a Beach by Simon de Vlieger (20 min.) [ahm]
• 2:00 PM TOUR: Hearst the Collector (50 min) [aoa]
• 3:00 PM TOUR: Art of France (50 min.)
  [ahm]

December 28, Sunday

• 1:00 PM TOUR: Inspiration and Execution in Italian Baroque Art (20 min) [ahm]
• 1:30 PM TOUR: Triumph of Neptune and Europa by Antonio Montauti (15 min.) [ahm]
• 2:00 PM TOUR: Japanese Ceramics (50 min) [pja]
• 3:00 PM TOUR: Modern Art (50 min) [ahm]
• 6:00 PM MUSIC PROGRAM: Sundays Live—Daniel Schlossberg (piano) [bt]

December 29, Monday

• 1:00 PM TOUR: Around Impressionism (20 min.) [ahm]
• 1:30 PM TOUR: Coney Island by Paul Cadmus (15 min) [aoa]
• 2:00 PM TOUR: Contemporary Art in BCAM (50 min.) [bcam]
• 3:00 PM TOUR: Islamic Art (50 min.)
  [ahm]

December 30, Tuesday

• 1:00 PM TOUR: American Art: Historical Transformations (20 min) [aoa]
• 1:30 PM TOUR: Mother About to Wash Her Sleepy Child by Mary Cassatt  (15 min.) [aoa]
• 2:00 PM TOUR: Hearst the Collector (50 min) [aoa]
• 3:00 PM TOUR: Modern Art (50 min) [ahm]

December 31, Wednesday MUSEUM CLOSED