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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Egyptian Symbols Mini Structured Tote
76.95 USD
A Museum tote bag makes a great gift. We're pleased to present this stylish mini structured tote in celebration of The Met exhibition Divine Egypt, on view from October 12, 2025, through January 19, 2026. In ancient Egypt, images of gods weren't just images-they brought the gods to life. Egyptians believed that it was through their depictions in tombs, temples, and shrines that the deities could enter sacred spaces and become active participants in rituals, offering a vital connection between the human and divine worlds. Over Egypt's long history, its belief system grew to include more than 1,500 gods with many overlapping forms and traits. Subtle visual cues like what a figure wore, how they posed, or the symbols they carried helped identify them and their roles. Divine Egypt brings together almost 250 works of art and objects to examine the imagery associated with the most important deities in ancient Egypt's massive body of gods.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Met Logo Canvas Tote - Black/Gold
47.95 USD
This sturdy canvas tote showcasing our distinctive Museum logo makes a statement when you're shopping, at school, on the road, at the gym, or at the beach. Uptown, downtown, and all over town, The Met logo graces bags, tees, art supplies, and other items you can brandish around New York City-and around the globe. Representing the renowned Museum, the mark lets anyone who loves art associate themselves instantly with 5,000 years of art from every corner of the world.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Met Facade Tote
47.95 USD
A museum tote bag makes the perfect gift. This 100% cotton canvas tote features an architectural rendering (1896) of The Met's facade. The Met Fifth Avenue is one of the architectural glories of New York City; since the building opened to the public in 1880, the Museum has undertaken several major programs of expansion and remodeling. The original building has been greatly enlarged, and various additions now completely surround the original structure, which is set back in Central Park. Today, The Met's Beaux-Arts entryway serves as one of Manhattan's most iconic landmarks.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Chinese Peony Mini Structured Tote - White/Black
76.95 USD
An art tote bag inspired by The Met collection. This small but sturdy tote with a magnetic closure and removable strap borrows its stylish motif from a Chinese vase crafted in the 11th-early 12th century during the Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). The complicated technique used to decorate the original vessel, now in The Met's Asian Art collection, is often referred to as sgraffito, an Italian term meaning "scratched." Covered by a white slip followed by a black slip, the jar was carefully carved to reveal the eye-catching peony-scroll design adapted here.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Chinese Peony Mini Structured Tote - Black/White
76.95 USD
An art tote bag inspired by The Met collection. This small but sturdy tote with a magnetic closure and removable strap borrows its stylish motif from a Chinese vase crafted in the 11th-early 12th century during the Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). The complicated technique used to decorate the original vessel, now in The Met's Asian Art collection, is often referred to as sgraffito, an Italian term meaning "scratched." Covered by a white slip followed by a black slip, the jar was carefully carved to reveal the eye-catching peony-scroll design adapted here.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Four Seasons Paisley Oversize Structured Tote
102.95 USD
An art tote bag inspired by The Met collection. Tote around a bit of The Met with this artful structured bag. In the early 19th century, luxurious shawls from Kashmir became indispensable fashion accessories for the stylish European woman. The patterns on these costly, hand-woven shawls generally incorporated the boteh form, an ancient Persian motif based on the tree of life. By the midcentury, machine-made reproductions were being produced with popularity in Europe. Paisley, which is derived from the boteh design, gets its name from the Scottish town that produced many of these shawls until they fell out of favor in the 1870s. A mid-19th-century French or Scottish example in The Met collection, presenting a "four seasons" layout swirling around a central point, informs our stylish interpretation.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Met Cloisters Garden Oversize Structured Tote
102.95 USD
An art tote bag, only from The Met. This lush botanical print unites a selection of plant studies (ca. 1510-1515) by the Master of Claude de France, whose spectacular book at The Met Cloisters belongs to what's been called "the last flowering" of northern European manuscript illumination in the medieval tradition. The French artist immortalized garden variety flora, from the blackberry to the marigold, in witness to their beauty. Each of the flowers in this magnificent manuscript can be found in the gardens at The Cloisters. Click
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Met Logo Canvas Tote - Navy/Red
47.95 USD
This sturdy canvas tote showcasing our distinctive Museum logo makes a statement when you're shopping, at school, on the road, at the gym, or at the beach. Uptown, downtown, and all over town, The Met logo graces bags, tees, art supplies, and other items you can brandish around New York City-and around the globe. Representing the renowned Museum, the mark lets anyone who loves art associate themselves instantly with 5,000 years of art from every corner of the world.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Chinese Peony Oversize Structured Tote
102.95 USD
A Museum tote bag inspired by The Met collection. This sturdy tote with a collapsible base borrows its stylish motif from a Chinese vase crafted in the 11th-early 12th century during the Northern Song dynasty (960-1127) and now in The Met collection. The complicated technique used to decorate the Museum's vessel is often referred to as sgraffito, an Italian term meaning "scratched." Covered by a white slip followed by a black slip, the jar was carefully carved to reveal the eye-catching peony-scroll design adapted here.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Met Logo Canvas Tote - Olive/Black
47.95 USD
This sturdy canvas tote showcasing our distinctive Museum logo makes a statement when you're shopping, at school, on the road, at the gym, or at the beach. Uptown, downtown, and all over town, The Met logo graces bags, tees, art supplies, and other items you can brandish around New York City-and around the globe. Representing the renowned Museum, the mark lets anyone who loves art associate themselves instantly with 5,000 years of art from every corner of the world.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Met Logo Canvas Tote - Natural/Black
47.95 USD
This sturdy canvas tote showcasing our distinctive Museum logo makes a statement when you're shopping, at school, on the road, at the gym, or at the beach. Uptown, downtown, and all over town, The Met logo graces bags, tees, art supplies, and other items you can brandish around New York City-and around the globe. Representing the renowned Museum, the mark lets anyone who loves art associate themselves instantly with 5,000 years of art from every corner of the world.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Met Logo Canvas Tote - Blue/White
47.95 USD
This sturdy canvas tote showcasing our distinctive Museum logo makes a statement when you're shopping, at school, on the road, at the gym, or at the beach. Uptown, downtown, and all over town, The Met logo graces bags, tees, art supplies, and other items you can brandish around New York City-and around the globe. Representing the renowned Museum, the mark lets anyone who loves art associate themselves instantly with 5,000 years of art from every corner of the world.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Met Logo Canvas Tote - Black/White
47.95 USD
This sturdy canvas tote showcasing our distinctive Museum logo makes a statement when you're shopping, at school, on the road, at the gym, or at the beach. Uptown, downtown, and all over town, The Met logo graces bags, tees, art supplies, and other items you can brandish around New York City-and around the globe. Representing the renowned Museum, the mark lets anyone who loves art associate themselves instantly with 5,000 years of art from every corner of the world.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Maritime Motifs Oversize Structured Tote
102.95 USD
A Museum tote bag makes the perfect gift. This beachy design is assembled from a selection of 18th-century engravings by Franz Michael Regenfuss (German, 1712-1780) in The Met collection. Fascinated by exotic natural specimens, the artist published Choix de Coquillages et de Crustacés, a book of wonderfully detailed depictions of shells and crustaceans. The portfolio to which these prints belong became wildly popular thanks to the large scale and finesse of the illustrations. Their three-dimensional quality is largely attributed to the skillful application of color, most of which was notably executed by Regenfuss's wife, Margaretha Helena.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Degas Dance Class Tote
47.95 USD
Art tote bags exhibiting Museum masterpieces Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917) painted this ambitious figural composition in 1874. The Dance Class, now in The Met collection, pictures some 24 women-ballerinas and their mothers-waiting as a dancer executes an attitude for her examination by the ballet master Jules Perrot. Degas prepared for this picture with countless drawings made in his studio while dancers posed for him.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Sargent Madame X Tote
47.95 USD
Museum tote bags make great gifts for art lovers. Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau, perhaps better known today as "Madame X," was admired in Paris for her artful appearance, and John Singer Sargent (American, 1856-1925) hoped to enhance his reputation by painting the stylish socialite's portrait in 1883-84. He emphasized his subject's daring fashion sense by showing the right strap of her gown slipping from her shoulder; however, upon the picture's exhibition at the Salon of 1884, it received more ridicule than praise. Sargent repainted the strap and kept the work for over 30 years. When he eventually sold it to The Met, he commented, "I suppose it is the best thing I have done," but asked the Museum to disguise the sitter's name. We're delighted to present this tote in celebration of Sargent and Paris. This Met exhibition explores the early career of the American painter John Singer Sargent, from his arrival in Paris in 1874 through the mid-1880s, when his infamous portrait Madame X was a scandalous success at the Paris Salon. Over the course of one extraordinary decade, Sargent achieved recognition by creating boldly ambitious portraits and figure paintings that pushed the boundaries of conventionality. Beyond the portrait studio, he traveled in search of inspiration for his art-finding subjects in Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and North Africa. This exhibition gathers Sargent's diverse works from this period to illuminate his path to becoming an artist, which was indelibly shaped by his experiences in the French capital. These visually stunning works provide a compelling view of the Paris art world of the late 19th century. Read our blog post
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Vera Springtime in Central Park Tote
47.95 USD
Vera Neumann (American, 1907-1993) enjoyed a following as varied as her designs: First Lady Bess Truman selected Vera motifs for White House fabrics, and Marilyn Monroe draped herself in Vera scarves for her last photo shoot. She tagged many of her cheery creations with her iconic ladybug logo, a symbol of happiness to the artist and perhaps the secret behind her success. Today, many examples of her work are in the collection of The Costume Institute at The Met. Our joyful tote features a detail adapted from her original piece entitled Central Park (1963).
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Van Gogh Irises Tote
47.95 USD
Art tote bags exhibiting Museum masterpieces. Tote Vincent van Gogh's (Dutch, 1853-1890) iconic Irises (1890) all over town with this artful canvas bag. Just before his departure from the Saint-Rémy asylum in May of 1890, the artist created four radiant spring bouquets, including this exuberant still life in the Museum's collection of European paintings. Van Gogh sought to achieve a "harmonious and soft" effect by placing the "violet" flowers against a "pink background," but owing to his use of fugitive red pigments, these colors have since faded to blue and white. Read our blog post
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Van Gogh Wheat Field with Cypresses Tote
47.95 USD
An art tote bag, only from The Met. Enjoy a Met masterpiece wherever you go with this 100% cotton canvas tote. Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890) was captivated by cypresses during his convalescence at the asylum in Saint-Rémy. His exuberant Wheat Field with Cypresses (1889), featured in the Museum's collection of European paintings, is among his liveliest compositions featuring the towering trees. The ordinarily self-critical artist regarded this painting as one of his "best" summer landscapes. Click
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Renaissance "M" Tote
47.95 USD
The perfect Met Museum souvenir. The artful "M" emblazoned on this tote comes from Divina proportione (1509), a book of woodcut illustrations in The Met collection by the Franciscan mathematician and theorist Fra Luca Pacioli (Italian, ca. 1445-ca. 1514). Inspired by Leonardo da Vinci's (Italian, 1452-1519) Vitruvian Man, a study of ideal anatomical proportions, Pacioli perfected the construction of the Roman alphabet according to geometric principles, stressing the shape of simple, monumental letters.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Hokusai Great Wave Tote
47.95 USD
Our canvas tote features a detail from Katsushika Hokusai's (Japanese, 1760-1849) enduring masterpiece, Under the Wave off Kanagawa, also known as The Great Wave (ca. 1830-32). This timeless woodblock print captures a formidable, foaming breaker towering over tiny boats filled with fishermen bracing for impact. Hokusai's clever use of perspective makes even the imposing Mount Fuji appear comparatively small. The esteemed ukiyo-e painter and printmaker was especially revered for his meditative landscapes, in which he employed a rich color palette including exotic Prussian blue.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Met Logo Vinyl Tote - Black/White
62.95 USD
A Met-inspired art tote. This head-turning vinyl tote showcasing the Museum's distinctive logo makes a statement wherever you go. Uptown, downtown, and all over town, The Met logo graces bags, tees, art supplies, and other items you can brandish around New York City-and around the globe. Representing the renowned Museum, the mark lets anyone who loves art associate themselves instantly with 5,000 years of art from every corner of the world.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Unicorn in a Garden Tote
47.95 USD
Even among the rare treasures at The Met Cloisters, The Unicorn Rests in a Garden (1495-1505) stands out as an exceptional highlight of the Museum's collection. Take this medieval French and South Netherlandish masterpiece on the go with our canvas tote, featuring a detail from this whimsical feat of craftsmanship and botanical accuracy. The original is one of seven luxuriously woven hangings collectively known as the Unicorn Tapestries, which depict scenes associated with a hunt for the magical creature.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Monet Water Lilies Tote
47.95 USD
Our canvas tote features a beloved Met masterpiece by Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926). In 1893, the painter and passionate horticulturist purchased a plot of land with a pond near his home in Giverny. With the intention of transforming the acquisition into something "for the pleasure of the eye and also for motifs to paint," he built his famous water-lily garden, which he subsequently immortalized across a series of 18 views-12 of which he completed in the summer of 1899-including Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies (1899).
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Dance of Death Tote
47.95 USD
Kings, clergymen, and court jesters alike join hands with skeletons and dance across our lively tote, which reproduces a detail from The Dance of Death (16th century) in The Met collection. The German drawing interprets a popular subject in medieval and Renaissance art, serving to remind viewers that no one is immortal.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Degas Singer in Green Tote
47.95 USD
A museum tote bag makes the perfect gift. Evoking The Singer in Green, an iconic pastel by Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917), this tote turns an everyday essential into a portable work of art. The singer's dress, rendered in yellow, turquoise, and orange, reflects Degas's experimentation with saturated hues and color contrasts in the mid-1880s. The pose and costume depicted in the piece are thought to derive from that of Thérésa (Emma Valadon, 1837-1913), a popular café-concert singer.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Met Logo Vinyl Tote - Red/White
62.95 USD
A Met-inspired art tote. This head-turning vinyl tote showcasing the Museum's distinctive logo makes a statement wherever you go. Uptown, downtown, and all over town, The Met logo graces bags, tees, art supplies, and other items you can brandish around New York City-and around the globe. Representing the renowned Museum, the mark lets anyone who loves art associate themselves instantly with 5,000 years of art from every corner of the world.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Favorite Cat Tote
47.95 USD
A handsome tabby meets our gaze in Nathaniel Currier's (American, 1813-1888) endearing hand-colored lithograph, The Favorite Cat (1838-48). Currier achieved lasting fame as coprincipal of the celebrated New York printmaking firm Currier & Ives (American, 1857-1907), renowned for their wildly popular lithographic prints. Adopt a favorite feline of your very own with our tote featuring a detail from this charming treasure in The Met collection.