--- title: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Michelangelo Visits Met Museum description: The Met Museum got a very special visit from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Michelangelo who came to the museum to visit his namesake's work. canonical: https://time.com/5118952/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle-michelangelo-met-museum/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-25T18:12:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:04.307Z og:title: Ninja Turtle Michelangelo Looking at Michaelangelo Is the Best og:description: Cowabunga! og:url: https://time.com/5118952/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle-michelangelo-met-museum/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1740d2c2e75f249d/6988f9704ee26200f43109d9/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle-met-museum.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: US-ENTERTAINMENT-EXHIBIT og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ninja Turtle Michelangelo Looking at Michaelangelo Is the Best twitter:description: Cowabunga! twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1740d2c2e75f249d/6988f9704ee26200f43109d9/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle-met-museum.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Michaelangelo at the Museum Visiting His Namesake's Art Redefines Turtle Power > Sponsored content. 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CLARY/AFP/Getty Images) The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Michelangelo, aka Mikey, visits the exhibition "Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer" in his costume at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art on January 25, 2018 in New York. The fictional turtle was named after artist Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 14751564). / AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images) TIMOTHY A. CLARY—AFP/Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 25, 2018 6:12 PM UTC The [Metropolitan Museum of Art](http://time.com/4762326/met-gala-2017-red-carpet-photos/) in New York City is no stranger to notable visitors, but they had an especially memorable meet-up between two greats when [Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle](http://time.com/4351785/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-origins-history-out-shadows/) Michelangelo paid them a visit to see the artistic works of his namesake, [Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni](http://time.com/3691994/michelangelo-sculptures/). In a tweet posted to the museum’s official account on Thursday morning, Michelangelo’s visit was documented with pictures of him looking at Buonarroti’s drawings and sculptures and a caption that noted that “our celebrity guest came to see the work of an artist who happens to share his name.” The only thing that could have made this visit better? If Michelangelo had brought along the rest of the gang — Leonardo, Donatello, and Raphael — to visit the museum and their namesake artists’ work as well. > [](https://twitter.com/metmuseum/status/956523108105621505) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5118952/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle-michelangelo-met-museum/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5118952/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle-michelangelo-met-museum/"},"headline":"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Michaelangelo at the Museum Visiting His Namesake's Art Redefines Turtle Power","datePublished":"2018-01-25T18:12:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:04.307Z","description":"Cowabunga!","url":"https://time.com/5118952/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle-michelangelo-met-museum/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","Bizarre"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1740d2c2e75f249d/6988f9704ee26200f43109d9/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle-met-museum.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1740d2c2e75f249d/6988f9704ee26200f43109d9/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle-met-museum.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-ENTERTAINMENT-EXHIBIT","caption":"US-ENTERTAINMENT-EXHIBIT","creditText":"TIMOTHY A. 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