His Holiness visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the morning, where he was received as an honored guest and given a VIP tour of various galleries: Medieval, European Renaissance, Asian, and more. When the main part of the tour was over His Holiness was asked what other artwork he would like to see, and he expressed a wish to see the more contemporary galleries. The Karmapa is, himself, a painter and visual artist, and recently completed a major thangka painting that will be hung in Rumtek.
法王於上午參觀了紐約都市美術館〈Metropolitan Museum of Art〉，法王受到了榮譽貴賓式的歡迎接待。館方提供了頂極貴賓服務，引領法王參觀了中古世紀、歐洲文藝復興、亞洲等時期的珍貴文物作品。當被問到，法王最想看的藝術作品是什麼時，法王表示他希望能看到更多當代的作品。法王本身對書畫等視覺藝術有相當的喜好，最近才完成的一副唐卡作品也將準備懸掛在隆德寺中。

His Holiness also visited the Latse Contemporary Tibetan Cultural Library, after having lunch at Rockefeller Center at a restaurant overlooking the ice skating rink.
隨後，法王在洛克斐樂中心〈Rockefeller Center〉參訪一座室內溜冰場，在用完午餐後，即前往一座位於紐約市的西藏文化圖書館〈Latse Contemporary Tibetan Cultural Library〉參觀。