‘ART OF NATIVE AMERICA’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (ongoing). Dip into this gallery in the American Wing, and you’ll get a bit of a reprieve from the crowds. You’ll also get plenty of history here and dazzling Native art. In addition to intricately engraved ancient ivories, textiles and beaded embroidery, there are Katsina figures, which were created as physical representations of immortal beings that, as the label reads, “bring rain, protect, teach, heal, and carry prayers to the spirit world.” This is the first significant display of Native art in the American Wing, which was established in 1924. 212-535-7710, metmuseum.org.

HOLIDAY TRAIN SHOWS at various locations. Fast-moving trains that actually run on time? It must be holiday train show time. And there are several on view across the city, including the Holiday Train Show at the New York Botanical Garden (through Jan. 26), which re-creates famous New York landmarks from leaves, bark, acorns, cinnamon sticks and other natural materials. This year the focus is on Central Park, with mini-replicas of structures like Bethesda Terrace and Belvedere Castle. “Holiday Express: All Aboard to Richard Scarry’s Busytown” at the New-York Historical Society doubles as a celebration of the 100th birthday of the “Busytown” author and illustrator Richard Scarry.

‘JR: CHRONICLES’ at the Brooklyn Museum (through May 3). Can you spot Robert De Niro in the sea of 1,128 people in JR’s most recent project, “The Chronicles of New York City”? To create the large-format mural, JR and his crew photographed and interviewed hundreds of people in the five boroughs last summer. The installation includes a range of works, tracing his career from his documentation of graffiti artists as a teenager in Paris to his more recent digitally collaged murals. 718-638-5000, brooklynmuseum.org.