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Through Monet's Garden, a Collaboration Blossoms

Posted on Friday, May 11, 2012, by Masha Turchinsky

It's springtime in New York, and to celebrate we've collaborated with the New York Botanical Garden on a free app that invites you to experience Claude Monet's living masterpiece, his garden at Giverny.

Murder Goes Mobile at the Met!

Posted on Tuesday, May 1, 2012, by Alice W Schwarz et al

What do Madame X, a murder, and a mobile phone have in common? They are all part of Murder at the Met: An American Art Mystery, the first mobile detective game created by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in collaboration with Green Door Labs and TourSphere.

Eight New Languages for My Audio Tour of the Met

Posted on Thursday, April 26, 2012, by Thomas P Campbell

We like to think that the language of art is universal, but a museum like the Met, with an audience that is forty percent international, cannot ignore the global scope of its visitors. There are some days when the Met's Great Hall is a glorious cacophony of languages from all over the world—and from all over New York.