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Digital Underground

Met's Social Media Nominated for a Webby Award

Posted on Thursday, April 10, 2014, by Taylor Newby, Online Community Manager, Digital Media

Online Community Manager Taylor Newby celebrates the Met's Webby nomination.

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Bashford Dean and Japanese Arms and Armor

Posted on Tuesday, April 8, 2014, by Donald J. La Rocca, Curator, Department of Arms and Armor

Curator Donald J. La Rocca describes Bashford Dean's crucial involvement in assembling the Met's collection of Japanese arms and armor.

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A New Web Feature: MetCollects

Posted on Monday, March 10, 2014, by Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO

Director and CEO Thomas P. Campbell announces the launch of the Met's latest web series, MetCollects.

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A Look at the Life of Bashford Dean

Posted on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, by Donald J. La Rocca, Curator, Department of Arms and Armor

Curator Donald J. La Rocca introduces Bashford Dean (1867–1928), founding curator of the Department of Arms and Armor.

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Art Song in Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's France

Michael Cirigliano II, Website Editor, Digital Media Department
Posted: Friday, April 18, 2014

Website Editor Michael Cirigliano II traces the advent of nineteenth-century French art song ahead of the upcoming Met Museum Presents performance, Sculpting Sound: The Music of Carpeaux's Circle.
American West in Bronze Exhibition Blog

Final Reflections on The American West in Bronze, 1850–1925

Thayer Tolles, Marica F. Vilcek Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture, The American Wing
Posted: Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Thayer Tolles, the Marica F. Vilcek Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture, provides some final thoughts on the exhibition The American West in Bronze, 1850–1925, which was on view at the Met December 18, 2013, through April 13, 2014.
Digital Underground

Met's Social Media Nominated for a Webby Award

Taylor Newby, Online Community Manager, Digital Media
Posted: Thursday, April 10, 2014

Online Community Manager Taylor Newby celebrates the Met's Webby nomination.
Of Note

The Sound of Holy Week

Jayson Dobney, Associate Curator and Administrator, Department of Musical Instruments
Posted: Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Associate Curator Jayson Kerr Dobney highlights the use of a cog rattle during Holy Week, and introduces readers to a notable example from the Museum's collection.
Teen Blog

Romantic Nature in the Met

Jill, TAG Member; and Chantal Stein, College Intern
Posted: Thursday, April 17, 2014

Jill, a member of the Met's Teen Advisory Group, and Chantal Stein, a college intern, discuss Jacob van Ruisdael's painting The Forest Stream.
Travel Blog

The Mountains and Art of São Paolo

Lisa Krassner, Chief Membership Officer, Membership Department
Posted: Friday, March 21, 2014

Chief Membership Officer Lisa Krassner highlights the group's travels to two of São Paulo's finest cultural offerings: the Pinacoteca art museum and the Museu de Arte de São Paulo.