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The Met’s home for deep dives on art, interviews, personal essays, scientific discoveries, and more.

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Stone temple with decorated columns in a rocky desert landscape.
Our First Virtual Worlds
Explore the history of the Temple of Dendur and the Arts of Oceania in immersive virtual reality.
Brett Renfer
November 12
Medieval-style hall with brick arches and statues, illuminated by lanterns arranged around a central stone structure.
A Medieval Imagination
Discover how American sculptor George Grey Barnard’s fascination with medieval European art inspired an enterprising collection and the eventual foundation of The Met Cloisters.
Shirin Fozi and Julia Perratore
November 13
Florencio Delgado Espinoza gazes at the seated elder statue in the Arts of the Ancient Americas galleries.
Audio
Examining a Figure of Power with Florencio Delgado Espinoza
“People love these caciques, but also, they really were scared of them because they have the power. So, it's love and fear.”
December 4
A Christ figure cast in relief, arms extended, on a brass cast crucifix.
Kongo Christianity: The Intersection of Two Worlds
Cécile Fromont reflects on the history of Christianity in the Kingdom of Kongo and how it is expressed in Kongolese culture through the lens of a crucifix at The Met.
Cécile Fromont
November 19
Two individuals—a woman wearing a teal-colored shirt and a man dressed in all black—stand with their backs to the camera while observing an ancient Egyptian object.
Video
Exhibition Tour—Divine Egypt
October 23

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Series from The Met

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Woman holding a camera and filming a child in dancing attire, with text at the top reading "Africa's Cultural Landmarks"
Africa’s Cultural Landmarks
Short documentaries direct a local lens on some of Africa’s most notable cultural landscapes.
A chalk-line illustration of an art detective points her magnifying glass at a microscope; hands reach towards the microscope while a crew of bugs and a fingerprint ghost look on
MetKids Microscope
See the science behind the art (and the art behind the science!) at The Met.
A black-and-white still from the 1928 film Behind the Scenes: The Working Side of the Museum, which depicts the superimposed image of an old-fashioned time-card machine over the face of a wall clock
From The Vaults
Audiovisual materials from the Museum’s extensive archive.

Public Space

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These articles highlight art in public places and the art of public spaces.

A graffitied concrete wall in a blacktop court, surrounded by chain-link fencing. Rows of hands expressing different signs fill the court in front of the wall.
Revisiting Attorney Street
”The city has changed so much in the years since you last lived here that no structure can be taken for granted. But the wall is still standing, coated with a patchwork of paint...“
Lisa Hsiao Chen
October 7
Archival image of model figures examining technology displays and floorplans at The Met.
Video
From The Vaults
Metropolitan Overview, 1975
June 18
Black-and-white photo sheet of objects from around The Met
From The Vaults
Reimagining The Met with Charles and Ray Eames
The Eames-designed visual display at The Met was primed for all types of visitors to understand the relationships between time, place, culture, and artistic value.
Kelsey Rose Williams
June 18

From the Archives

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Articles, images, and film from The Met's 150-year history.

Medieval-style hall with brick arches and statues, illuminated by lanterns arranged around a central stone structure.
A Medieval Imagination
Discover how American sculptor George Grey Barnard’s fascination with medieval European art inspired an enterprising collection and the eventual foundation of The Met Cloisters.
Shirin Fozi and Julia Perratore
November 13
Two people are standing on a crate to attach a large, black-and-white print to the wall, while two stand below holding the rolled part of the print.
Video
Avedon in Gallery
September 4
Archival image of model figures examining technology displays and floorplans at The Met.
Video
From The Vaults
Metropolitan Overview, 1975
June 18

In Circulation

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Read articles and the latest news about The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Libraries' collections, activities, and research related to the history of art.

Display case of books within a larger exhibition
A Loan of One’s Own
Watson Library books in museum exhibitions.
Kelsey Talbot
November 19
Two covers of Jamel Shabazz books
Behind the Seams
Resources for exploring Black style and dandyism in The Costume Institute Library.
Julie Lê and Kai Toussaint Marcel
October 15
Can of date syrup in a box
Shelf Life
The conservation of edible books.
Mary Kallem
September 17
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