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What We Do

The CGM hosts special events throughout the year, including parties, film screenings, exhibition openings, and more.

To stay in the loop about future events, subscribe to the CGM mailing list. Email metcollegegroup@metmuseum.org and include "subscribe" in the subject field.

Upcoming Events Exclusively for College Students

Tuesday, October 28, 7:00–10:00 p.m.
College Group at the Met: Fall Party
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Have a Paper Due?

This website offers unique resources that may assist you as you research art historical questions. The following areas of the site may be particularly useful:

The Timeline includes information about the history of art from around the world, as illustrated by the Met's collection.

This list of online resources includes links to the Museum Libraries' online catalogue as well as external art-related sites.

This area of the site explores the history and techniques exemplified by Met objects. Topics include:

An explanation of iconography, motifs, dress, and textile manufacture.

Exploration of the process of creating, interpretations, paper, ink, and usage.

Includes a glossary of terms and seven painting analyses, each addressing a different artistic element.

Explanation of the formal elements of painting addressed in an analysis with additional comparisons.

Want to get involved?

Members of the College Group are interested in increasing art appreciation among their peers, have an interest in organizing events, and are able to attend biweekly meetings at the Museum. Students from all majors and academic years are welcome to apply. The application process for the 2008–2009 academic year is now open. Download and complete the application (PDF) and submit it by September 12 via e-mail (metcollegegroup@metmuseum.org) or fax (212-472-2764). You may also see Study and Research if you are interested in applying for an internship or fellowship at the Museum.

What You Can Do Here

There are countless things to do and see here at the Met, but don't just take our word for it. See what other people are saying in New York Magazine. Take advantage of My Met Calendar to organize your visit, or if you still can't decide, check out some of our recommendations:

Looking for something to see?

• Photography on Photography: Reflections on the Medium since 1960
• Jeff Koons on the Roof
• New Gallery for the Art of Native North America
• New Galleries for Oceanic Art
• New Galleries for 19th- and Early 20th-Century European Paintings and Sculpture, including the Henry J. Heinz II Galleries

Looking for something to do?

• The Observant Eye
• Internships
• Gallery Talks

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• Museum Membership
• Featured Store Items

Looking for something to read?

• Best-selling Books
• Timeline of Art History

Past Events and Pictures

2006–2007: "College Students Take the Met: An Evening of Togas, Myths, and Muses." Visit our flickr page to see more photos.

2006–2007: "Through Venetian Eyes." Visit our flickr page to see more photos.

2006–2007: "Mummies, Sex, and Science in the Ancient World." Visit our flickr page to see more photos.

2006–2007: "College Students Take le Met: Lost in the City of Light." Visit our flickr page to see more photos.

2006–2007: Screening of Spike Lee's When the Levees Broke and viewing of "New Orleans after the Flood: Photographs by Robert Polidori."

2005–2006: "A Night on the Nile."

2005–2006: "College Students Take the Met: Black, White, and Modern All Over." Visit our flickr page to see more photos.

2004–2005: "Diane Arbus: Revelations." Visit our flickr page to see more photos.