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Featured Publication: Heroic Africans

Nadja Hansen, Editorial Assistant, Editorial Department

Posted: Friday, January 20, 2012

Heroic Africans Catalogue

The New American Wing Galleries

Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO

Posted: Friday, January 13, 2012

From Left: 06.1234 | 2004.276 | 09.95 | 27.67

This week we celebrated the completion of the rebuilding of the Met's extraordinary American Wing, and in doing so unequivocally acknowledged the importance of the arts of this nation to the Metropolitan Museum.

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Lisbon's Hebrew Bible: An Enlightened Acquisition

Barbara Drake Boehm, Curator, Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters; and Melanie Holcomb, Associate Curator, Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters

Posted: Monday, January 9, 2012

Reading Room of the National Library of Portugal, Lisbon

Digitizing the Libraries' Collections: An Introduction

Robyn Fleming, Assistant Museum Librarian, Thomas J. Watson Library; and Dan Lipcan, Assistant Museum Librarian, Thomas J. Watson Library

Posted: Thursday, January 5, 2012

NE57 .C6 1874

Connecting with Islamic Art at the Metropolitan

Deniz Beyazit, Assistant Curator, Department of Islamic Art

Posted: Wednesday, January 4, 2012

The Lion Court at the Alhambra, Viewed from Beneath the Portico Temple | 2007.250.2

Connections Reaches 100

Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO

Posted: Friday, December 30, 2011

2005.100.1

At the beginning of 2011 we embarked on a project called Connections, a Web feature that explored the collections through themes that were personal to Met staff.

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A Great Year at the Met

Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO

Posted: Thursday, December 22, 2011

Throughout 2011, our global audience has helped bring new energy to the Met. It's an exciting time for the Museum, marked by outstanding scholarship and incredible new ways to access and explore our collections. This short video captures some of my thoughts about this moment and the tremendous potential the Met's future holds. It comes with my thanks for your continued interest and support.

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Google Goggles

Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO

Posted: Friday, December 16, 2011

Have you ever seen a work of art—on a poster, in a book, on a billboard, or even in one of the Met's galleries—and simply had to know more about it? Now you can. I'm pleased to announce a new collaboration with Google that lets you take a picture of a work of art with your mobile device and link straight to more information on metmuseum.org. This is yet another milestone in our effort to provide global access to our collections.

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Today in Met History: December 13

Julie Tran Lê, Library Associate, The Irene Lewisohn Costume Reference Library

Posted: Tuesday, December 13, 2011

The 9/11 Peace Story Quilt

Posted: Wednesday, December 7, 2011

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