Authors

Elizabeth Hammer, Associate Museum Educator

Teresa M. Russo, Associate Museum Educator

Advisors

Stefano Carboni, Curator, Islamic Art

Andrea Bayer, Associate Curator, European Paintings

Helen Evans, Curator, Medieval Art and The Cloisters

Maxwell K. Hearn, Curator, Asian Art

Denise Patry Leidy, Associate Curator, Asian Art

Martin Lerner, Curator, Asian Art

We are especially grateful to Stefano Carboni, the voice of Marco Polo.

Special thanks to Laurie Hallen, a teacher at the Nightingale Bamford School in New York City, whose innovative thinking inspired this project.

Thanks to Qamar Adamjee, Andrew Caputo, Edie Watts, and Jenna D'Angelo for their help.

Teresa M. Russo, producer

Kevin Park, designer

Paul Caro, associate producer

Vincent Falivene, programmer

Gary Vellenzer, javascripter

Mikel Frank, recording technician

Stephen Rotker, recording technician

Mark Filip, sound technician

Jackie Neale, additional photography

Lena Howansky, design assistant

Agnès Galifa, production assistant

Gillian Belnap, editor
Vivian Wick, proofreader

All photography by The Photograph Studio of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, unless otherwise noted.

Special thanks to Educational Media and the Web Group of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Thanks to the staff of Education, the Photograph Studio, and the Photograph and Slide Library, Christine Begley, and Justine Cherry-Macklin of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Consuelo Dutschke of the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University, for their help.