Visiting Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion?

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Wellness

Cellphone showing a red square that reads Frame Of Mind. There is a calm ocean landscape in the background.

Introducing Podcasts from The Met

Looking to calm your mind and find inspiration? Listen to uplifting podcasts produced by The Met.
A small bronze sculpture of a seated boy pulling a thorn from the bottom of his foot appears within a display case at The Metropolitan Museum of Art; the figure hunches over looking intently at the bottom of his foot; the sculpture is set against the warm walls and limestone columns of the against gallery in the distance.

Facing Pain

A conversation on focus, mindfulness, and what art can teach us about experiencing pain

Healing and Magic in Ancient Egypt

These ancient Egyptian artworks provided healing magic to those who used them.

Seeds of Impressionism: Public Parks, Private Gardens with Author Colta Ives

Publishing and Marketing Assistant Rachel High sits down with curator emerita Colta Ives to discuss the transformation of Paris during the nineteenth century into a city of tree-lined boulevards and public parks.

Why is this imitation gallstone held in such an extravagant case?

"Works of art aren’t what they seem always."