John Taylor Johnston

Editorial Assistant Rachel High speaks with Antoine Hermary and Joan Mertens, authors of the recently published catalogue The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art: Stone Sculpture, about the publication and the collection that inspired it.

One hundred years ago this weekend, on October 20, 1913, Robert W. de Forest was unanimously elected the fifth president of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Aleksandr Gelfand tells the story of William H. Riggs's generous donation of his arms and armor collection to the Museum in 1913.

One hundred and forty years ago, on February 20, 1872, The Metropolitan Museum of Art opened its doors to the public for the first time.

One hundred and twenty-five years ago today, on November 15, 1886, The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Board of Trustees officially approved the establishment of the institution's first curatorial departments—the Department of Paintings, Department of Sculpture, and Department of Casts.

One hundred and forty years ago today, The Metropolitan Museum of Art made its first purchase of works of art—a group of 174 European old master paintings that became known as the "Purchase of 1871."

On November 21, 1870, The Metropolitan Museum of Art accessioned its first work of art—a Roman marble sarcophagus found in 1863 at Tarsus in Cilicia (modern southern Turkey).