Metropolitan Museum of Art Images
Taken from the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Digital Department and the former Image Library, these images provide documentation of the museum’s history. The images represent the Metropolitan Museum from its inception in 1870 through the present day. Metropolitan Museum of Art Images is organized by sub collections which are listed below. You may browse the sub collection by clicking on the title. The images can also be searched and organized by subject heading, date, and keyword. This can be done within each sub collection as well as the collection as a whole.
This is a growing collection; images will be added as they are catalogued.
At top: View of the Altman Collection, interior view of the gallery, 1939.