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The Met’s home for deep dives on art, interviews, personal essays, scientific discoveries, and more.

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Tall wooden doors frame a high-ceilinged, bright gallery. A row of eight mannequins in beige gowns stand on vitrines in the background, while a central mannequin with a sequined gold dress stands on a pedestal in the foreground.
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Exhibition Tour—Costume Art
Join Andrew Bolton, Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute, on a tour of Costume Art, The Costume Institute’s spring 2026 exhibition.
Andrew Bolton
May 28
An ornate metal breastplate with two dragon heads, detailed with gold and blue accents. Connected by a chain of gold links
Seven Necessary Dragons
Explore how these mythical serpentine creatures have captivated human imagination for centuries.
Julia Perratore, Laura Filloy Nadal, and Joanne Pillsbury
May 20
Sana Balai standing in front of a ceremonial paddle in the Oceania galleries at The Met.
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Examining Cycles of Life with Sana Balai
“The present looks to the past to see the future.”
May 20
Anatomical illustration of a woman showing detailed digestive and nervous systems. Vivid reds highlight arteries, with a central image of nerves.
The Body Is Art
The Costume Institute’s spring 2026 exhibition Costume Art asserts the central role of the dressed body throughout art history.
The Costume Institute
May 11
a woman in a green blazer and black headscarf and a man in a blue shirt observing an ibex sculpture
Imaging the Ibex
Modern technology reveals new information about the recently repatriated 4,500-year-old sculpture in a research collaboration with the Republic of Iraq.
Jean-François de Lapérouse
May 18

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Woman holding a camera and filming a child in dancing attire, with text at the top reading "Africa's Cultural Landmarks"
Africa’s Cultural Landmarks
Short documentaries direct a local lens on some of Africa’s most notable cultural landscapes.
A chalk-line illustration of an art detective points her magnifying glass at a microscope; hands reach towards the microscope while a crew of bugs and a fingerprint ghost look on
MetKids Microscope
See the science behind the art (and the art behind the science!) at The Met.
A black-and-white still from the 1928 film Behind the Scenes: The Working Side of the Museum, which depicts the superimposed image of an old-fashioned time-card machine over the face of a wall clock
From the Vaults
Audiovisual materials from the Museum’s extensive archive.

Pride

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Celebrate Pride at The Met with this selection of articles and videos that tell stories of art and artists from the LGBTQIA+ community.

A woman in a detailed dress plays a viola da gamba in a room with a curtained bed and a table. The setting is serene and elegant.
My Gender Is a Cello
How do instruments in The Met’s collection complicate gender assumptions?
Max Keller
May 26
Gold-background scene showing two male figures, one with wings, in an embrace, framed by red and blue decorative borders.
To Have and to Hold
Spectrum of Desire co-curators Melanie Holcomb and Nancy Thebaut discuss sensuality and sexuality in Medieval art.
Lina Palazzo
March 18
An array of brightly colored and intricately patterned shapes with a beautiful light-pink watercolored background.
An Eyegay for Florine Stettheimer
Explore Chris Bogia’s original artwork, inspired by Stettheimer’s evocative aesthetics and support of New York’s queer community in the early twentieth century.
Chris Bogia
June 27, 2025

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Articles, images, and film from The Met’s 150-year history.

Collage of IFAR journal covers.
Preserving IFAR’s Record

Expanding access to a landmark provenance and cultural heritage resource.

Robyn Fleming and Amy Hamilton
May 20
Vintage photo of a busy city park walkway lined with trees. People in formal 1900s attire, including hats and suits, walk and sit on benches.
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From The Vaults
Olmsted and Central Park, 1983

Tour of Central Park with historian Charles Beveridge exploring Olmsted's design and history today.

April 22
collage of four images at top left a porcelain cat like figure at bottom left a woven basket at center a sculpture of the virgin mary and child and at right a golden scroll
The Lives of Objects: Notes on Provenance
Four provenance researchers at The Met present case studies that convey the diverse and often complicated nature of their work.
Lucian Simmons, Christine E. Brennan, Gloria de Liberali, Riva Arnold, and Jennifer Day
April 9

In Circulation

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Read articles and the latest news about The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Libraries’ collections, activities, and research related to the history of art.

Collage of IFAR journal covers.
Preserving IFAR’s Record

Expanding access to a landmark provenance and cultural heritage resource.

Robyn Fleming and Amy Hamilton
May 20
Painting of a girl in braids wearing a yellow trench coat and standing in front of a white house.
Think Globally, Catalog Locally
How libraries share cataloging information throughout the world.
William Blueher
April 15
Black and white collage of various models
Regarding Issey Miyake through The Costume Institute Library’s Ephemera
Fashion ephemera from the designer Issey Miyake paint a picture of his career and ethos.
Mika Kiyono
March 18
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