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Photographed in Ahmedabad, India, this short film follows a Dalit woman as she makes a bean-bag parrot from scavenged materials.
March 21
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Listen to an optical poem illustrating W. H. Auden’s recitation of “Woods” with artworks from The Met collection, juxtaposed with footage of wildlife in Kingston, New York.
February 21
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Art critic Aline B. Saarinen offers a poetic consideration of the moon’s significance across time and cultures.
January 16
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Spirals (1970), a mesmerizing short film by Joyce Chopra, was commissioned for The Met's first mobile exhibition, "Eye Opener: The Spiral Show."
November 12, 2021
Managing Archivist Jim Moske writes on a Museum acquisition form filled out by prominent modern artists including Isamu Noguchi.
James Moske
December 23, 2020
Managing Archivist of Museum Archives James Moske discusses the recently digitized records of former Met director Francis Henry Taylor.
James Moske
February 5, 2020
Senior Associate for Archival Processing Celia Hartmann discusses some of the intricacies of processing the Charles James Papers.
Celia Hartmann
May 17, 2017
Assistant Museum Librarian Dan Lipcan and former intern Laura Mittendorfer mark the 70th anniversary of the ceremony in which The Met awarded an honorary fellowship for life to then-General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Dan Lipcan and Laura Mittendorfer
April 6, 2016
Assistant for Archival Processing Caitlin McCarthy introduces the recently acquired Charles James Papers.
Caitlin McCarthy
February 17, 2016
What is it really like to be an intern at the Met? Former intern Miriam Gold explores the MuSe Internship Program during interviews with several summer 2015 interns.
Miriam Gold
September 9, 2015