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

April 22
Archival image of model figures examining technology displays and floorplans at The Met.
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In 1975, Charles and Ray Eames produced a short film exploring how The Met might “host” guests and foster connections between the public and its collection.
June 18, 2025
Black-and-white photo sheet of objects from around The Met
The Eames-designed visual display at The Met was primed for all types of visitors to understand the relationships between time, place, culture, and artistic value.
Kelsey Rose Williams
June 18, 2025
A child holds up a multicolored paper ornament in a fuzzy image
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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, 2025
Wood scene showing a commotion of figures and animals in distress
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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, 2025
Crescent Moon Detail from a Durer Print in Black and White
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Art critic Aline B. Saarinen offers a poetic consideration of the moon’s significance across time and cultures.
January 16, 2025
A top-down view of a spiral staircase with a person descending, creating a mesmerizing, infinite loop effect.
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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
A detail from Isamu Noguchi's scultpture, Kouros
Managing Archivist Jim Moske writes on a Museum acquisition form filled out by prominent modern artists including Isamu Noguchi.
James Moske
December 23, 2020
The Met Fifth facade
Managing Archivist of Museum Archives James Moske discusses the recently digitized records of former Met director Francis Henry Taylor.
James Moske
February 5, 2020
The Met Fifth facade
Senior Associate for Archival Processing Celia Hartmann discusses some of the intricacies of processing the Charles James Papers.
Celia Hartmann
May 17, 2017