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A cartoon drawing of a blue falcon soaring above pyramids, palm trees, and sand, beside an inset photograph of a metal container shaped like a falcon from Ancient Egypt. Bottom text reads hashtag MetKids and an icon indicating a microscope.
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Art Under X-Ray: What’s Inside the Art?
Art is full of mysteries that can’t be revealed by a quick glance. How do we see what’s hiding inside objects and learn how they were made and repaired? We use an x-ray machine, just like you’d find at the doctor’s office!
August 26, 2021
A cartoon drawing of a sphinx on a column in ancient Greece, beside an inset photograph of a terracotta sphinx head with cartoon crystals coming out of its ear. Bottom text reads hashtag MetKids and an icon indicating a microscope.
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Ancient Ear Hair: How Do Crystals Form?
Art at The Met is made of many materials, including natural materials like minerals. Environmental conditions can affect these minerals, and even make an ancient statue grow ear hair! Learn about the science of crystals and salts, and how we use our knowledge to protect the art.
August 26, 2021
A collage made from legos and small toys of dinosaurs in a valley beneath a volcano, beside an inset photograph of clear plastic sandals with fake grass sprouting from the insole. Bottom text reads hashtag MetKids and an icon indicating a microscope.
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Dinosaur Fashion: Where Can We Find Plastics and Polymers at The Museum?
It’s dinosaur couture! Polymers are everywhere: in your body, in your clothes, and in art all over The Met. Learn about how we use the science of plastics and polymers to preserve art and try to protect the future from waste and pollution.
August 26, 2021
A cartoon drawing of a girl reading a book cross-legged on a small wooden boat beneath a large crashing wave, beside an inset Japanese woodblock print of a massive blue wave crashing over the ocean. Bottom text reads hashtag MetKids and an icon indicating a microscope.
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Making Waves: What Happens When We Zoom in on Art?
Waves: they’re not just in the ocean. We need waves of light to look at art at The Met. But what if we want to take a closer look? Then, we use an electron microscope, a cool tool that uses energy waves to zoom in on art like never before.
August 26, 2021
Artist's Book Ideation Cards
The Library Catalog Gets a Makeover
A glimpse behind the veil of The Met library’s catalog.
William Blueher
August 4, 2021
Cover of W.E.B. Du Bois book on data visualization
Telling Stories with Library Data
See how The Met’s Watson Library uses data visualizations
Michael Cummings
July 21, 2021
The Met Fifth facade
At the Click of a Button: The Art of Online Resources
Library Associate for Electronic Resources, Systems Scott Carlton discusses some of the online resources available through Thomas J. Watson Library.
Scott Carlton
June 9, 2021
An overhead image of highways
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Organism, 1975—A Film by Hilary Harris
Using time-lapse footage of New York City, the filmmaker Hilary Harris imagines the metropolis as a living organism.
May 28, 2021
16th century Persian mail shirt before conservation and after
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Conserving a Piece of Islamic Armor
Join Met conservator Sean Belair as he discusses his role at the Museum and shares details from the conservation of an Islamic mail shirt made up of 12,000 inscribed rings.
May 9, 2021
The Met Fifth facade
ILLove in the Time of Coronavirus
Associate Museum Librarian for Interlibrary Services and Digital Initiatives Robyn Fleming discusses how interlibrary loans have worked during mass shutdowns throughout the pandemic.
Robyn Fleming
March 17, 2021