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A woman and two men in formal attire stand conversing in front of a classical stone wall with columns
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Max Hollein, The Met's Director and CEO, and Miriam Peterson and Nathan Rich, founders of architecture firm Peterson Rich Office, take you behind the scenes.
Max Hollein
May 4
A group of people in a conference room are engaged in collaborative work on laptops. The atmosphere is focused and lively, with drinks and snacks on tables.

The Met explores GenAI through testing and collaboration, inviting creators to build innovative tools connecting audiences with Asian art and each other.

Brett Renfer
May 1
Display with Van Gogh's Sunflowers, corresponding to a set of color swatches along the right side of the panel.
Vincent van Gogh continues to inspire efforts to improve imaging standards for color reproduction, including in 3D.
William Scott Geffert, Juan Trujillo, Chris Heins, Wilson Santiago, Isaac Jonas, and Xue Chen
March 11
Medieval-style hall with brick arches and statues, illuminated by lanterns arranged around a central stone structure.
Discover how American sculptor George Grey Barnard’s fascination with medieval European art inspired an enterprising collection and the eventual foundation of The Met Cloisters.
Shirin Fozi and Julia Perratore
November 13, 2025
Two people are standing on a crate to attach a large, black-and-white print to the wall, while two stand below holding the rolled part of the print.
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Step inside the gallery and watch as conservators, technicians, curators, and the artist Richard Avedon and his assistants bring his Mission Council to life.
September 4, 2025
Photo image of The Great Hall of the Met, with hanging calligraphy paintings
Learn how the artist’s Great Hall Commission utilizes the idiosyncrasy of calligraphy to foster a broad, inclusive dialogue.
Lesley Ma
February 28, 2025
Two people stand in front of an ornate table in a workshop space. The table has curved legs and elegant detailing, and is missing its top.
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Go behind the scenes at The Met as curator Alyce Englund and conservator Marijn Manuels explore the history of a slab table from Philadelphia.
November 7, 2024
A composite image of a smiling man on the left and a multicolored painting with blue waves at the corner and a blue man fallling out of a yellow boat.
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Go behind the scenes with artist Tenzing Rigdol as he discusses his installation, Biography of a Thought, for the exhibition Mandalas: Mapping the Buddhist Art of Tibet, on view through January 12, 2025.
September 20, 2024
A person leans over to place a book between the plates of a book press in the foreground at right.
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Go behind the scenes at The Met to see the conservation of a 17th-century edition of Vitruvius’s Ten Books on Architecture.
July 18, 2024
South-facing view of The Met exterior steps from the 5th Ave plaza. Sunlight hits the building facade, and the steps bustle with seated and standing visitors.
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Behind the scenes at The Met.
July 2, 2024