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An angle on commerce and consumerism through the “holy grail” of baseball card collecting.
Allison Rudnick and Dave Jamieson
March 2, 2022
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Join a Met expert and learn how armor is mounted and displayed in the galleries. Focus on a unique set of armor that probably belonged to King Henry VIII of England.
September 18, 2021
Highlights from The Met collection illustrate the many athletic games held in ancient Greece, featuring celebrity athletes, grand prizes, and the mythical origins of the first Olympics.
Alexis Belis
July 23, 2021
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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
Former Curatorial Intern Angela Pastorelli-Sosa discusses the "Fight of the Century"—an inflammatory boxing match held in 1910 between Jim Jeffries and Jack Johnson that stoked racial tensions across the United States.
Angela Pastorelli-Sosa
September 21, 2018
Assistant Curator Allison Rudnick provides an overview of On the Ropes, the first exhibition of the Jefferson R. Burdick Collection to showcase the boxing cards, which feature some of the most celebrated boxers of the last two centuries.
Allison Rudnick
August 14, 2018
What do the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea and an exhibition of Korean art at The Met have in common? Soyoung Lee, curator of Diamond Mountains: Travel and Nostalgia in Korean Art, explains.
Soyoung Lee
February 20, 2018
The #MetKids editors share some fun facts and activities for the Olympic Games.
The MetKids Editoral Team
January 22, 2018
Metadata and Collections Librarian William Blueher discovers some unexpected books on basketball courts and sneakers in Thomas J. Watson Library.
William Blueher
November 1, 2017
Press officer Egle Zygas invites readers to see 10 artworks and objects spanning more than 2,000 years of sports around the world.
Egle Žygas
September 21, 2017