Perspectives
The Met’s home for deep dives on art, interviews, personal essays, scientific discoveries, and more.
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Six objects in The Met collection take you on Odysseus’s famed journey.
Department of Greek and Roman Art
August 6
Video
Meet Me at The Met
Writer Ann Patchett on choosing a work from The Met collection to include in Whistler, her latest novel.
June 25
Video
From The Vaults
This film offers a rare look into the life and work of the artist Lillian Bassman, who helped introduce an avant-garde sensibility to the American newsstand.
July 23
A peek behind the curtains at the process of improving the world’s largest online art museum collections.
Julie Turgeon and Derek Au
August 5
How did this revolutionary musical notation technique, developed by a monk in the tenth century, transform music pedagogy?
Rebecca Lindsey
July 20
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Music
The intersection between music, art, and history seen through the lens of The Met collection.
Exploring fashion through the lens of music in The Costume Institute Library.
Julie Lê
July 22
How did this revolutionary musical notation technique, developed by a monk in the tenth century, transform music pedagogy?
Rebecca Lindsey
July 20
Video
Join Bradley Strauchen-Scherer, Curator in the Department of Musical Instruments, and Ava Valentino, Research Assistant in the Department of Musical Instruments, along with Brett Renfer, Senior Project Manager of Emerging Technologies, to virtually explore the Musical Bodies exhibition.
Bradley Strauchen-Scherer, Ava Valentino, and Brett Renfer
June 18
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Articles, images, and film from The Met’s 150-year history.
Video
From The Vaults
This film offers a rare look into the life and work of the artist Lillian Bassman, who helped introduce an avant-garde sensibility to the American newsstand.
July 23
Rare reproductions of medieval illustrated manuscripts.
Michael Carter
June 17
Expanding access to a landmark provenance and cultural heritage resource.
Robyn Fleming and Amy Hamilton
May 20
In Circulation
Read articles and the latest news about The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Libraries’ collections, activities, and research related to the history of art.
Exploring fashion through the lens of music in The Costume Institute Library.
Julie Lê
July 22
Rare reproductions of medieval illustrated manuscripts.
Michael Carter
June 17
Expanding access to a landmark provenance and cultural heritage resource.
Robyn Fleming and Amy Hamilton
May 20