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Global Partnerships and Residencies

Learn more about collaborative initiatives and residencies.

World Monuments Fund Collaboration

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The Met has embarked on a collaborative project with World Monuments Fund to create digital resources documenting major cultural sites of sub-Saharan Africa.

Learn more about this project.

African Art Residency

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In April 2024, The Met welcomed two residents for two-month residencies: Elgazafi Yousif Eshag Abdallah from Sudan’s National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums and Wilbard Lema from the National Museum of Tanzania.

Learn more about this residency.

Collaborative Initiative with Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM) announce new collaborative initiative to develop cataloguing and digitization capabilities of NCMM’s collections.

Learn more about this initiative.

Dala'il al-Khayrat Prayer Book Workshop

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This workshop aimed to deepen the study of the Dalaʾil, including geographically less studied areas of India and China, as well as parts of the African context.

Learn more about this workshop.

Global Museum Leaders Colloquium at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Global Museum Leaders Colloquium (GMLC) brought museum leaders from around the world together for a sustained exchange of ideas and expertise.

Learn more about this colloquium.

The Met Fellowship Program

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Annually, The Met awards over 50 fellowships to scholars from around the world. It is an educational priority to make The Met a laboratory for art and ideas. As a result, we support academic investigations of the Museum's collection spanning more than 5,000 years from every corner of the world and contribute to broader scholarly discourses.

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I saw the pyramids of Giza for the first time when I was fourteen and became completely enchanted with ancient Egypt.
Julie Mehretu
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Detail image of metal square with multi figured object with a variety of colors like orange, yellow and green.

Explore how three public artworks commissioned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority connect Black culture across time and space.

McClain Groff
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Fred Wilson
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