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Composite image of Silas Farley sitting on a stool in an auditorium; Stephanie Post sitting in a chair in a library; and Tim Gunn standing in gallery space at The Met.

Met Stories

Met visitors share their personal stories in this award-winning video series

About

Made for The Met's 150th anniversary, Met Stories is an award-winning video series and year-long social media initiative that shared unexpected and compelling stories gathered from the many people who visit The Met, whether artists, teachers, curators, actors, Museum staff, designers, thought-leaders, or public figures.

Do you have a Met Story? Share it with us.

Episodes

Triptych with photos of Silas Farley, Stephanie Post, and Tim Gunn
Video
Met Stories: Looking Back to Look Forward
Tim Gunn, Silas Farley, and Stephanie Post share their Met Stories.
Tim Gunn, Silas Farley, and Stephanie Post
January 6, 2020
Video
Met Stories: Breaking Down Barriers
Yotam Ottolenghi, Asim Rehman, and Lowery Sims share their Met Stories.
Yotam Ottolenghi, Asim Rehman, and Lowery Stokes Sims
February 7, 2020
Video
Met Stories: Being Seen
Jodi Archambault shares her Met Story about how the display of Native American art in museums affects how visible she feels as an Indigenous woman in America.
Jodi Archambault
March 6, 2020
Video
Met Stories: Connection
Jenita Pettway and Ariun Sanjaajamts share their Met Stories.
Jenita Pettway and Ariun Sanjaajamts
April 3, 2020
Composite image of Michael Zacchea siting in the Greek and Roman galleries at The Met, flanked by two Greek and Roman statues to either side; the text "Met Stories" appears in the center of the image
Video
Met Stories: Catharsis
Michael Zacchea processes his post-traumatic stress in the ancient Greek and Roman art galleries after returning home from the Iraq War.
Michael Zacchea
April 30, 2020
Composite image of Daniel-Bergmann seated in Astor Court framed on either side by paintings of koi fish; the text "Met Stories" appears in the center of the image
Video
Met Stories: Breakthrough
Daniel Bergmann tells the story of how childhood visits to The Met’s koi pond led to the most important breakthrough in his life.
Daniel Bergmann
July 16, 2020
Video
Met Stories: Essential
Angela Reynolds, Gretchen Rubin, and Hai-Hsin share their Met Stories.
Angela Reynolds, Gretchen Rubin, and Hai-Hsin Huang
August 20, 2020
Met visitor Linbania Jacobson sits on a gallery bench in The Met's nineteenth-century painting galleries. She is framed to either side by two paintings; the text "Met Stories" appears in the center of the image.
Video
Met Stories: Caregiving
Linbania Jacobson tells the story of how her husband's dementia diagnosis led them to a program at The Met.
Linbania Jacobson
September 17, 2020
Video
Met Stories: Resilience
Tomás Vega, Sue Jeiven, and Ahmed Badr share their Met Stories.
Tomás Vega, Sue Jeiven, and Ahmed Badr
October 22, 2020
Video
Met Stories: Home
Paul Konigsburg and Nikhil Chopra share their Met Stories.
Paul Konigsburg and Nikhil Chopra
November 19, 2020
Video
Met Stories: Belonging
Dariel Vasquez shares the story of his first visit to The Met, on a class trip with his professor Teju Cole.
Dariel Vasquez
December 17, 2020
Video
Met Stories: Four Stories of Finding Romance at The Met
Maira Kalman and others share their stories of finding romance at The Met.
Maira Kalman, Lillian Tong, Chris Hosea, Jared Spencer, Joshua Dumas, and Jim Kuhlman
December 31, 2020
Composite image with Tim Gunn in a blue pin striped suit on the right, with an image of an Egyptian sphinx and gold sandals on the left
Video
Met Stories: Tim Gunn—Dusting off the Relics
Tim Gunn sees fashion history in art at The Met.
Tim Gunn
January 6, 2020
Video
Met Stories: Lowery Stokes Sims—Diversity
Independent curator and art historian Lowery Stokes Sims talks about her role in bringing diversity to The Met collection of contemporary art.
Lowery Stokes Sims
February 7, 2020
Yotam Ottolenghi sitting in the garden at The Met Cloisters
Video
Met Stories: Yotam Ottolenghi—Breaking Down Barriers
Chef and author Yotam Ottolenghi speaks about how food and art can create community.
Yotam Ottolenghi
February 7, 2020
Connecting with Your Met Stories
Sarah Cowan shares stories submitted by Met staff and visitors on the significance of the Museum in their lives on its 150th anniversary.
Sarah Cowan
April 13, 2020

Credits

Met Stories is produced by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and RAVA Films.

At The Met
Head of Digital Content: Sofie Andersen
Executive Producer: Sarah Wambold
Managing Producer: Kate Farrell
Director/Producer: Sarah Cowan
Production Coordinator: Emma Masdeu-Perez
Original Music: Austin Fisher
Product Design: Bora Shehu and Evander Batson
Production Assistant: Anna Oehlkers

At RAVA Films
Series Producers: Ava Wiland and Rafael Salazar Moreno
Producer: Ava Wiland
Associate Producers: Alexandra Lenore Ashworth and Julia Main
Cinematographer: Rafael Salazar Moreno
Editor/Colorist: Russell Yaffe

Awards

Icons of awards from the Webby's, Museums + Heritage, and Shorty.

Shorty Winner | Best Cultural Institution
Museums + Heritage Awards Winner | Best Use of Digital – International
Webby Honoree | Social: Arts & Entertainment

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