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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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Presenting the Condé M. Nast Galleries
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
Medieval-style hall with brick arches and statues, illuminated by lanterns arranged around a central stone structure.
A Medieval Imagination
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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Avedon in Gallery
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
A person leans over to place a book between the plates of a book press in the foreground at right.
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Conserving Rusconi: Vitruvius’s Ten Books on Architecture
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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Immaterial: Space, Part 2
Behind the scenes at The Met.
July 2, 2024
Two photos side by side, the left: sculpture of a giant spider with the city skyline blue, in the background. The image on the right is the artist, standing in between a sculpture.
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Meet the Artist—Petrit Halilaj: The Roof Garden Commission, Abetare
Go behind the scenes with artist Petrit Halilaj, who discusses the inspiration and making of his 2024 Roof Garden Commission: Abetare.
May 7, 2024
Associate Conservator Melina Plottu works on the conservation of purple silk dress
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Conserving Gallenga’s Theodosia
Follow the conservation treatment of Maria Monaci Gallenga’s “Theodosia” tea gown and learn about Gallenga’s unique vision as a textile artist and fashion designer.
Mellissa Huber and Melina Plottu
December 4, 2023
Writer Fran Lebowitz speaking and gesturing with her hands in The Met’s Paintings Conservation Lab in front of Rembrandt’s Aristotle with a Bust of Homer painting.
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Fran Lebowitz: Pretend It’s a Museum
Fran Lebowitz goes behind-the-scenes to The Met’s Paintings Conservation Lab to see Rembrandt’s Aristotle with a Bust of Homer.
Fran Lebowitz
November 9, 2023
An interior courtyard featuring sculptures and potted plants.
Green Rooms: Plants at the Museum
Gallery photographs over the last century reveal the evolving use of plants in indoor design.
Jennie Choi
November 8, 2023
A young girl in glasses shivers in fear sitting next to a shrugging silverfish in glasses; she’s in a library seated in front of a book about pest management
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Are Bookworms Real?
Meet some of the critters that like to munch on art and books at the Museum and learn how experts keep The Met safe.
June 21, 2023