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Curator Amelia Peck and Research Associate Moira Gallagher speak to Digital about what a period room is and the benefits of publishing the research that informs them online.
Harrison Furey and Rachel Smith
March 8, 2021
Associate Manager for Collection Development and Special Collections Holly Phillips and Associate Manager for Finance and Administration Angela Washington talk about Watson Library's continued efforts to expand its collection of books by and about African American artists.
Angela Washington and Holly Phillips
February 17, 2021
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Follow the conservation treatment of Emblem of Folly, a painting from colonial Cuzco that “shines a light on those communities or artists that have not had the focus before.”
José Luis Lazarte Luna
February 4, 2021
Go behind-the-scenes with Joyce Fung as she shares how she and her team created the illusion of magically suspended couture for About Time: Fashion and Duration.
Joyce Fung
February 2, 2021
Senior Library Associate Amy Hamilton discusses what it was like to return to work at The Met's Watson Library.
Amy Hamilton
January 20, 2021
Managing Archivist of Museum Archives James Moske discusses the recently digitized F. Kleinberger Galleries Records.
James Moske
January 6, 2021
In a spectacularly organized campaign, The Met transported thousands of irreplaceable artworks out of New York City for safekeeping during World War II. Although this initiative has become a largely forgotten part of the Museum’s wartime history, Met staff were responsible for one of the most complex art evacuations in American history.
Christine E. Brennan
January 6, 2021
Following The Met’s temporary closure in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, staff began researching how the Museum had responded to other global crises that took place during its 150-year history.
Allison Rudnick and James Moske
December 24, 2020
Managing Archivist Jim Moske writes on a Museum acquisition form filled out by prominent modern artists including Isamu Noguchi.
James Moske
December 23, 2020
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A self-proclaimed “collector of souls,” the American painter Alice Neel is known today for her powerful, psychologically rich portraiture.
December 18, 2020