Join a Met expert and learn how armor is mounted and displayed in the galleries. Focus on a unique set of armor that probably belonged to King Henry VIII of England.
Highlights from The Met collection illustrate the many athletic games held in ancient Greece, featuring celebrity athletes, grand prizes, and the mythical origins of the first Olympics.
Join Met conservator Sean Belair as he discusses his role at the Museum and shares details from the conservation of an Islamic mail shirt made up of 12,000 inscribed rings.
Former Curatorial Intern Angela Pastorelli-Sosa discusses the "Fight of the Century"—an inflammatory boxing match held in 1910 between Jim Jeffries and Jack Johnson that stoked racial tensions across the United States.
Assistant Curator Allison Rudnick provides an overview of On the Ropes, the first exhibition of the Jefferson R. Burdick Collection to showcase the boxing cards, which feature some of the most celebrated boxers of the last two centuries.
What do the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea and an exhibition of Korean art at The Met have in common? Soyoung Lee, curator of Diamond Mountains: Travel and Nostalgia in Korean Art, explains.
