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The Trans-Saharan Gold Trade (7th–14th Century)

October 1, 2000

By Department of Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Gold, sought from the western and central Sudan, was the main commodity of the trans-Saharan trade. The traffic in gold was spurred by the demand for and supply of coinage.
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Look Again: European Paintings—Rethinking Spain & The Spanish Americas

August 27, 2024

By David Pullins and José Luis Lazarte Luna

Join curator David Pullins and conservator Jose Luis Lazarte Luna as they discuss the new approach to Spanish painting of the “Golden Age”.
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Immaterial: Trash

August 13, 2024
The archaeology of rubbish.
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Nolen Library Welcomes Renowned Illustrator Brian Floca

January 14, 2015

By Leah High

Public Services Librarian Leah High discusses a recent Met event with award-winning illustrator Brian Floca.
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Connections: Spain

March 22, 2011
Educator Inés Powell finds a taste of her homeland, Spain, in The Met.
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Venice’s Principal Muslim Trading Partners: The Mamluks, the Ottomans, and the Safavids

March 1, 2007

By Elizabeth Marwell, Stefano Carboni, and Trinita Kennedy

Venice consistently sought favorable privileges for its merchants and through these efforts became the Mamluks’ main European trading partner.
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Snapshots: A Trip to Iran with The Met

January 25, 2018

By Sheila Canby

Sheila Canby, Patti Cadby Birch Curator in Charge, Department of Islamic Art, shares moments from her recent Travel with The Met tour to Iran.
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Fran Lebowitz: Pretend It’s a Museum

November 9, 2023

By Fran Lebowitz

Fran Lebowitz goes behind-the-scenes to The Met’s Paintings Conservation Lab to see Rembrandt’s Aristotle with a Bust of Homer.
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Spotlight: Facing Pain

January 6, 2022

By Denise Allen and Jared O’Garro-Moore PhD

A conversation on focus, mindfulness, and what art can teach us about experiencing pain.
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Decoding a Maya Rain God Sculpture from Chichen Itza

March 31, 2016

By James Doyle

Assistant Curator James Doyle highlights a Maya limestone head in The Met collection excavated from Chichen Itza, and examines artistic attributes of the object that aid in identifying which deity it depicts.
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Train

Date: 1850s
Accession Number: C.I.55.69.2

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Dans Le Train

Beatrice Wood (American, San Francisco, California 1892–1998 Ojai, California)

Date: 1917
Accession Number: 1984.557

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RFK Funeral Train

Paul Fusco (American, 1930–2020)

Date: June 8, 1968, printed 2006
Accession Number: 2006.417

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Watch with alarm

Movement by Nicholas Vallin (Flemish, active ca. 1590–died 1603)

Date: ca. 1600
Accession Number: 17.190.1476

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Formal Ball Gown (robe parée)

Attributed to Marie-Jeanne "Rose" Bertin (French, 1747–1813)

Date: 1780s (with later alterations)
Accession Number: SL.3.2018.43.1

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[New York Album Page: Ninth Avenue Elevated Train Line Near Columbus Circle, Manhattan]

Berenice Abbott (American, Springfield, Ohio 1898–1991 Monson, Maine)

Date: 1929
Accession Number: 1981.1246.2–.9; 1981.1180.130

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[New York Album Page: Second Avenue Elevated Train Tracks at Twenty-third Street, Manhattan]

Berenice Abbott (American, Springfield, Ohio 1898–1991 Monson, Maine)

Date: 1929
Accession Number: 1982.1180.87–.95

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Panel with Hunting Scenes

Date: ca. 1350
Accession Number: 2003.131.2

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Court train

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 08.33

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Court train

Date: 1893
Accession Number: C.I.41.111