"The drapery stands in as an expression of the body."—Peter Barnet, curator

Senior Curator Peter Barnet details the history of the recently acquired, rare medieval refectory bell at The Cloisters.

Museum Director Thomas P. Campbell explores the masterpieces, gardens, history, and architecture of The Cloisters Museum and Gardens with curator Peter Barnet.

"The power that this sculpture has is precisely in the fact that it's not always concerned with naturalism and it's really concerned with telling a story."

John D. Rockefeller Jr. once said, "I can think of nothing so unpleasant as a life devoted to pleasure." How extraordinary, then, that he would create perhaps the most idyllic retreat on the island of Manhattan: The Cloisters Museum and Gardens in Fort Tryon Park.

Céline Brugeat, the 2011–2012 Annette Kade Fellow, explores the architectural history of the Cloisters.