Date: completed by 10 B.C.
Accession Number: 68.154

How can buildings reflect the relationship between people and the environment? Explore possibilities in this lesson plan featuring an ancient Egyptian temple.

Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 09.68.154

February, 2011

 "Some of the sculptures and some of the reliefs, they just jump when they get that early morning light."

Photographer Bruce Schwarz talks about light and the heavenly effect it can have on works of art.

January, 2011

"It is our job to present works of art with fidelity to the purpose and historical context and aesthetic context in which they were made."

Medieval art curator Melanie Holcomb and drawings and prints curator George Goldner discuss the Museum’s responsibilities when showing religious art.

November, 2011

"It's like a facedown. Take a fifty-six-foot column, put me in front of it, and ask me to move it."

Registrar Aileen Chuk gets work advice from ancient craftsmen.

March, 2011

"It’s wonderful where the door isn’t just something that leads you between places, but is something unto itself."

Exhibition designer Dan Kershaw talks about doors and the unexpected juxtapositions they create in the Museum.

October, 2011

"I grew up in Memphis, Tennessee which is on one side of the Mississippi. Johnny Cash was on the other side of the Mississippi."

Medieval art curator Helen Evans on the cross-pollination that occurs when borders are crossed.

We need light to see art, but the safest place for it is in the dark. Umm… what? Learn how light energy can damage materials, and what we do at The Met to keep art safe for years to come.