In celebration of the 125th anniversary of the Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, volunteer Rebecca Lindsey discusses Joseph Drexel's invaluable role in assembling the Museum's early collection of instruments from across the globe. 

Christina Alphonso, administrator at The Cloisters, discusses the acute horticultural knowledge of Joseph Breck and his family, and its influence on Breck's designs for The Cloisters museum and gardens.  

Michael Carter, librarian at The Cloisters, discusses the role played by its first director, Joseph Breck, in the formation of its library.

Between 1953 and 1966, New York assemblage artist Joseph Cornell created more than twenty works in homage to Juan Gris, specifically inspired by the Cubist’s collage masterpiece, The Man at the Café (1914). Cornell’s Gris boxes have as their centerpiece the image of a bird, the great white-crested cockatoo, whose delightful and erudite connections to the Cubist’s oeuvre and to Cornell’s own hobbies, love of music, and distinctive approach to modern art are comprehensively documented here for the first time.

Joseph, a participant in this summer's Digital Stories workshop, shares his impressions of the exhibition Garry Winogrand, on view through September 21.

Associate Museum Educator Joseph Loh discusses an upcoming Sunday at the Met program titled Legends and True Stories: Misconceptions in Art, History, and Conservation.