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Flexing the Chess Muscles: Playing with the Masters at The Met Cloisters

December 9, 2016

By Emma Wegner

Associate Museum Educator Emma Wegner recalls Chess Day at The Met Cloisters.
Press Release

The Bishop Jades

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A Piece of Peace

March 13, 2015

By Kayla L.

High School Intern Kayla L. shares her experience of finding peace in the Astor Chinese Garden Court, and offers advice to those searching for a break from city life.
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"Thomas Eakins's The Chess Players Replayed"

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Chess: East and West, Past and Present. A Selection from the Gustavus A. Pfeiffer Collection

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Exhibition

A Passion for Jade: The Bishop Collection

Through January 4, 2026
More than a hundred remarkable objects from the Heber Bishop collection, including carvings of jade, the most esteemed stone in China, and many other hardstones, are on view in this focused presentation. The refined works represent the sophisticate…
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A Passion for Jade
The Heber Bishop Collection

Press Release

A Passion for Jade: Heber Bishop and His Collection

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Conserving a Piece of Islamic Armor

May 9, 2021
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.
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The Chessboard and the "Times That Are or Could Be"

November 17, 2016

By Barbara Drake Boehm

Barbara Drake Boehm, Paul and Jill Ruddock Senior Curator for The Met Cloisters, details the only two medieval queen chess pieces in American museums.
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Art

Chess Piece, Bishop

Date: 8th–10th century
Accession Number: 49.36

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Chess Piece, Bishop

Date: 7th–8th century
Accession Number: 64.262.1

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Bishop Chess Piece

Date: 1150–1200
Accession Number: 17.190.229

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Bishop

Date: ca. 1150–1200
Accession Number: CH090

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Art

Bishop

Date: ca. 1150–1200
Accession Number: CH093

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Bishop

Date: ca. 1150–1200
Accession Number: CH100

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Bishop

Date: ca. 1150–1200
Accession Number: CH098

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Chess Piece, King

Date: 9th–12th century
Accession Number: 40.170.151

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Chess Piece, King

Date: 9th–12th century
Accession Number: 40.170.150

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Knight Chess Piece

Date: ca. 1250
Accession Number: 17.190.231