Drawn from the collection of Thomas Walther, this selection of approximately sixty vernacular photographs from the 1920s to the 1960s reveals the unintended genious of the anonymous photographer.
themselves too seriously: "Don’t believe you became an artist the instant you received a gift
This exhibition combines drawings, prints, and objects from all over Europe and the United States as they were collected by the Metropolitan Museum over a period of more than a hundred years.
Gift, 1991 (1991.311.1) Once a specific design is chosen, the various parts can
This tribute to a great collector reveals the distinctive features of Japanese art as viewed through the lens of 50 years of collecting.
Art: Calligraphy The exhibition is made possible by the Mary Griggs Burke Fund, gift
Skyla Choi, MuSe intern for Media Production & Online Features, shares inspiration from The Met collection for Halloween costumes, masks, and props!
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Robert and Nancy Nooter, 1982 (
This parlor comes from a house built in Petersburg, Virginia, in 1811, but prominently features furniture made in New York City from the same period. Like the nearby Baltimore and Haverhill Rooms, the Benkard Room exemplifies the popularity of Robert and James Adam’s Neoclassical taste in the young United States.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Miss Isabelle C.
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Gift and Charles Ulrick and Josephine Bay Foundation Inc.
Managing Editor Michael Cirigliano II takes a walk through an exhibition of works on paper by Eugène Delacroix with Assistant Curator Ashley Dunn to discuss Delacroix’s artistic practice, as well as his love of nature and literature.
Promised Gift from the Karen B.
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman
Publishing and Marketing Assistant Rachel High speaks with author Kathryn Calley Galitz about her new book, a landmark survey of The Met’s painting collection.
New York, Gift of John Stewart Kennedy, 1897 (97.34) The definition of painting
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
In December 2022, Mayer and The Met announced a transformative promised gift of 220
