The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Schaeffer Collection, Promised Gift of Jennifer and Philip Maritz, in celebration
Associate Curator Jayson Dobney gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at the recent dismantling of the Museum’s 1830 Thomas Appleton pipe organ, which is now undergoing cleaning and conservation.
Hess Gift, in memory of her father, John D.
This installation provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the fascinating and indispensable work necessary to prepare objects for display by exploring the different questions curators and conservators pose when presented with six luxurious, late Renaissance tapestry-woven cushion covers.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of George Blumenthal, 1941 (41.100.57e
A hundred years ago, The Met acquired a comprehensive collection of prints by the celebrated artist Albrecht Dürer. This fall, the Museum celebrates Dürer by showing his prints in four exhibitions at The Met Fifth Avenue.
This fall, the Museum celebrates Dürer by showing his prints—many from the Morgan gift—in
Germany 1901–Buckinghamshire, Britain, 1991, and Stuttgart, Germany, 1895–Buckinghamshire, England, 1989
Their loans and eventual gift of the collection to the Tate, however, were made jointly
Dimensions: 4 15/16 × 1 7/16 × 2 1/4 in. (12.5 × 3.7 × 5.7 cm) Credit Line: Gift
How have printmakers in the United States addressed a long history of inundation and the social inequities it exacerbates?
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of New York City W. P.
Follow the conservation treatment of “King Arthur” from the “Nine Heroes Tapestries” series, among the oldest in The Met’s collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Munsey Fund, 1932; Gift of John D.
Watercolor and graphite on white wove paper; 16 5/8 x 15 5/16 in. (42.2 x 39 cm) Gift
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Highlights of volume 53 include an exquisite pair of 17th-century Chinese birthday gift
