Did you know there are tons of very small ancient Egyptian hippos at The Met? Use the clues in this post and meet four tiny hippos today!
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Edward S.
sheet: 19 1/2 x 13 1/4 in. (49.5 x 33.7 cm) Classification: Prints Credit Line: Gift
How a fashion icon came to define the aesthetic of the “Harlem dandy”
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of James Van DerZee Institute, 1970
× 15 3/4 in. (58.4 × 40 cm) Classification: Drawings Credit Line: Gift of Priscilla
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Purchase, Diana Barrett and Bob Vila Gift, 2024 (2024.320).
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Gift of Katherine Beinecke Michel, 2023 (2023.176.2) © 2021 Nina Jordan
Conservator Caitlin Mahony consults with Chuna McIntyre, a Yup’ik dancer, on her approach to conserving a Yup’ik mask.
Art, New York, The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection of Native American Art, Gift
This exhibition focuses on the main turning points in the cultural history of Kyoto from ancient to modern times.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and
This special display of instruments made by three generations of the Sax family marks the bicentenary of the birth of Adolphe Sax. Rare saxophones, brass instruments, and an exquisite ivory clarinet are among the twenty-six instruments selected to showcase the inventions and innovations of this important family.
The bicentenary of Adolphe Sax’s birth also marks the 125th anniversary of the gift
11 1/8 × 1 in. (39.4 × 28.3 × 2.6 cm) Classification: Blocks Credit Line: Gift
