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Libraries and Study Centers
The Museum's libraries contain books, periodicals, photographs, manuscripts, and other scholarly resources in printed and electronic formats. The Museum also maintains several specialized study centers with images, documentation, and actual objects on display or on reserve for examination by researchers. Get more information about each library and study center, including hours, access, and specialty; or view 50 highlights from the libraries' holdings of rare first editions, artists' treatises and manuals, illustrated atlases, and more. |
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Online Resources
In addition to more than 3,500 objects from the permanent collection and the Timeline of Art History, this website also provides access to WATSONLINE, the online catalogue for the Museum's
libraries. The Lita Annenberg Hazen and Joseph H. Hazen
Center for Electronic Information Resources
provides a number of services both online and
at its physical location in Thomas J. Watson Library, including an
index of general and specialized Internet
links.
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Image Resources
The Image Library licenses digital files, color transparencies, and black-and-white photographs of objects in the Museum's collection. The Library also sells black-and-white photographs of objects in the Museum's collection for study or personal use. For purposes of publication, the Library policies and fees vary; get more information about the Image Library. See the Museum's gallery photography policy in our Visitor Information section. |
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Teacher Resources
Programs, activities, workshops, and printed and electronic information developed by the Museum's Education Department allows teachers to integrate art into their daily curricula and to consider the Met's collection a virtual extension of their classrooms. Get more information about resources for teachers and their students at the Museum. |
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Lecture Archive
The Museum offers a variety of lectures, talks, and symposia throughout the year, many of which are free with Museum admission. Selected lecture transcripts, along with images and the other supplemental information, are made available in the Lecture Archive. Search the online calendar for upcoming lectures. |
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Study and Research at the Met
High school and college students who are considering museum careers may apply for paid or unpaid, full- or part-time internships. Resident fellowships in art history and conservation are also available for qualified graduate students and senior museum curators. Get more information about these programs. |
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Met Publications
The Metropolitan Museum of Art publishes dozens of art-related books, exhibition catalogues, periodicals, and CD-ROMs each year. These range in scope and emphasis from scholarly monographs to introductory Museum guides to stories and histories for children. Learn more about the Met's publishing program and view the current Publications Catalogue, including ordering information.
Purchase selected titles in The Met Store. |
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