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Detail of a clock face with gold-colored accents, roman numeral numbers, and a counter for the date.
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Immaterial: Time
Keeping digital art alive.
September 10, 2024
Colorful print of two workers drilling at the ground in front of an industrial construction setting.
The Art of the Great Depression
How did a decade of unprecedented financial strife, radical social upheaval, and technological innovation shape art and cultural identity in the United States?
Allison Rudnick
September 18, 2023
Animation of five Roblox characters standing in The Met in front of two sculptures with the words The Met Replica.
Visit The Met, Enter the Metaverse: Introducing Replica
The Met meets Roblox in a new digital experience.
August 3, 2023
A young girl in glasses shivers in fear sitting next to a shrugging silverfish in glasses; she’s in a library seated in front of a book about pest management
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Are Bookworms Real?
Meet some of the critters that like to munch on art and books at the Museum and learn how experts keep The Met safe.
June 21, 2023
Drawn bugs peek out from behind a DIY notebook titled "field guide" with cut paper decorations of trees, stars, and rockets
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How to Make a Field Guide
Make a field guide and use it to classify bugs like a scientist at the museum.
June 21, 2023
Several plaster mold models of a horse's head and a man's torso on a platform, while a human figure walks around to assess the fragmented sculptures.
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The Making of a Bronze Statue, 1922
How do you make a monument? Produced by the Museum in 1922, this short film follows the American artist Alexander Phimister Proctor’s process of sculpting Theodore Roosevelt.
January 24, 2023
Blue, turquoise and opaque white tile panel decorated with Qur'anic verses
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Speaking Object: Tile Panel in the form of an Architectural Niche
Hear the recitation of the sacred verses on this tile panel.
Mohammad Farsimadan
September 27, 2022
Brass pen box decorated with interlocking medallions
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Speaking Object: Inscribed Pen Box
Listen to the poetry on this inlaid metalwork pen box.
Mohammad Farsimadan
September 27, 2022
Detail of a calligraphic emblem decorated with flowers
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Speaking Object: Tughra (Insignia) of Sultan Süleiman the Magnificent
Listen to the words in the royal insignia of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent.
Mohammad Farsimadan
September 27, 2022
Off-white ceramic bowl with Arabic inscription in front of a black background
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Speaking Object: Bowl with Arabic Inscription
Listen to the proverb on this epigraphic slip-painted bowl.
Mohammad Farsimadan
September 27, 2022