The Met, Anywhere: Essential

New Met Stories, a discussion with Héctor Zamora, and the latest videos. [The Met Fifth Ave and The Met Cloisters are open. Your health is our top priority. How to visit safely.]( [View in browser]( [The Met]( [Met News]( Met Anywhere: Essential [Angela Reynolds, Gretchen Rubin, and Hai-Hsin Huang]( [Met Stories / Episode 7: Angela Reynolds, Gretchen Rubin, and Hai-Hsin Huang]( Met Assistant Buildings Manager Angela Reynolds tells the story of how her recovery from a recent accident relied on the compassion of her staff, The Met's essential workers. Gretchen Rubin, Author of The Happiness Project, reflects on how her new project to visit The Met every day in 2020 was upended by the Museum's closure. Finally, Artist Hai-Hsin Huang looks back on her drawings of Met visitors as if they are postcards from a time before the pandemic. [Watch now →]( [Photo of Hector Zamora's Lattice Detour on the Roof Garden.]( [Héctor Zamora Lattice Detour]( Artist Héctor Zamora discusses [Lattice Detour](, his site-specific installation for the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden at The Met, with curator Iria Candela. Zamora. is known for works that engage public spaces and the built environment. In his practice, Zamora reinvents and redefines conventional exhibition spaces, generating friction between the common roles of public and private, exterior and interior, organic and geometric, real and imaginary. [Watch now →]( [Digital Primer: Making The Met, 1870-2020]( [Digital Primer: Making The Met, 1870–2020]( The signature exhibition of The Met's 150th-anniversary year takes visitors on an immersive, thought-provoking journey through the history of one of the world's preeminent cultural institutions. [Making The Met, 1870–2020]( features more than 250 superlative works of art of nearly every type, from visitor favorites to fragile treasures that can only be displayed from time to time. [Explore the primer →]( [Now Available]( [Picture of The Unicorn Purifies Water tapestry]( [Insider Insights: The Unicorn Purifies Water from the Unicorn Tapestries]( The Met Cloisters is open! As you [plan your visit](, join Met experts for an in-depth look at [The Unicorn Purifies Water](, the most lyrical of The Met's famous ensemble The Unicorn Tapestries. [Watch now →]( [Images of fashion model and advocate Bethann Hardison; model, activist, and philanthropist Naomi Campbell; and model, author, and entrepreneur Iman.]( MetSpeaks [The Atelier with Alina Cho: Bethann Hardison, Naomi Campbell, and Iman]( Join journalist Alina Cho with fashion model and advocate Bethann Hardison; model, activist, and philanthropist Naomi Campbell; and model, author, and entrepreneur Iman for a conversation on their personal journeys, racial diversity in fashion, the current moment, and their hopes for the future. [Watch now →]( [Image of Nursing uniform at The Costume Institute.]( MetTours [Insider Insights—Symbols of Service: Nursing and Red Cross Uniforms at The Costume Institute]( Join Met experts for a peek into The Costume Institute's collection of nursing-related uniforms in appreciation of healthcare workers past and present. [Watch now →]( [From The Met Store]( [Monopoly: The Met Edition - Shop now]( [Plan Your Visit]( The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters are now open! [Watch this video]( or check out the [visitor guidelines page]( to learn about our [new health and safety protocols](. Please note that our [opening days and hours have changed](. Entry to the Museum will be by timed ticket or reservation only and capacity will be limited. See the [visitor guidelines page]( for more information on reserving or buying tickets in advance. [Buy or reserve your tickets now →]( [The Met Fifth Avenue]( 1000 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10028 [The Met Cloisters]( 99 Margaret Corbin Drive Fort Tryon Park New York, NY 10040 [metmuseum.org]( [Explore]( [Membership]( [Donate]( [Manage Your Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe]( For more information about the exhibitions, including sponsorship credits, see [The Roof Garden Commission: Héctor Zamora, Lattice Detour]( and [Making The Met, 1870–2020](. The Primer is made possible by Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne. It is supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Director's Fund. For Education program funders, visit [metmuseum.org/educationfundingsupport](. Your support allows the Museum to collect, conserve, and present 5,000 years of world art. [Donate now.]( Comments are welcome at [metmuseum_newsletter@metmuseum.org](mailto:MetMuseum_Newsletter@metmuseum.org). Images: Young 20th- and 21st-century viewers gaze at [Washington Crossing the Delaware](, 1851, by Emanuel Leutze. Left: Archival photo from The Met archives. Right: Photo by Roderick Aichinger. Composite image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York | Additional images and footage courtesy of the artist and Ladrillera Mecanizada | [The Unicorn Purifies Water (from the Unicorn Tapestries)](, 1495-1505, France [Paris]; The Netherlands [Southern Netherlands]. Wool warp with wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts, overall: 145 x 149 in. (368.3 x 378.5 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1937 (37.80.2)