Met Anywhere: Inside the Museum

Bringing the Museum to your inbox. [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: Inside the Museum [Angela Reynolds, Gretchen Rubin, and Hai-Hsin Huang]( [Met Stories / Episode 8: Caregiving]( Linbania Jacobson tells the story of how her husband's dementia diagnosis led them to a program at The Met, which affirmed his humanity and gave meaning and joy to her role as a caregiver. Linbania, now a Volunteer with Met Access Programs, says, "I have found my new life." [Watch now →]( [Three people wearing gloves and face masks set butcher paper over a case in the middle of an art museum gallery]( [Adapting to a New Normal: Dispatches from the Empty Met]( When The Met closed its doors in March of this year, it began a new, uncertain chapter in the institution's 150-year history. We invited staff from across the Museum to send us dispatches from wherever they may be, about the innovative ways they were able to adapt, create, and care for the collection and each other as the world was struck by new and dangerous circumstances. [Read now →]( [A black-and-white photo of a man shrouded in all-white cloth]( [Visualizing and Reconnecting Protagonists of a Sahelian Past]( Over the last century alone, successive waves of migration from the Sahel have defined an influential and multigenerational global diaspora. This international presence comprises a significant part of the more than 170 million members who make up what the African Union refers to as Africa's sixth region: those who live outside its continental subdivisions of North, South, East, West, and Central Africa. [Read now →]( [Black and white photograph of Alfred Launder working in a Repair Shop, 1936]( [Watson Library Staff Picks]( Along with The Met's 150th celebrations, Watson Library has a series of blog posts and vitrine displays celebrating our hallmark year including staff picks—a selection of favorite books chosen by library staff from our encyclopedic collection which spans the entire history of art. [Read now →]( [Featured Videos]( [An Edifice for Art: The Architecture of the Met]( [An Edifice for Art: The Architecture of the Met]( Watch a video illustrating the Museum's evolution from a site in Central Park to a New York City landmark. [Watch now →]( [Drop-in Drawing: Portraiture]( [Drop-in Drawing: Portraiture]( Drop in anytime for a virtual session of our popular series and experience The Met collection through creative drawing challenges. Learn the fundamentals of capturing facial features in this lesson focused on drawing portraits and self-portraits. [Watch now →]( [The Unicorn Rests in a Garden (from the Unicorn Tapestries)]( [The Hunt of the Unicorn, 1974 | From the Vaults]( [The Met Cloisters is open!]( For those who can't make it to New York, this short film provides an opportunity to take a closer look at the Museum's seven beloved "Unicorn Tapestries." [Watch now →]( [From The Met Store]( [The Met 150 | Edit | Several top brands have joined us to mark our milestone anniversay. | 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](. From now through October 12, 2020, we are offering visitors free bicycle valet service located on The Met's plaza on Fifth Avenue near 83rd Street, north of the Museum's main entrance. [See the hours and details here.]( 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 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: Photograph by Meredith Reiss | A detail of the only surviving photo of Sheikh Amadu Bamba, taken in Djourbel, Senegal, c. 1913. Public-domain image courtesy [Wikimedia Commons](. | Alfred Launder (at left) in 1936, Repair Shop, Print Department. MMA Neg. No. M M 7595 | Samuel Joseph Brown, Jr. (American, 1907–1994), [Self-Portrait](, ca. 1941. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Pennsylvania W. P. A., 1943 (43.46.4)