Museum: Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
 

Museum: Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

by Danny Danziger

A unique oral portrait of the Met, drawing on interviews with everyone from the director to the security guards

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the greatest museums in the world. It is an enormous place that takes up five city blocks and has more than two million square feet of space, filled with treasures everywhere the eye can see. There are exquisite vases, jewelry,... (read more)

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JulieK
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Really enjoyed this. I was expecting more of a narrative, but it turned out to be excerpts from interviews with 50+ Met staff members, including curators, cleaners, trustees, and security guards. Reading their own words about what it's like to work there was really interesting. At first I was a little disappointed that the interviews were heavily weighted toward curators, but I ended up feeling it was a good thing, as reading their musings about the collections under their care was a good way...

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