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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. Learn more about each library and study center, including hours, access, and specialty; or view fifty highlights from the libraries' holdings of rare first editions, artists' treatises and manuals, illustrated atlases, and more. |
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WATSONLINE Catalog
WATSONLINE, the Museum libraries' online catalog, provides access to bibliographic records for 690,000 volumes, including 14,000 serial titles, 125,000 auction catalogues, and 28,000 vertical files in the collections of the Museum's twenty-six libraries. WATSONLINE also cites items that are on order or in process, as well as partial holdings of archival collections. The Thomas J. Watson Library is open to all Museum staff and researchers who are college age and older. (See the Watson Library's Guidelines for Admission.) Readers are advised to search WATSONLINE before visiting the Museum in person to check for location and availability. |
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Fellowships
As one of the greatest research institutions in the world, the Metropolitan Museum of Arts' Fellowship Program is dedicated to supporting the continued scholarly investigation into the Museum's encyclopedic collections and furthering the fields of art history, art conservation and scientific research. The Museum welcomes scholars from the United States and around the world and fully engages them in the intellectual life of the museum. Learn more about programs for graduate students and senior scholars. |
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Internships
Internship opportunities exist for college and graduate students interested in careers in art museums. Learn more about paid and upaid, full- or part-time internships. Internship programs for High School students are also available. |
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Image Resources
The Image Library consists of digital images, color transparencies, 35mm slides, and black-and-white photographs documenting the Museum's vast and rich collection. Many of these images are available for study, editorial, and commercial use. Please note that as of July 1, 2009, Art Resource is acting as the Museum's primary agent for the worldwide distribution and fulfillment of all external licensing requests for the Museum's images. To submit a request, please use our image request form, which will be submitted directly to Art Resource. Learn more about the Image Library. See Visitor Tips for information about the Museum's photography policy. |
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The Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education
The Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education, with more than 25,000 square feet of public space, is designed to provide the optimal environment for learning, study, and inspiration. The beautiful new classrooms, studios, and library reaffirm the Museum's commitment to quality in the more than 20,000 educational programs and events it offers each year. |
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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. Learn more about resources for teachers and their students at the Museum. |
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Online Resources
This website provides extensive art historical resources via the Collection Database and the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, as well as access to WATSONLINE, the online catalogue for the Museum's libraries. In addition to the services offered at its physical location in the Thomas J. Watson Library, the Museum also maintains an index of useful links through the social bookmarking tool Delicious. |
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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. Many lectures are archived on the Museum's YouTube channel and on iTunes U. Search the calendar for upcoming lectures. |
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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. |
Plan Your Visit
Museum Hours
Monday: Closed (Except Met Holiday Mondays)
Tuesday–Thursday: 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Friday and Saturday: 9:30 a.m.–9:00 p.m.
Sunday: 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
See Plan Your Visit for more information, including directions.
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