NEW YORK, NY.- Mark Polizzotti has been appointed Publisher and Editor in Chief at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he will oversee all aspects of the Museum’s scholarly publishing program, it was announced today by Director Thomas P. Campbell. …
Alexander McQueen’s Iconic Designs to be Celebrated in Spring 2011 Costume Institute Retrospective
NEW YORK, NY.- The spring 2011 exhibition organized by The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, it was announced by the Museum today. The exhibition, on view from May 4 through July 31, 2011 (pre…
Metropolitan and Egypt Announce Initiative to Recognize Egypt’s Title to Objects from Tut’s Tomb
NEW YORK, NY.- Thomas P. Campbell, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt, announced jointly today that, effective immediately, the Museum will acknowled…
Alexander McQueen’s Iconic Designs to be Celebrated in Spring 2011 Costume Institute Retrospective
NEW YORK, NY.- The spring 2011 exhibition organized by The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, it was announced by the Museum today. The exhibition, on view from May 4 through July 31, 2011 (pre…
Metropolitan and Egypt Announce Initiative to Recognize Egypt’s Title to Objects from Tut’s Tomb
NEW YORK, NY.- Thomas P. Campbell, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt, announced jointly today that, effective immediately, the Museum will acknowled…
Metropolitan and Egyptian Government Announce Initiative to Recognize Egypt’s Title to Objects from Tut’s Tomb
NEW YORK, NY.- Thomas P. Campbell, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt, announced jointly today that, effective immediately, the Museum will acknowled…
Thomas P. Campbell Announces Curatorial and Conservation Appointments at Metropolitan Museum
NEW YORK, NY.- Thomas P. Campbell, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, announced three appointments within the Museum’s curatorial and conservation departments: • Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser as Curator in The American Wing; • Jennifer Perry…
Important Roman Sculpture Joins Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
NEW YORK, NY.- An ancient Roman group statue of great importance and beauty—a depiction of the Three Graces of Greek mythology—has been acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, it was announced today by Thomas P. Campbell, the Museum’s Dir…
Metropolitan Announces 5.24 Million Annual Attendance, Highest Since 2001
NEW YORK, NY.- Attendance at The Metropolitan Museum of Art reached 5,240,000 visitors during the fiscal year that ends today, June 30, the Museum has announced. This is the first year since 2001 that attendance at the Metropolitan has exceeded five mi…