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Museum Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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ISBN-10: 067003861X

ISBN-13: 9780670038619

Edition: N/A

Authors: Danny Danziger

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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, tapestry, baseball cards, Egyptian mummies, sculptures, and furniture, and many of the most famous and recognized paintings in the world, from Van Gogh to Rembrandt, Monet, and El Greco. But this famous institution, which attracts four million visitors a year, is not just about objects. This is a place that is…    
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Book details

List price: $27.95
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Publication date: 6/21/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Preface
Acknowledgments
Juan Aranda, Cleaner
John Barelli, Chief Security Officer, Security Department
Carrie Rebora Barratt, Curator, American Paintings and Sculpture, and Manager, The Henry R. Luce Center for the Study of American Art
Michael Barry, Patti Cadby Birch Consultative Chairman, Islamic Art
Robert Bethea, Jr., Associate Coordinator of Information Services, Visitor Services Department
J. Nicholas Cameron, Vice President of Construction
Thomas P. Campbell, Curator, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, and Supervising Curator, Antonio Ratti Textile Center
Lorraine Chevallier, Waitress
Keith Christiansen, Jayne Wrightsman Curator, European Paintings
George Cuesta, Maintainer, Plumbing Shop
Malcolm Daniel, Curator in Charge, Photographs
Michel David-Weill, Trustee
Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, Anthony W. and Lulu C. Wang Curator, American Decorative Arts
George R. Goldner, Drue Heinz Chairman, Drawings and Prints
Maxwell K. Hearn, Douglas Dillon Curator, Asian Art
Morrison H. Heckscher, Lawrence A. Fleischman Chairman of the American Wing
Harold Holzer, Senior Vice President for External Affairs
James R. Houghton, Chairman, Board of Trustees
Laurence B. Kanter, Curator in Charge, Robert Lehman Collection
Harold Koda, Curator in Charge, The Costume Institute
Henry R. Kravis, Trustee
Walter Liedtke, Curator, European Paintings
Christopher S. Lightfoot, Associate Curator, Greek and Roman Art
Hilde Limondjian, General Manager, Concerts & Lectures
Eric Longo, Director of Client Services, Antenna Audio, Inc.
Jessie McNab, Associate Curator, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Philippe de Montebello, Director and Chief Executive Officer
J. Kenneth Moore, Frederick P. Rose Curator in Charge, Musical Instruments
James Moran, NYPD
Herbert M. Moskowitz, Chief Registrar
John P. O'Neill, Editor in Chief and General Manager of Publications, Editorial Department
Sally Pearson, Vice President and General Manager of Merchandise and Retail
Amelia Peck, Marcia F. Vilcek Curator, American Decorative Arts
Stuart W. Pyhrr, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Curator in Charge, Arms & Armor
Annette de la Renta, Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees
Sabine Rewald, Jacques and Natasha Gelman Curator, Department of Nineteenth-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art
Jeff L. Rosenheim, Associate Curator, Photographs
E. John Rosenwald, Jr., Trustee
Raymond Smith, Copyist
Kenneth Soehner, Arthur K. Watson Chief Librarian, Thomas J. Watson Library
James Spann, Travel Associate, Tourism and Group Services, Visitor Services Department
Ira Spar, Research Assyriologist, Ancient Near Eastern Art
Donna Williams Sutton, Senior Audience Development Officer, External Affairs
Mahrukh Tarapor, Director for International Affairs, Geneva Office, and Associate Director for Exhibitions
Thayer Tolles, Associate Curator, American Paintings and Sculpture
Remco van Vliet, Florist
Lulu C. Wang, Trustee
William Westfield, Senior Fire Safety Officer
Linden Havemeyer Wise, Special Counsel, Office of the Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
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