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Behind-the-scenes with Conservation Stories, "How to Read Portraits", and more. [View in browser]( [The Met]( [Met News]( [Art in your inbox]( [Conservation Stories: Channeling Edward]( [Conservation Stories: Channeling Edward]( Go behind the scenes at The Met with photographer Eileen Travell as she channels the spirit of Edward C. Moore (1827–1891)—the creative force who led Tiffany & Co. to unparalleled originality and success during the second half of the 19th century. [Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co.]( is now on view through October 20, 2024. [Watch now →]( [How to Read Portraits]( [How to Read Portraits]( Art historian Kathryn Calley Galitz takes a deep dive into portraiture from Ancient Roman coins to Instagram selfies. Her latest book, [How to Read Portraits](, is available for purchase in The Met Store.[Read now →]( [Immaterial: Space, Part 2]( [Immaterial: Space, Part 2]( The Met is 21 buildings nested together like puzzle pieces, and it takes 400,000 light bulbs to illuminate all the spaces. But who actually changes those light bulbs? [Listen now →]( [Discovering My Roots]( [Discovering My Roots]( Met staff member Lela Jenkins unearths her family history through the photography of James Van Der Zee and Harvey Cook Jackson. [Read more →]( [Exhibition Tour—The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism]( [Exhibition Tour—The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism]( Join Dr. Denise M. Murrell, Merryl H. and James S. Tisch Curator at Large in The Met's Director's Office, for a virtual tour of the groundbreaking exhibition [The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism](, on view through July 28, 2024. [Watch now →]( [Exhibition Highlights]( [Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion]( [Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion]( Through September 2, 2024 The Met Fifth Avenue [Anxiety and Hope in Japanese Art]( [Anxiety and Hope in Japanese Art]( CLOSING SOON Through July 14, 2024 The Met Fifth Avenue [New York Art Worlds, 1870–1890]( [New York Art Worlds, 1870–1890]( CLOSING SOON Through July 21, 2024 The Met Fifth Avenue [The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism]( [The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism]( CLOSING SOON Through July 28, 2024 The Met Fifth Avenue [Chinese Painting and Calligraphy: Selections from the Collection]( [Chinese Painting and Calligraphy: Selections from the Collection]( OPENING SOON July 13, 2024–January 5, 2025 The Met Fifth Avenue [Mary Sully: Native Modern]( [Mary Sully: Native Modern]( OPENING SOON July 18, 2024–January 12, 2025 The Met Fifth Avenue [Inspiring Design: The Book Collection of Tiffany & Co.'s Edward C. Moore]( [Inspiring Design: The Book Collection of Tiffany & Co.'s Edward C. Moore]( OPENING SOON July 18–October 22, 2024 The Met Fifth Avenue [Ink and Ivory: Indian Drawings and Photographs Selected with James Ivory]( [Ink and Ivory: Indian Drawings and Photographs Selected with James Ivory]( OPENING SOON July 29, 2024–May 4, 2025 The Met Fifth Avenue [From The Met Store]( [Holiday Preview]( [Plan Your Visit]( See the [Plan Your Visit page]( for more information about buying tickets in advance. Please note our [current opening days and hours for each location](. See our [visitor guidelines]( for the latest health and safety updates. 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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: Njideka Akunyili Crosby (Nigerian, b. 1983). [Mother and Child](, 2016. Acrylic, transfer printing, colored pencil, cut and pasted paper, and printed fabric on paper, 95 3/4 in. x 10 ft. 4 1/4 in. (243.2 x 315.6 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation Gift, 2017 (2017.106). © Njideka Akunyili Crosby. | Pitcher, Tiffany & Co. 1878. Silver, copper, brass, gold-silver alloy, copper-gold alloy. Private Collection, New York | William H. Johnson (American, 1901–1970). Woman in Blue, c. 1943. Oil on burlap, 35 x 27 in. (88.9 x 68.6 cm). Clark Atlanta University Art Museum, Permanent Loan from the National Collection of Fine Art, 1969.013 | Jun Takahashi (Japanese, born 1969) for Undercover (Japanese, founded 1990). Dress, spring/summer 2024. Reinforced 3-D-printed clear resin containing purple silk plain-weave roses, green silk velvet leaves, and yellow and purple silk plain-weave butterflies overlaid with yellow nylon tulle and trimmed with yellow embossed leather. Courtesy Undercover. Photography © Nick Knight, 2024 | Detail of “Universal Gateway,” Chapter 25 of the Lotus Sutra, Japan, Kamakura Period (1185–1333), dated 1257. Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on paper. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Louisa Eldridge McBurney Gift, 1953. | Louis Lang (American, 1814–1893). Art Students, ca. 1871. Oil on canvas, 26 7/8 x 23 1/4 in. (68.3 x 59.1 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Morris K. Jesup Fund, 1999 (1999.143) | Unidentified Artist, Inscriptions on the Stone Drums (Eastern Zhou dynasty, 5th century B.C.). Set of rubbings in ten sections mounted as a pair of handscrolls; ink on paper, Image (scroll a): 16 1/2 × 257 1/4 in. (41.9 × 653.4 cm) Image (scroll b): 16 3/4 × 265 5/8 in. (42.5 × 674.7 cm) Overall with mounting (each) H. 17 3/4 in. (45.1 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Wan-go H. C. Weng, 1992 (1992.166.1a, b) | Mary Sully (Dakota, 1896–1963). Alice (detail), ca. 1920s–40s. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Morris K. Jesup Fund and funds from various donors, 2023 | George Ward Nichols (1831-1885). Art Education Applied to Industry 1877, Harper & Brothers, publishers. United States, New York. Illustrated book, 211 pages, [1] leaf of plates, H. 24 cm. Thomas J. Watson Library (159 N52). | Buffaloes in Combat (detail), Attributed to Miskin, India, Mughal, late sixteenth century, Ink, watercolor, and gold on paper, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1983 (1983.258)