The Met Political Geography editor Julia V

editor Julia V

On a trip to Brussels

the roaring twenties seem not to have arrived

elegant recipes that will transport food lovers

on what it indeed might mean to happen

The Met Political Geography editor Julia VNew York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the world's greatest cultural institutions. Its holdings encompass a vast range including paintings, sculptures, costumes, instruments, and arms and armor and span millennia, from ancient Egypt and Greece to Islamic art to European Old Masters and modern artists. How did the Met amass this trove, and what do the experiences of the people who bought, restored, catalogued, visited, and watched over