“How do we reconcile with what has happened in order to chart a different course and move towards liberation?” During her CPP artist residency, Alethea Pace collaborated alongside her community to reclaim the history of the Enslaved African Burial Ground in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx. Her work centers on deep listening, addresses the enduring impact of history, and urges the acknowledgment and redressal of historical harms for meaningful transformation. Reflecting on between wave and water, Pace says, “The hard thing about dance is the way you touch it for a moment. It's the beautiful thing about dance too. And I think it teaches me that we can be fully immersed in this experience, in this work and be fully present for it and to know that tomorrow it won’t be, there is a beautiful and painful thing at the same time.” Pace is a Bronx-based, interdisciplinary, movement-based artist committed to creating work in and with her community that is rooted in social justice. Her inquiry is grounded in an embodied practice that seeks answers within bodily knowledge, collective memory, and historical study. The Met’s Civic Practice Partnership (CPP), launched in 2017, catalyzes and implements creative projects that advance healthy communities by bringing the skills and interests of neighborhood stakeholders together with those of The Met and artists who are socially minded in their practice. Invited CPP artists work in their own neighborhoods across New York City and at The Met to develop and implement ambitious projects and forge meaningful collaborations. Learn more about Alethea Pace’s CPP residency: https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-m... The Civic Practice Project is made possible by The William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust. Subscribe for new content from The Met: https://www.youtube.com/user/metmuseum #TheMet #Art #TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt #Museum © 2025 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Take a look behind the scenes at The Met's various conservation studios. Conservators and scientists collaborate with curators to study, preserve, and conserve works from all periods and cultures held in the Museum's vast collection. Watch as conservators make some of your favorite objects available for exhibition, education, scholarship, and study.

Conserving Michelangelo

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Channeling Edward

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Conserving Degas

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Take a trip in time with selections from the Museum’s extensive moving-image archive, which comprises over 1,500 films, both made and collected by the Museum, from the 1920s onward. This includes rarely seen artist profiles and documentaries, process films about art-making techniques, behind-the-scenes footage of the Museum circa 1928, and a surprising history of cats at The Met.
MetKids Microscope is a show about the science behind the art (and the art behind the science!) at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Learn true stories about real discoveries from scientists at the Museum, and do some experiments on your own! Learn more about the series: https://www.metmuseum.org/perspectives/series/metkids-microscope Sign up for #MetKids newsletters: https://mail.metmuseum.org/k/The-Met/signup_form_metkids
The Museum's collection of musical instruments includes approximately five thousand examples from six continents and the Pacific Islands, dating from about 300 B.C. to the present. Selected for their technical and social importance as well as for their tonal and visual beauty, the instruments may be understood in a number of ways: as art objects, as ethnographic record, and as documents of the history of music and performance. Watch performances on these very objects as well as performances from other artists visiting The Met.

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