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Explore over 1,700 titles published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, including books, museum guides, and periodicals from the last six decades.
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a watercolor and graphite painting of an Indigenous man in profile
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A Time of Crisis: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 78, no. 2 (Fall 2020)
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The New British Galleries: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v.77, no. 4 (Spring, 2020)
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Rayyane Tabet/Alien Property: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v.77, no. 2 (Fall, 2019)
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About Us

MetPublications is an online portal to The Metropolitan Museum of Art's comprehensive art publishing program. It features over 1700 titles, including books, guides, Bulletins and Journals from the last six decades. The full contents of over 1400 out-of-print titles may be read online, searched, or downloaded as a PDF for free. Publications still in-print may be previewed and fully searched online through a link to Google Books.

Each publication’s unique record includes links to artworks in The Met Collection that are featured in the book. These connections allow readers to discover recent scholarship and further resources on each object's Collection page. Publication records also include the title's description, table of contents, author bios, reviews, awards, information on any accompanying exhibitions, links to related essays on the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, links to related titles by author and subject, and links to facilitate access to physical copies of the publication, including library resources such as WATSONLINE and WorldCat.

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