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    About The Met Around the World

The Met Around the World presents the Met’s work via the global scope of its collection and as it extends across the nation and the world through a variety of domestic and international initiatives and programs, including exhibitions, excavations, fellowships, professional exchanges, conservation projects, and traveling works of art.
The Met Around the World is designed and maintained by the Office of the Director.

Traveling
Exhibitions

The Met organizes large and small exhibitions that travel beyond the Museum's walls, extending our scholarship to institutions across the world. See our national and international traveling exhibition program from 2009 to the present.

Traveling
Works of Art

The Met lends works of art to exhibitions and institutions worldwide to expose its collection to the broadest possible audience. See our current national and international loans program.

Conservation
Projects

The preservation of works of art is a fundamental part of the Met's mission. Our work in this area includes treating works of art from other collections. See our national and international conservation activities from 2009 to the present.

Excavations

The Met has conducted excavations for over 100 years in direct partnership with source countries at some of the most important archaeological sites in the world. Today we continue this tradition in order to gain greater understanding of our ancient collections. See our national and international excavation program from the Met's founding to the present.

Fellows

The Met hosts students, scholars, and museum professionals so that they can learn from our staff and pursue independent research in the context of the Met's exceptional resources and facilities. See the activities of our current national and international fellows.

Exchanges & Collaborations

The Met's work takes many forms, from participation in exchange programs at partnering institutions and worldwide symposia to advising on a range of museum issues. These activities contribute to our commitment to advancing the work of the larger, global community of art museums. See our national and international exchange program and other collaborations from 2009 to the present.

There are currently no international activities in this region.
Exchanges & Collaborations
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  • Andrew W. Mellon Foundation participants on a trip to University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
  • Gallery of Chinese Buddhist Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art curator of Asian art Jason Sun in the storeroom, preparing for session with Mellon Chinese participants.

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Cultural Exchange Program

China

2001–2010

Since its inception a decade ago, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Cultural Exchange Program has offered Chinese professionals the opportunity to study the structure and administration of American museums and how they organize cultural and educational activities. The first participant spent nine months in the United States, part of that time in residence at the Met and part traveling nationally to other museums and institutions. He familiarized himself with best practices and, once back home, translated these ideas to museums in Beijing as well as to regional museums throughout China.

Made possible by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
 
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