Traveling Exhibitions
Traveling Works of Art
Conservation Projects
Excavations
Fellows
Exchanges & Collaborations
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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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Design submissions in the International Architectural Ideas Competition for The National Museum of Afghanistan.
Design submissions in the International Architectural Ideas Competition for The National Museum of Afghanistan.
Navina Haidar, Curator of Islamic Art at the Metropolitan Museum, discusses one of the proposed designs with a fellow juror.
International Architectural Ideas Competition Jury, The National Museum of Afghanistan
Afghanistan, U.S.A.
June 2012
To address security, storage, and environmental concerns surrounding The National Museum of Afghanistan, the U.S. Embassy-Kabul and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan organized the International Architectural Ideas Competition, soliciting design proposals for architectural renovations to the National Museum. The competition received approximately 80 submissions in the form of architectural and conceptual drawings, boards, and booklets.
In June 2012 a curator of Islamic Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art served on the competition's jury panel of experts and prominent arts philanthropists to judge the best design for the new structure. Jurors were tasked with examining the submissions and identifying a group, including the top three winners, for recommendation to the Afghan Minister of Information and Culture. Entries were judged on practicality, attention to security, aesthetic merit, propriety of symbol and style, future maintenance projections, local work generation, and other factors. U.S. and Afghan officials announced the winners of the competition in late 2012.
In June 2012 a curator of Islamic Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art served on the competition's jury panel of experts and prominent arts philanthropists to judge the best design for the new structure. Jurors were tasked with examining the submissions and identifying a group, including the top three winners, for recommendation to the Afghan Minister of Information and Culture. Entries were judged on practicality, attention to security, aesthetic merit, propriety of symbol and style, future maintenance projections, local work generation, and other factors. U.S. and Afghan officials announced the winners of the competition in late 2012.
