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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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The 2016 GMLC directors and GMLC Moderator, András Szántó, pause for a brief moment after their tour of The Met's main building and rooftops.
The 2016 GMLC directors, along with Liz Glassman (President and CEO of the Terra Foundation for American Art), convene in the Engelhard Scupture Court for a Collection Spotlight on The Met's American Wing with members of the department's curatorial team, including Ronda Kasl (Curator), Amelia Peck (Marica F. Vilcek Curator), and Sylvia Yount (Lawrence A. Fleischman Curator in Charge).
On the final day of the 2016 GMLC Yusuf Natsheh (Director of Tourism and Archaeology, Al-Aqsa Mosque, Awqaf Administration), Polyxeni Adam-Veleni (Director, National Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki), Paola D'Agostino (Director, Museo Nazionale del Bargello), and Thomas Berghuis (Director, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara - MACAN) present their outcomes from the small-group workshop sessions.
2016 GMLC participants Adriano Pedrosa (Artistic Director, Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand – MASP), Yusuf Natsheh (Director of Tourism and Archaeology, Al-Aqsa Mosque, Awqaf Administration), and Nick Mitzevich (Director, Art Gallery of South Australia) engage with The Met's Deputy Director for Collections and Administration, Carrie Barratt, during a Focus Session on collections planning and care.
The Met's Director and CEO, Thomas P. Campbell, presents alongside Nick Mitzevich (Director, Art Gallery of South Australia) at the 2016 GMLC Forum: "Rethinking Relevance: Museums in the 21st Century."
Nick Mitzevich (Director, Art Gallery of South Australia), Mikkel Bogh (Director, Staten Museum for Kunst), Pema Wangchuk (Curatorial Director, Royal Textile Academy of Bhutan), and Zeina Arida (Director, Nicolas Ibrahim Sursock Museum) generate ideas for global museum engagement during a small-group workshop session.
The GMLC directors engage in a behind-the-scenes, Collections Spotlight tour with Navina Haidar, Curator in The Met's Department of Islamic Art.
Nick Mitzevich (Director, Art Gallery of South Australia), Alisa LaGamma (The Met's Ceil and Michael E. Pulitzer Curator of the Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas), Diana Craig Patch (The Met's Lila Acheson Wallace Curator in Charge of the Department of Egyptian Art), and Nadine Orenstein (The Met's Drue Heinz Curator in Charge of the Department of Drawings and Prints) converse at a GMLC reception at the home of Daniel and Estrellita Brodsky.
Yusuf Natsheh (Director of Tourism and Archaeology, Al-Aqsa Mosque, Awqaf Administration), Zeina Arida (Director, Nicolas Ibrahim Sursock Museum), Jamal Omar (Director General, National Museum of Saudi Arabia), Rooksana Omar (CEO, Iziko Museums of South Africa), Adriano Pedrosa (Artistic Director, Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand – MASP), and Thomas Berghuis (Director, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara - MACAN) discuss the place of museums within the global cultural landscape with Arthur Cohen, Founder and CEO of LaPlaca Cohen.
Nora Kennedy (The Met's Sherman Fairchild Conservator in Charge of the Department of Photograph Conservation), 2016 GMLC director Rooksana Omar (Chief Executive Officer, Iziko Museums), and 2014 GMLC participant Renata da Motta share a quiet moment during a GMLC evening reception.
Melinda Watt, Associate Curator in The Met's Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts and the Supervising Curator of the Antonio Ratti Textile Center, provides a tour of the Ratti Center for Nick Mitzevich (Director, Art Gallery of South Australia) and Pema Wangchuk (Curatorial Director, Royal Textile Academy of Bhutan).
The 2016 GMLC directors enjoy a #emptyMet tour, including a special viewing of the projected colors on The Met's iconic Temple of Dendur.
2016 Global Museum Leaders Colloquium (GMLC)
U.S.A.
April 2016
From April 11–22, 2016, The Metropolitan Museum of Art hosted the third annual Global Museum Leaders Colloquium (GMLC) for museum directors from around the world. This year's 12 participants hailed from: Australia, Bhutan, Brazil, Denmark, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Jerusalem, Lebanon, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa. With the exception of Brazil and South Africa, all of the countries represented were new to the Colloquium.
The GMLC provides a 360-degree view of current museum practices worldwide, placing a strong emphasis on institutional leadership and strategic problem-solving. A significant portion of the program is reserved for open dialogue among the invited directors, who present case studies on their institutions and meet in group workshops to address timely issues confronting museums and propose new models for collaboration. GMLC participants work with Met experts across all departments and make site visits to cultural institutions around New York.
The 2016 GMLC was hosted by the Office of the Director and made possible by Gilbert and Ildiko Butler. Major support was provided by Jan and Marica Vilcek. It was also supported in part by the Terra Foundation for American Art and the Onassis Foundation (U.S.A.).
The GMLC provides a 360-degree view of current museum practices worldwide, placing a strong emphasis on institutional leadership and strategic problem-solving. A significant portion of the program is reserved for open dialogue among the invited directors, who present case studies on their institutions and meet in group workshops to address timely issues confronting museums and propose new models for collaboration. GMLC participants work with Met experts across all departments and make site visits to cultural institutions around New York.
The 2016 GMLC was hosted by the Office of the Director and made possible by Gilbert and Ildiko Butler. Major support was provided by Jan and Marica Vilcek. It was also supported in part by the Terra Foundation for American Art and the Onassis Foundation (U.S.A.).
