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Libraries and Study Centers
The Museum's libraries contain books, periodicals, photographs, manuscripts, and other scholarly resources in printed and electronic formats. The Museum also maintains several specialized study centers with images, documentation, and actual objects on display or on reserve for examination by researchers. Learn more about each library and study center, including hours, access, and specialty; or view fifty highlights from the libraries' holdings of rare first editions, artists' treatises and manuals, illustrated atlases, and more. |
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Online Resources
This website provides extensive art historical resources via the Collection Database and the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, as well as access to WATSONLINE, the online catalogue for the Museum's
libraries. In addition to the services offered at its physical location in the Thomas J. Watson Library, the Lita Annenberg Hazen and Joseph H. Hazen
Center for Electronic Information Resources also maintains an index of useful links through the social bookmarking tool Delicious.
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Image Resources
The Image Library licenses digital files, color transparencies, and black-and-white photographs of objects in the Museum's collection. The Library also sells black-and-white photographs of objects in the Museum's collection for study or personal use. For purposes of publication, the Library policies and fees vary. Learn more about the Image Library. See Visitor Tips for information about the Museum's photography policy. |
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Teacher Resources
Programs, activities, workshops, and printed and electronic information developed by the Museum's Education Department allows teachers to integrate art into their daily curricula and to consider the Met's collection a virtual extension of their classrooms. Learn more about resources for teachers and their students at the Museum. |
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Lecture Archive
The Museum offers a variety of lectures, talks, and symposia throughout the year, many of which are free with Museum admission. Selected lecture transcripts, along with images and the other supplemental information, are made available in the Lecture Archive. Search the calendar for upcoming lectures. |
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Study and Research at the Met
High school and college students who are considering museum careers may apply for paid or unpaid, full- or part-time internships. Resident fellowships in art history and conservation are also available for qualified graduate students and senior museum curators. Learn more about these programs. |
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Met Publications
The Metropolitan Museum of Art publishes dozens of art-related books, exhibition catalogues, periodicals, and CD-ROMs each year. These range in scope and emphasis from scholarly monographs to introductory Museum guides to stories and histories for children. Learn more about the Met's publishing program and view the current Publications Catalogue, including ordering information.
Purchase selected titles in The Met Store. |
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