From its beginning in 1870, The Metropolitan Museum of Art has published catalogues of special exhibitions and guides to its permanent collection. A vast and diverse public is reached through the Museum's various publications, which now include—in addition to the exhibition and collection catalogues and periodicals, such as the quarterly Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin and the annual Metropolitan Museum Journal—a wide range of educational publications, CD-ROMs, gift books, and books and activities for children. Copies of many Met publications—including some that are no longer in print—are available for study at the Museum in Nolen Library. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bibliography is comprised of the nearly two thousand titles that the Museum has published since 1964. Part of the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, the bibliography serves as a primary research and teaching tool about the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Purchase selected titles in The Met Store. The Metropolitan Museum of Art 2008 Publications Catalogue   View entire 2008 Publications Catalogue, including ordering information.   Ordering Information

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's 2008 Publications Catalogue describes our newest publications and also includes a listing of all backlist titles published by the Museum that were in print as of August 2008.

This Publications Catalogue provides a description of the new books published by the Museum between the fall of 2007 and fall of 2008, including exhibition catalogues and non-exhibition publications, such as the Metropolitan Museum Journal, gift books, children's books, CD-ROMs, resources for educators, and periodicals. It includes a listing of all titles in print arranged alphabetically and indexed extensively by subject.

Books from The Metropolitan Museum of Art are important to art lovers, scholars, and students, and they make significant gifts that have a cachet of their own. The catalogue includes complete ordering information (PDF); select titles can be ordered through The Met Store. Many of the Museum's books are distributed by outside publishers and are also available at your local bookstore and through online booksellers. Go to www.worldcat.org to search for a particular title at a library near you.

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