To confirm scheduling and dates, call the Communications Department at To be added to the e-mail list, please contact us at communications metmuseum. The causes of illnesses were little understood in ancient Egypt, and their prevention and cure were a major concern for most Egyptiansβone that informs much of ancient Egyptian art, yet has been given relatively little attention.
This exhibition highlights objects from the Museum's collection that address this concern, allowing visitors to appreciate them in new ways. One of the world's oldest scientific documents, this foot medical papyrus deals with the treatment of wounds both practically and magically. The exhibition is made possible in part by Raymond and Beverly Sackler.
Additional support for the exhibition and its accompanying catalogue has been provided by The Adelaide Milton de Groot Fund, in memory of the de Groot and Hawley families. Press preview: Monday, September 12, a. An American original in the truest sense, Iris Barrel Apfel is one of the most vivacious personalities in the worlds of fashion, textiles, and interior design and has cultivated a personal style that is both witty and exuberantly idiosyncratic.
The exhibition inaugurates a new phase in the collecting and exhibiting of dress accessories by the Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute. Highlights include individual accessories ranging from a Gripoix brooch to a Roger Jean-Pierre necklace, a Mexican turquoise and hammered-silver belt to a Central Asian silver choker, a pair of 18th-century paste earrings to a pair of modern plastic cuffs. The remarkable flowering of art that resulted is celebrated in an exhibition that draws together some stunning examples including panel paintings, goldsmiths' work, illuminated manuscripts, sculpture, silk embroideries, and stained glass.
These little-known masterpieces attest to the wide-ranging achievements of the hundreds of artists affiliated with Prague and the Bohemian crown during the reign of Charles IV and his two sons, Wenceslas IV and Sigismund. The exhibition draws on numerous collections in the Czech Republic as well as other European and American collections.
