Publishing for @metmuseum since 1870. Explore our titles online with MetPublications (đź”— below). Recent catalogues available for purchase @themetstore .
Ever wonder how art books are made?
Follow @MetPubs as we print the “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” exhibition catalogue.
Get your copy of the book @TheMetStore and don’t miss the @MetCostumeInstitute exhibition on view through September 2, 2024 @MetMuseum .
Celebrate International Drawing Day with five free books about drawings throughout history!
✍️ Dürer and Beyond: Central European Drawings, 1400–1700
✍️ Persian Drawings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
✍️ French Architectural and Ornament Drawings of the Eighteenth Century
✍️ Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Italian Drawings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
✍️ Pen and Parchment: Drawing in the Middle Ages
Click the link in the @metpubs bio to find these and hundreds of other titles on the MetPublications website.
Calling all Teens! đź“Ł
Make your own CMYK postcard, enter to win an art book, get free bookmarks, and meet the staff of the Publications and Editorial Department at Teens Take The Met!
Find us tonight, May 15, in the Museum’s Uris Center from 4pm to 8pm.
#TeensTakeTheMet #MetWho #MetTeens @MetTeens
Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with free Met publications on Asian and Pacific Islander art and culture.
Not sure where to start? Tap and hold or screenshot this Reel to get your reading recommendations.
Download any of these titles for free on the MetPublications website and read during the month of May!
“Costume Art”, the latest book from @MetCostumeInstitute , is dressed to impress.
This dynamically designed publication features a die-cut cover, three specialty papers, debossed details, and metallic silver foils.
It includes new photography of designs by Madame Grès, Alexander McQueen, Rick Owens, Madeleine Vionnet, and many more, all of which highlight fashion’s wide artistic inspirations—from Greek molded cuirass armor and carved Roman sculptures to manuscripts, enameled decorative figures, and grand painted canvases.
Get your copy now @TheMetStore , and don’t miss the exhibition on view at @MetMuseum May 10, 2026–January 10, 2027.
Happy Free Comic Book Day!
Find “Protocol and Response”, a graphic novella by John Jennings, in the #MetBulletin “Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room.”
Download for free on MetPublications, and check out the Afrofuturist period room on view @metmuseum in gallery 508.
Celebrate World Book Day with five free books about books! 📖 ↔️ 📖
📚A King’s Book of Kings: The Shah-nameh of Shah Tahmasp
📚The Academy of the Sword: Illustrated Fencing Books 1500–1800
đź“šThe Jaharis Gospel Lectionary: The Story of a Byzantine Book
📚The Emperors’ Album: Images of Mughal India
đź“š The Art of Illumination: The Limbourg Brothers and the Belles Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry
Click the link in the @metpubs bio to find these and hundreds of other titles on the MetPublications website.
#WorldBookDay
Did you know that the iconic buildings of European cityscapes started as architectural drawings?
“Gothic by Design” explores the draftsmanship of cathedrals and liturgical objects from the twelfth to early sixteenth century.Â
Read to learn more about these little-known drawings and Gothic design’s influence on architecture from the Renaissance to today.
Get your copy @TheMetStore and don’t miss the accompanying exhibition, on view @metmuseum through July 19, 2026.
Happy World Health Day!
Learn how the Ancient Egyptians cared for their health and wellness in this fascinating book, written by Egyptologist James P. Allen and physician David T. Mininberg.
Find “The Art of Medicine in Ancient Egypt” for free on MetPublications.
Read the definitive text on Raphael’s life, art, and enduring legacy.
“Raphael: Sublime Poetry” spans the short but spectacular life and career of a Renaissance master from his early training amid the culture of his native Urbino, through his prolific years in Florence, to his final, magnificent decade at the papal court in Rome.
Find your copy @TheMetStore and don’t miss the exhibition on view @MetMuseum through June 28, 2026.
“I paint because I have seen paintings that have made me happy. An inner power drives me to try to do something of the kind, and each time I have high hopes.” –Helene Schjerfbeck
Don’t miss your last chance to see “Seeing Silence: The Paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck” on view @MetMuseum through April 5th.
Get your copy of the book on the groundbreaking Nordic modernist @TheMetStore .
