Highlights of The Met Cloisters

Join curators, conservators, and horticulturists as they discuss some projects they have been working on over the past year and experience the magic of The Met Cloisters.
Featuring:
Griffith Mann, Michel David-Weill Curator in Charge, The Met Cloisters
Carly Still, Managing Horticulturist, The Met Cloisters
Lucretia Kargere, Conservator, The Met Cloisters
Julia Perratore, Assistant Curator, The Met Cloisters
Yvette Weaver, Assistant Horticulturist, The Met Cloisters
Featured Artwork:
Book of Flower Studies, ca. 1510-1515, Made in Tours, France (acc. no. 2019.197)
Altar Predella and Socle of Archbishop Don Dalmau de Mur ca. 1456-1458, Made in Saragossa, Aragon, Spain (acc. no. 09.146)
Apse from San Martin at Fuentidueña, ca. 1175-1200, Made in Segovia, Castile-León, Spain (L.58.86a-f)
Video by Steadfast Productions in association with The Met
Steadfast Productions:
Director and Editor: Ben Poster
Producer: Shanthi Blanchard
Director of Photography: Gregg Conde
2nd Camera: Jason Chau
AC: John Henri Coene
Sound: Tyson Dai
Production Assistants: Jackie Monoson, Taicha Morin
Sound Mix: Marco Morales
Music: Austin Fisher
The Met:
Managing Producer: Kate Farrell
Producer: Melissa Bell
Production Coordinator: Bryan Martin
Production Assistant: Lela Jenkins
Membership: Allison Sokaris, Frederica Wald, Cassandra Connors
The Cloisters: Christina Alphonso, Andrew Winslow, Lambert Fernando, and John Rousseau
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[@coreygrua3271]

This video is enough to make me want to live in New York City. The Met has SO much to fill my soul, and the souls of millions. I appreciate our local museums even more now. WonderFUL!

[@jerusalmit12]

Absolutely adore Cloisters, inside and outside. I visit every time, often multiple times when in New York.

[@raulsimon2218]

Beautiful tour of the Cloisters, my favorite place in NYC.

[@yfrontsguy]

Great to see humble plants like dandelions so appreciated and Lucretia in her element! Very interested to see snowdrops in that old book too. Early illustrations of galanthus are quite rare.

[@brylorbs69]

Practical botany and luscious art. Thank you!! Looking forward to a visit.

[@margaretfarquhar9567]

Thank you for transporting me to The Cloisters in all its calm beauty🙏

[@christianfrommuslim]

Wonderful presentation. The enthusiasm and openness of the staff is contagious.

[@bernardob1005]

Amazing inside look - please keep releasing these videos!

[@taythemay4451]

Working at a place like this would have been a dream. This is beautiful.

[@biancahicks1359]

Thank you for this beautiful presentation!

[@susaneschrich3648]

I really enjoyed this presentation. Thank you!!!

[@amymarch1780]

First time I saw The Cloisters was in West Side Story (2021). I remember thinking how beautiful it was.

[@user-po3ko9yb5w]

So happy to have stumbled across this breathtaking episode. I am planning to come see all this with my own eyes come spring. The ladies are all very special and knowledgeable in their own rights. What a joy it must be to belong to such a inspirational group of colleagues, thank you all

[@hectorquinones5184]

Thank You for this wonderful tour and for Your commitment. Looking forward to returning to this magical place in the near future. I will see everything; structure, art and flowers, with brand new and more illuminated eyes.💜

[@danielsemanda7484]

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[@dafnimbus]

I am reading a book called the cloisters now.

[@AndersBu]

Warw So so vell made and easy to understand !!

[@voltair42]

This video was auto played after a comedy video about an audio tour of the MET Cloisters led to a battal royal... I have found this hilarious.

[@joshuaguting7952]

The MET cloisters was my favorite part of my Manhattan trip.

[@willagnes8376]

Love this place.

[@hummersd]

Love this! Out of curiosity for the timing of the blooming of those flowers, was this filmed in Spring?

[@metmuseum]

Hi, great catch! Yes, this was originally filmed in late spring.

[@AndYourLittleDog]

Anybody else get anxiety when he blew on the dandelion clock?

[@metmuseum]

So did our Cloisters staff!

[@keleniengaluafe2600]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@harperwelch5147]

Where is this building? Belongs to the Met, so somewhere in NY?

[@Brilliantnash]

Fort Tryon Park

[@raquelcastillo4954]

🌷🌷🌷🌷

[@Adam-ix2sn]

is this the same met that hosts the horrendous fashion event? could have fooled me with this to compare too.

[@amatteroflogic]

Only 52 views?

[@1keithvincent]

Rather shocked to see any curator NOT wearing gloves when turning the pages of a rare manuscript.

[@linuszimmermann6120]

You are more likely to damage books when wearing gloves. There are entire books written on this topic of why one shouldn't wear gloves. Every major institution, like the Met Cloisters has abandoned them for several reasons, i.e. Gloves don't protect the book, they only increase the risk of tearing pages.

[@PinochleIsALie]

​@@linuszimmermann6120 And isn't there something too about the oils in your hand actually helping to preserve the pages? I think it's come up on the Objectivity channel before

[@golgumbazguide...4113]

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[@tennissir1986]

The Cloisters is an exciting place. This narrator and video made it look very boring.