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Look Again, European Art 1300-1800
Exhibitions

Some of the exhibits on display currently include "Mexican Prints at the Vanguard," "Mandalas, Mapping the Buddhist Art of Tibet," "Siena: The Rising of Painting, 1300-1350," "Materialized Space: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph," "The Genesis Facade Commision: Lee Bul, Long Tail Halo," and "Look Again, European Paintings 1300-1800."

Exhibits
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Events

Upcoming events at the Met include "Storytime at The Met-- Celebrating Latine Heritage" (storytime every Tuesday and Thursday for picture-book readings), "Hello, Met!" (exploring art for ages 2-4), and "Met Expert Talks-- Philip Guston" (Deep dive into a selection of exhibition objects in our galleries).

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Tours
Free Tours

We offer free tours on a first come first serve basis!

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Team

Meet our team

Daira Eden Robert

Collections Manager

Daira Eden Robert was a graduate intern in 2014 and joined The Met full-time the following year. Her interests and responsibilities lie primarily in collections care. Her job is to ensure that objects are stored and displayed in accordance with best practice. She also manages the departmental database. Daira earned her BA in Near and Middle Eastern civilizations, and completed a master's degree in museum studies at the University of Toronto, Canada.

Sylvia Yount

Lawrence A. Fleischman Curator in Charge

Sylvia Yount is responsible for the administrative and curatorial oversight of the American Wing. Previously, she held curatorial leadership positions at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the High Museum of Art, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. At The Met, she has prioritized broadening the department’s collecting and programming to be more inclusive of underrepresented artists from across the continent—particularly women and people of color—and is currently overseeing a major reinstallation of the American Wing to mark its 2024 centennial. She received a PhD and a MA in the History of Art from the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in Italian from New York University.

Patricia Marroquin Norby

Associate Curator of Native American Art

Patricia Marroquin Norby (Purépecha) oversees the American Wing’s Native American art collection. An award-winning scholar and museum leader, she previously served as Senior Executive and Assistant Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian-New York and as Director of the D’Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies at the Newberry in Chicago. Her forthcoming book, Water, Bones, and Bombs examines 20th-century American Indian art and environmental disputes in northern New Mexico. She co-edited “Aesthetic Violence: Art and Indigenous Ways of Knowing,” American Indian Culture and Research Journal (2015). She earned her PhD at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

Matt Heffernan

Senior Collections Manager

Matt Heffernan joined the American Wing in 2022. Previously, he served as a Collections Manager and Registrar at various museums and cultural institutions, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Museum of the City of New York, and the special collections of the New York Public Library. Matt works closely with the American Wing Curators and is responsible for the ongoing, day-to-day logistics, care, and documentation of the permanent collection. He oversees the American Wing Technicians and Collections Management Team to facilitate activities in the galleries and storerooms while pursuing best practices in collections care and preventative conservation. Matt earned a BA in Cultural Studies from Bates College.

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