Following its fall 2020 reopening after being forced to close due to COVID-19, a new financial reality sets in at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, with philanthropists and art collectors stepping in to help keep the museum alive.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is forced to confront its historical record on inclusion, exclusion and diversity in art and staffing, following urgent demands for social justice across the country in the wake of the killing of George Floyd.
Experience the 150th birthday of the Metropolitan Museum of Art amid the COVID-19 pandemic and urgent demands for social justice, as the art institution makes history in ways no one could have predicted.
Watch as the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 150th birthday is upended by COVID-19, forcing the institution to shut its doors for the first time in history, while facing financial losses and a battle to protect artistic treasures.