
Category: Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met’s Take on Slavery and the Civil War

Native Americans and Manifest Destiny at The Met

Kara Walker on The Met’s American Wing
Class, or lack thereof, in the American Galleries
Marabou wonders, if there is a lack of representation in a museum’s collection (ex. race, gender, class), should it be the museum’s responsibility to fill in historic contextual gaps with extended label content or other means?
American Woman
Marabou wonders, who is the American woman, according to The Metropolitan Museum of Art?

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s American Narrative
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The Charles Engelhard Court in The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s American Wing filled with natural light and artwork signifying American ideals.
Object Labels at the Museum
Marabou wonders, if a museum has objects that have been acquired due to violence, war, and/or illegal means, is it the museum’s responsibility to explain this acquisition history to its visitors?
Categorizing at the Museum
Marabou wonders, can hierarchies of value be challenged or completely shattered if museums reconsider their methods of categorization? Why not tell the story of Africa, the entire continent, in one hall? Why not include all American objects in “The American Wing”?
How might we think differently about history when all the objects of a geographic location are together? When these objects share space, how might the narrative they create challenge the stories that are currently perpetuated?

Museum Architecture
Marabou wonders, how does architecture affect the way we learn, act, and feel in a museum?