The website of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is remarkable. It has, first of all, a fine front door: a daily feature highlighting one item in the collection. It's a great thing to wake up to. Also, the museum is generous in making its collection available for study online, without imposing somebody's idea of a guided tour on the experience. It even has a feature that allows one to squirrel away 50 images, with commentary, in a special folder under "My Museum." The commentary material is rich, and the "Arts Timeline" gives astonishing depth of coverage, for the person who is serious about self-education in the long term.
Clearly, the museum has come to see itself as an international treasure, to be used in many different ways. This is what great educational institutions should be about.
Check out the site. Today's featured work is a bowl with human feet.
Posted by shea0017 at January 3, 2005 10:43 AMThanks, Peter
Posted by: Joe S. at January 4, 2005 8:02 PM