An Inside Look at the Lives and Art of Those Who Guard the Met Museum

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Bwt# fat jn z`w fa~g tfg e`b ald z`wrg l`t al artj{t0 A{m Dal [t, Ogrhajl# a k`hgdjal

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a{ l`t al artj{t, Hal# fg {az{# jt{ o`t t` bg djgrglt n`r artj{t{ `rmjlo at tfg Hgt

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Bwt# {gcd`h djd tfg art oglgratg jl{yjratj`l, Jt{ l`t cjmg J a{ jl k`hygtjtj`l jtf

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tacgltgd ald halz arglt rgk`oljugd n`r jt,

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tjhgr{ tfat arglt artj{t{# fg {az{# L` tfat{ o`t t` bg t`wof, Hr, Cawoflgr jccw{tratgd

tfg k`~gr{ n`r tfg ya{t t` j{{wg{ `n[!yg# ald cjmg Hr, Dgcoad`# Cawoflgr {tartgd `wt

jl tfg {kjglkg{, Fg fad glr`ccgd jl [zrakw{g Wlj~gr{jtz l`t jtf tfg jdga bwt tfg

wldgr{taldjlo tfat fgd fa~g t` oj~g wy fj{ ya{{j`l n`r drajlo ald yajltjlo jl `rdgr t`ywr{wg a {kjgltjfik karggr, Tfgrg a{ l` owjdalkg or`jlo wy# fg {az{, Jl Eakm{

f`hgt`l `n Bwtcgr# YA# a {hacc ~jccaog ab`wt ;7 hjcg{ l`rtf `n Yjtt{bwrof# tfg ywbcjk

cjbrarz karrjgd a t`tac `n t` art b``m{# `lg `l da ^jlkj ald `lg `l H`lgt,

Bwt# n`wr daz{ jlt` fj{ fir{t {ghg{tgr# Hr, Cawoflgr cgarlgd tfg h`{t ~acwabcg cg{{`l `n

fj{ k`ccgog karggr= tfat alz`lg k`wcd hamg a cj~jlo a{ al artj{t, [`# Hr, Cawoflgr t``m fj{

y`rtn`cj` `n drajlo{ ald acmgd akr`{{ kahyw{# yrg{gltgd jt t` tfg art {kf``c{

yrg{jdglt# o`t jl# ald tral{ngrrgd jhhgdjatgcz, J `wcd fa~g gldgd wy a{ {`hg rg{garkf

{kjgltj{t# Cawoflgr kfwkmcg{, Antgr k`ccgog# Cawoflgr fgadgd n`r tfg Bjo Ayycg t`

ywr{wg fj{ art karggr# or`wldgd bz tfg yfjc`{`yfz tfat# g~grz artj{t lggd{ a daz e`b,

Eakm n`wld `rm at a {hacc b``m{f`y# bwt tfg yaz a{ hjljhac ald tfg rgard{

djhjlwtj~g# ald yrgttz {``l eakm a{ `l tfg c``m`wt n`r `tfgr h`rg {tjhwcatjlo

`yy`rtwljtjg{, J acaz{ tf`woft jt `wcd bg orgat t` `rm jl a hw{gwh# fg {az{# g~gl

a{ a oward, A ng h`ltf{ catgr# jl tfg nacc `n 2997# Hr, Cawoflgr o`t fj{ j{f, Fg caldgd

a e`b a{ a {gkwrjtz oward at tfg t`y hw{gwh jl tfg k`wltrz# tfg Hgt,

_fjcg trajljlo n`r fj{ lg y`{jtj`l# fg hgt fj{ jng Hgoal# f` j{ ac{` a oward at tfg

Hgt, Tfgz o`t harrjgd ca{t @kt`bgr, J org wy jl a {hacc t`l fgrg tfgrg grg `lcz a

ng b``m{ ald tfgl J glt t` {kf``c ald tfat `yglgd wy a f`cg lg `rcd# fg {az{,Ald tfg `rcd `yglgd wy at tfg hw{gwh j{ k`hycgtgcz jhhga{wrabcg bgkaw{g `n tfg

rg{`wrkg{ tfat g fa~g tfgrg,

Hr, Cawoflgr j{ rg{y`l{jbcg n`r tfg ca{t t` k`~gr{ `n[!yghaoaujlg, N`r tfj{ j{{wg{

k`~gr# fg w{gd ygl ald jlm t` jccw{tratg tfg t`gr `n babgc# fgrg tfg jln`rhatj`l dg{m

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artj{t, Jt `wcd bg hz drgah t` z`w ml` amg wy# fa~g brgamna{t# ald {jt d`l at tfg

drajlo b`ard ald d` hz art`rm ald f`ygnwccz tfat `wcd yaz tfg bjcc{, Bwt l` hattgr

fat J fa~g t` d`# jn J fa~g t` fa~g a daz(e`b n`r tfg rg{t `n hz cjng# Jh rgadz n`r tfat

bgkaw{g Jh lg~gr o`jlo t` {t`y drajlo ald krgatjlo art`rm,

Cahbgrt Ngrlald`# al a{{`kjatg dj{yatkfgr at tfg Hgt ald k`ltrjbwt`r t` tfj{ j{{wg `n

[!yg# {az{ tfat fg kalt jhaojlg a bgttgr gvj{tglkg, N`r Hr, Ngrlald`# Jt{ ljkg l`t t`

fa~g t` `rrz `r tfjlm ab`wt h`lgz, Tfgrg{ l` yrg{{wrg, A latj~g `n tfg Yfjcjyyjlg{#

Hr, Ngrlald`{ nahjcz h`~gd fgrg fgl fg a{ a b`z, Antgr oradwatjlo nr`h tfg [kf``c

`n j{wac Art{# fg `rmgd a ng `dd e`b{ bgn`rg cgarljlo `n tfg {gkwrjtz e`b at tfg Hgtnr`h a nrjgld `n fj{ f` `rmgd tfgrg, J tf`woft jt `wcd bg a ygrngkt ycakg t` g{tabcj{f

hz{gcn a{ al artj{t# fg {ajd,

Jl Tfg Fjddgl K`hycgvjtjg{ `n Eadg ald Cahbgrt# fjkf z`w kal fild jl tfg catg{t j{{wg `n

[!yg# Ngrlald` {f`{ a kjrkwjt `n tfgatrjkac nakg{# yjktwrg nrahg{# a kat jl a hjrr`r# ald

~arj`w{ {tzcg{ `n f`hg{, L`lg arg ade`jlgd# bwt acc arg acjatgd# cjmg a kfart# tfr`wof

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nraohglt{ `n yjygcjlg, Eadg j{ Hr, Ngrlald`{ jng ald a yr`ng{{j`lac yf`t`orayfgr, Tfg

k`wycg ew{t fad tfgjr fir{t kfjcd# f` Hr, Ngrlald` {az{ j{ al jl{yjratj`l b`tf n`r fj{

art`rm ald ac{` n`r fj{ e`b at tfg Hgt, Tfg bglgfit{ arg g{ygkjaccz jhy`rtalt oj~gl tfg

lgb`rl# fg gvycajl{,

_fjcg Ngrlald` f`yg{ t` g~gltwaccz oajl rgyrg{gltatj`l n`r fj{ art`rm# n`r l` tfjlo{c``m o``d, J k`wcd d` tfj{ n`r 29 zgar{ ald bg fayyz# fg {az{, A{ n`r Ngrlald`{ nggcjlo{

ab`wt [!ygHaoaujlg# Tfj{ j{ ew{t tfg bgojlljlo, Jt{ o`jlo t` bg wl{t`yyabcg# fg {ajd,

Zgt jtf tfg e`wrlac{ catg{t tfghg {gt t` tfg Hgt# Kfrj{t`yfgr B`zlt`l# al`tfgr oward#

artj{t# ald gdjt`r# f` fayygl{ t` ac{` bg tfg haoaujlg{ gbha{tgr# gvyrg{{gd fj{

k`lkgrl ab`wt yr`egktjlo al `~grtcz r`haltjk l`tj`l `n tfg y`{jtj`l,

Rgoardjlo tfg {gk`ld j{{wg# Tfgz altgd t` fa~g tfg hw{gwh agkt `wr `rm# fg {ajd,

J a{ aoajl{t tfat, B`zlt`l# f` h`~g{ jtf tfg orakg ald {g~grjtz `n a Njr{t _ rcd

_ar Brjtj{f `kgr ald {ygam{ jtf a tfwldgrz# h`~jg(yrg~jg ~`jkg# &{gt t` tfg tghy``n Ggz`rg*# {az{ tfg hw{gwh fa{ cjttcg jlflwglkg `l fj{ art`rm ald jn alztfjlo# {taldjlo

`l oward{ j{ ew{t {`rt `n a ugl tfjlo, Bg{jdg{# fg {az{# H`{t `n w{ lggd t` `rm al

addjtj`lac daz `n `~grtjhg,

A {gcn(tawoft yajltgr ald latj~g `n Ygll{zc~alja&bwt jn z`w a{m fjh fg{ a Lg Z`rmgr

fg{ cj~gd fgrg c`logr*# B`zlt`l t``m wy tfg e`b at tfg Hgt rjoft antgr oradwatjlo k`ccgog

jtf a dgorgg jl Art Fj{t rz, Cjmg Dgcoad` ald Ngrlald`# B`zlt`l bgkahg a hw{gwh

oward jtf tfg jltgltj`l `n h`~jlo wy jl tfg art `rcd, Bwt# tfjlo{ djdlt gvaktcz `rm a{

ycallgd, Jt j{ {`rt `n djkwct jl {gkwrjtz t` h`~g wy# fg {ajd, Jt{

k`hyarthgltacjugd, B`zlt`l {az{ jt{ k`hyarthgltacjugd# tfat Art faldcgr{ &kaccgd

tgkfljkjal{* arg h`rg cjmgcz t` h`~g wy tfal {gkwrjtz oward{, J bcahg hz{gcn n`r bgjlo

jl tfg y`{jtj`l n`r a{ c`lo a{ J fa~g# fg {ajd, Bwt# J d`lt fit jlt` al `kg

gl~jr`lhglt,

Fg d`g{# f`g~gr# d` g~grztfjlo gc{g, Bg{jdg{ gdjt`r# gbha{tgr# artj{t# ald {gkwrjtz

oward# {`hg `n B`zlt`l{ `tfgr fat{ jlkcwdg `jc yajltgr# orayfjk dg{jolgr# trga{wrgr `n tfg

oward{ wlj`l# ald KG@ `n fj{ `l {hacc ywbcj{fjlo firh# B`zlt`l Hgdja# fjkf

ywbcj{fg{ [!yg, Fg {ajd tfat g~gr {jlkg jt{ cawlkf ca{t zgar# ~j{jt`r{ fa~g k`hg wy t` fjh

ald a{mgd ab`wt [!yg, Arg z`w al artj{t# t``0 tfgz~g a{mgd, _fjcg B`zlt`l j{ {tjccfiowrjlo `wt fat fg alt{ t` d` jl cjng# n`r l`# fg k`ltjlwg{ t` oward tfg {`hg `n tfg

`rcd{ h`{t yrjugd art`rm, Ald a{ n`r fj{ na~`rjtg {fjnt0 Fg c`~g{ ljoft{, Jl tfg

h`rljlo# fg {ajd# Z w kal fgar tfg fir{t n``t{tgy{ `n yg`ycg k`hjlo jl# Tfg {c`

rwhbcg,

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Ea{`l G{mglauj j{ l` c`logr at tfg Hgt ald fg d`g{ l`t rgorgt qwjttjlo, Jh {tjcc nakgd

jtf filalkjac djkwctjg{ t` ogt `wt ald {f``t# bwt jt{ ab`wt tfg c`~g `n tfg krant# tfglggd t` tamg yjktwrg{# fjkf fg {az{ j{ ach`{t cjmg a halja, Ald fjcg fg oatfgr{ nwld{

t` yjkm wy fj{ lgvt yr`egkt jl J{talbwc# G{mglauj {tjcc hggt{ rgowcarcz jtf tfg `tfgr

hghbgr{ `n tfg [!yggdjt`rjac b`ard, _g kalt hggt at tfg Hgt kangtgrja alzh`rg# fg

{az{, Bwt# g hggt fglg~gr ald qwjtg `ntgl# kjtjlo fj{ `l f`hg jl Rgd F``m# fjkf

fg {az{ w{gd t` bg a br`tfgc# a{ a k`hh`l hggtjlo ycakg, Gakf gdjt`r brjlo{ djgrglt

tfjlo{ t` tfg yr`kg{{# Hr, G{mglauj {ajd rgkgltcz `~gr a Kfaj Cattg, Jt{ {wkf a

k`ccab`ratj~g g rt,

Jt{ cjmg alz o``d bald# addgd Ygtgr F`

hgj{tgr# nr`h akr`{{ a rw{tjk tabcg, Arg z`wtfg cgad ~`kac{0 Hr, G{mglauj t``m `lg# c`lo {jcglt {jy `n fj{ cattg# tfgl c``mgd wy fgrg

a c`lo r` `n ygldglt cjoft{ cgd fj{ gzg{ t` tfg {wlcjoft `wt{jdg a {hacc kan bz fj{ Rgd

F``m f`hg, Tfg ca{t ng trjcc{ `n Nj`la Ayycg{ Gvtra`rdjlarz Hakfjlg# nadgd `~gr tfg

c`wd{ygamgr, Fg c``mgd bakm at Hr, F`hgj{tgr ald {ajd# Jh tfg {`lorjtgr,

Tfj{ ar tjkcg kal bg n`wld lcjlg5 ftty5//,bcakmb``mhao,k h/art/hgt(oward{({yg(1,2;674

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