People get upset when it’s not on view,” said Stephanie L. Herdrich, curator of American painting and drawing at the Met.

On clear evenings in the late spring, when the sun hangs for just a bit longer over Central Park, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is dipped in gold, an atmosphere in full effect at the inaugural ...

Since its inception in 1870 as a humble nook of art publications and print reproductions, The Metropolitan’s gift store has grown to include multiple outposts throughout the museum, and twenty ...