Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ancient Odyssey Fragment Returns to The Met After Years Out of View

One of the oldest surviving written fragments of Homer’s Odyssey has returned to public display at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, bringing visitors face to face with a remarkable piece of ancient Greek literary history. The small papyrus fragment,...

The Met Returns Greek Antiquities in $95 Million Restitution Effort

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has surrendered looted antiquities worth more than $95 million since 2017, highlighting one of the largest ongoing restitution efforts by a major museum. The total includes more than 120 artifacts valued between $20,000 and...

The Met Returns Stolen Ancient Bronze Griffin’s Head to Greece

The Metropolitan Museum of Art returned an ancient bronze griffin's head to Greece after determining that the 7th-century BC artifact was stolen from a Greek museum in the 1930s. The restitution of the ancient artifact took place on Monday, February...

New York’s Met Museum to Probe Looted Artifacts

The New York's Met museum recently announced its plan to investigate the origin and history of "several hundred or more" looted artifacts in its collection. There is a possibility that these objects may have been unlawfully taken from their...

The Met Museum Launches Ancient Greek Inspired Fragrance

A popular fragrance company has unveiled a line of scents inspired by the galleries in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met), including the museum's ancient Greek and Roman themed gallery. The Met, which is located in New York City, has...

Ancient Greece in a Blaze of Dazzling Color in New Met Exhibition

Ancient Greece and its astonishing artifacts are presented in their true color in a new exhibition that opened earlier in July at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. "Chroma: Ancient Sculpture in Color" reveals the colorful backstory of...