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"All the Beauty in the World":

"The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me"

2023-12-13 19:00:00 2023-12-13 20:00:00 America/New_York "All the Beauty in the World": Author, Patrick Bringley gives an unusual, insider's vantage point on the Met Museum. During his work shifts he took advantage of his time there to study the masterpieces he had been hired to protect. Explore From Home - Virtual AS 1

Wednesday, December 13
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2023-12-13 19:00:00 2023-12-13 20:00:00 America/New_York "All the Beauty in the World": Author, Patrick Bringley gives an unusual, insider's vantage point on the Met Museum. During his work shifts he took advantage of his time there to study the masterpieces he had been hired to protect. Explore From Home - Virtual AS 1

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Author, Patrick Bringley gives an unusual, insider's vantage point on the Met Museum. During his work shifts he took advantage of his time there to study the masterpieces he had been hired to protect.

* Use this link to join our virtual program: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84353981474

** Somerset County library System has  museum passes for The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Get further information here: https://sclsnj.org/culturaladventure/

Patrick Bringley worked for a decade as a guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His new memoir, "All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me", has been lauded in the "New York Times", "Washington Post", Associated Press, NPR, "Sunday Times" (London), and elsewhere, and he has been interviewed by the "New Yorker," NPR Weekend Edition, CBS News, ABC News, NY1, the BBC, "the Guardian", Vox, and many other outlets.

In this program he will talk about those ten years at the Met, featuring many images from the museum’s collections.

At the conclusion of the program please feel free to take a brief online survey here:
https://www.projectoutcome.org/responses/73238

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AGE GROUP: | Adult |

EVENT TYPE: | Virtual | Author Talk | Arts & Culture |

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