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Guides

Guides accessibles pour lire les métadonnées muséales — ce que signifie chaque champ, comment citer une œuvre, comment interpréter dates et attributions.

Early Photography: The Medium Just After Birth

Miniatures and Manuscripts: Reading the Page

Military and Medieval: Reading Armor, Weapons, and Armorials

Reading the Data

Cartography and Silk: Trading the Visual World

Science and the Curiosity Cabinet: Objects as Instruments of Inquiry

Coins and Medals: Portraits in Metal

Reading the Data

Architecture in the Collection: Buildings as Objects

The Animal Kingdom in Art: How Cultures See and Show Animals

Flowers, Fruit & the Still Life: The Quiet Drama of a Table

Reading Portraits Across Cultures

Religion and Devotion: Objects Made for the Sacred

Landscape: How Cultures Frame Nature

Reading Japanese Woodblock Prints: Beyond the Icon

Chinese Painting and the Brush: Painting as Writing

Costume and Textiles: Cloth as Culture

Weapons and Armor: Reading an Armament as an Object

Reading the Data

How Museums Describe "Culture": Reading the Field

Reading the Data

How to Read Museum Metadata: A Field-by-Field Guide to the Met Open Access Records

Reading the Data

The Met Open Access Policy, Explained: What CC0 Actually Means for Public-Domain Art

The Craft of Woodblock Printing: How Ukiyo-e Artists Made Mass-Produced Art by Hand

Greek and Roman Iconography: How to Read the Gods, Heroes, and Attributes on Ancient Objects

The Schools of Ukiyo-e: Identifying the Masters and Their Followers by Style and Signature

Egyptian Hieroglyphics for Museum-Goers: A Five-Minute Orientation to the Script on Ancient Objects

Printmaking vs. Painting: Why the Medium Field Changes Everything You See

How to Cite a Museum Object: The Format That Works Across Style Guides