• How a thief and war hero became the first director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

  • Feb 6 2023
  • Durée: 20 min
  • Podcast

How a thief and war hero became the first director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  • In this episode Alyssa shares the story of Luigi Palma di Cesnola, the first director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

    You’ll learn about his adventures as a war hero, his excavation and collecting that put him on the map, and a special story about what days the museum is open and what Luigi thought about it all.

    Mentions:

    *Rogues' Gallery The Secret History of the Moguls and the Money that Made the Metropolitan Museum* by Michael Gross

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Howard Hibbard

    Making The Met by Andrea Bayer and Laura D Corey

    Podcast episode about The Met

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