Museum Masterpieces The Metropolitan Museum of Art

No other museum covers the history of humanity and its achievements as thoroughly as The Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 24 half-hour lectures, illustrated with more than 400 works of art, Professor Richard Brettell introduces you to virtually every department at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Each department is a museum unto its own, representing one of the world’s finest collections in its field. The first floor alone houses Greek and Roman Art; Egyptian Art; Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas; Arms and Armor; European Sculpture and Decorative Arts; Modern Art; and the Robert Lehman Collection. The course is truly a user-friendly guide to a mammoth institution that has amassed astonishing treasures.