The Met Sets Sail.(Brief Article)

From: Town & Country | Date: September 1, 2000| Author: CARR, KRISTEN | Copyright information

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF Art's "Travel with the Met" program takes travelers straight to the source of some of its most impressive collections by way of a series of land and sea cruises accompanied by top curators. "The strength of the Met's collections very much determines which historical sites we visit," says director Whitney Wilson. Thus, lectures on the Met's famed Egyptian Collection are vividly illustrated with visits to Giza and its Sphinx and the Valley Temple of Chephr...

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