The mission of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) is to collect, preserve, study, exhibit, and stimulate appreciation for and advance knowledge of works of art that collectively represent the broadest spectrum of human achievement at the highest level of quality, all in the service of the public and in accordance with the highest professional standards. The Museum’s art publication and reproduction programs have been an integral part of the institution’s educational mission, existing virtually since the Museum’s beginnings more than a century ago.
Every product created by the Museum is the result of careful research and expert execution by the Metropolitan’s staff of art historians, designers, and master craftspeople, who ensure that each reproduction bears the closest possible fidelity to the original.
