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#MetKids Microscope is a show about the science behind the art (and the art behind the science!) at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Learn true stories about real discoveries from scientists at the Museum, and do some experiments on your own!
Learn more about the series: https://www.metmuseum.org/perspectives/series/metkids-microscope
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00:00 Hop aboard the time machine!
00:37 The Met collection is OLD
00:53 Inorganic material vs. organic material
01:48 Let’s visit ancient Peru!
02:43 Climate control at The Met
03:22 Caring for the collection
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Chief Digital Officer: Douglas Hegley
Executive Producer: Sarah Wambold
Director/Writer/Producer: Rachel Smith
Producer: Emma Vecchione
Project Manager: Maria Kozanecka
Animation Direction: Lisa LaBracio
Art Direction + Illustration: Tara Sunil Thomas
Animation + Additional Design: Sara Zarul Azham
Compositing: Lisa LaBracio
Narrators: Corin Wells, Marco Leona
Episode Consultants: Marco Leona, Anna Serotta, Joanne Pillsbury, Christine Giuntini, Isabel Stuenkel
Education Consultants: Darcy-Tell Morales, Merantine Hens
Original Music: Austin Fisher
Sound Mix: Dave Raymond
Production Design: Aurola Wedman Alfaro
Rights and Permissions: Julie Zeftel
Nine Bifaces.
Acheulean, 700,000–200,000 BCE.
Flint, quartzite, dimensions vary.
Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger and Friends of Arms and Armor Gifts, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Bequest, and funds from various donors, 2018 (2018.51.1–.9)
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/754048
Feathered Panel.
Peru. Wari, 600–900 CE.
Feathers on cotton fabric, H. 29 × W. 83 7/8 in. (73.66 × 213.04 cm).
The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979 (1979.206.467)
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/312677
Comb (part of a set).
French. Paris, ca. 1830.
Gold, amethysts, 3 1/8 x 7 1/2 in. (7.9 x 19.1 cm).
The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931 (32.100.317)
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/197155
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