Arts and Culture

Executive Vice Presidential Initiatives

Higher Learning

Humanities in Place

Presidential Initiatives

Public Knowledge

to support travel to assess the damage to the collections at the Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo

Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo

to support a study of how four museum art research libraries might coordinate and centralize their core activities

Art  Museum Research Libraries 

to support a program to introduce Chinese museum professionals to American museum practices

Training of Chinese Museum Professionals

to provide a pilot program to introduce Chinese museum professionals to American museum practices

to support a pilot program to introduce Chinese museum professionals to American museum practices

to continue support for a program to introduce Chinese museum professionals to American museum practices

Training of Chinese Museum Professionals 

to support a fellowship as part of the pilot initiative to train Chinese museum professionals

to support a pilot initiative to train Chinese museum professionals

matching endowment in support of research and publication of substantial scholarly quality

Art Museum Publication Program

to support planning meetings in Beijing in preparation for a 2006 conference of Chinese museum professionals

Chinese Museum Professionals Conference Planning Session 

to support an international conference in Beijing on the principles and practices of American art museums and their potential application in China

Chinese Museum Professionals Beijing Conference 

to support scholarly activities in the department of Islamic art

Scholarly Programs in Islamic Art

toward the research, catalogue, and educational program costs of an exhibition of Late Antique and Early Christian Art

Late Antique and Early Christian Art

for an apprentice training program in the conservation of paintings

Art Conservation

Museum Program 

to support a comprehensive study and assessment of the museum’s conservation and conservation science departments

Conservation Assessment 

to support an analysis of the museum’s scientific needs

Conservation Science Study

to support an initiative to engage postdoctoral fellows in collection-based research and to advance online publication of the museum's catalog information

Postdoctoral Fellowships - Digital Innovation Fund

to support collaborative, interdisciplinary research between US and Dutch scholars in art history, conservation, and conservation science

NICAS Travel Awards

to cover the losses the institution incurred as a result of the events of September 11, 2001, to support maintenance of the Museum’s Education Program, and to assist in meeting the costs of security and gallery access

Disaster Recovery Relief Fund

to support the museum’s permanent endowments for scholarly publications

Scholarly Publications

to increase the Museum's permanent endowment for existing curatorial and conservation fellowships

Fellowships Endowment

to support a scientific research network among New York area museums

Network Initiative for Conservation Science

to continue support for a conservation science research network among museums

toward costs of the film "Frederick Law Olmsted--The Genius of Place"

Olmsted Film

toward production costs of the public-television film "The Genius of Place"

to support the conceptual phase of an initiative to establish a comprehensive center for the study of photography

Photography Center

matching endowment to establish a new position, Conservator of Photographs; and for use toward costs of equipment for a new Photograph Conservation Laboratory, and of program management and photograph conservation during the transition period

to support an endowment for the position of research scientist, and to support the purchase of essential scientific equipment

Conservation Scientist Endowment

to support the conservation of Chinese paintings

Chinese Painting Conservation

to support the preservation, conservation, research and cataloging of the James Van Der Zee archive

Critical Collections

matching endowment in support of its conservation department

Conservation Endowment - Fellows

to endow the position of Scientist in Charge

Conservation Science Endowment

to support a visit by officials of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage in China to the US

Chinese Cultural Heritage State Visit 

toward production costs of the film, "Van Gogh in Aries"

Van Gogh in Arles

to support the preparation of contributions to the Rembrandt database located at the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie and Mauritshuis

Rembrandt Pilot Program

to support the planning of a pilot fellowship program for conservators from India

Indian Conservator Fellowship Program - Planning

to support arts programming for individuals with dementia and their care partners

Met Escapes

to continue support for arts programming for individuals with dementia and their care partners

matching endowment to support small, scholarly exhibitions

Small Scholarly Exhibitions

to support an advanced level conservator training program

Conservation Training Program

to endow a position for a research scholar in photograph conservation

Photograph Conservation - Fellowships

to sustain Mellon curatorial positions at a time when their endowment principals have fallen below their historic dollar value

Curatorial Fellowships Supplement

Andrew W. Mellon Fund

to support a pilot project for conservation documentation in digital form

Conservation Documentation Pilot Project 

to support a pilot fellowship program for conservators from India, in collaboration with the Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg

Indian Conservator Fellowship Program - Implementation

Artists as Catalysts

Artists as Catalysts Navigation Image

Beyond Incarceration

A side profile of a Black poet who is wearing glasses and a hat with a feather hat pin.

Borderlands Cultures

In portrait orientation, an aerial view of a major highway running parallel to a large border wall set on a hilly landscape

Civic Engagement

A man in a brown jacket stands in front of blue bulletin board that is covered with papers and advertisements  

Evolving Higher Education

A vertical image of an Indigenous person who is sitting on a chair in front of a backdrop.

Expanding Public Knowledge

An interior room filled with audio and video equipment 

Monuments and Memory

A multicolored painted totem pole set in front of a foggy forest landscape

Multivocality

Five people stand together in a group photo. They are laughing and smiling.

Power of the Word

Five colorful neon signs hang on the wall with messages that include, "Freedom cannot wait," "Brown owned," and "America is for Dreamers."

Public Places‚ Public Stories

A group of Indigenous Maskoke people stand and sit in the wooden frame of a structure in a woods

Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora

In a vertical image, a black leather vest is adorned with colorful pins across the front of it. Embroidery on the vest reads: "Felícitas "La Prieta" Méndez" 