Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Thomas J. Watson Library is the central research library of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Thomas J.

Watson Library is a world-renowned research collection with over 800,000 volumes. It is The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s central research library, and its mission is to support the research activities of the Museum staff; in addition, it serves an international community of scholars. Holdings reflect the Museum’s encyclopedic collections, with emphasis on European and American art, architecture, a

nd decorative arts, ancient Near Eastern, Egyptian, Greek and Roman, Asian, and Islamic art, as well as an extensive collection of clippings and other ephemera relating to the Museum’s history. Hours:

For Visitors:
Monday-Thursday 10:00-5:15
Friday 10:00-6:00
Saturday 10:00-2:00

For Museum Staff:
Monday-Friday 9:00-6:00
Saturday 10:00-2:00

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Global perspectives on Black fashion and dandyism.

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Celebrating BIPOC creativity in The Costume Institute Library.

Check out our latest blog post about nineteenth-century house albums from Watson Library and the Department of Drawings ...
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Check out our latest blog post about nineteenth-century house albums from Watson Library and the Department of Drawings and Prints Library.



Nineteenth-century house albums from Watson Library and the Department of Drawings and Prints Library.

Check out our latest blog post about some of Watson’s acquisitions from the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair...
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Check out our latest blog post about some of Watson’s acquisitions from the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair.

A glimpse inside Watson’s acquisitions from the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair.

Address

1000 5th Avenue
New York, NY
10028

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm

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+12126502225

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