Experience Your Journey
Each pathway reveals carefully curated artworks that reflect your unique story
Heritage Mirror
Find yourself in 5,000 years of history
Dish with Recumbent Elephant
This exceptional dish depicts a kneeling elephant surrounded by abstract cloud formations, a masterpiece of Vietnamese blue-and-white porcelain...
Emperor Xuanzong's Flight to Shu
This painting depicts the somber imperial entourage after the execution of Yang Guifei, with Tang figures and landscape style...
Bottle with Waves and Auspicious Emblems
This bottle is based on a Chinese shape from the fourteenth century, with unique Vietnamese artistic sensibilities...
Inner Compass
Your personality, reflected in art
Standing Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara
This bronze figure represents the Bodhisattva of Infinite Compassion, a Buddhist savior figure...
Tea Urn
This urn is recorded in Revere's ledgers, a fine example of early American silverware...
Ceremonial Ax
This ceremonial object, resembling crocodile skin, was used as a percussive instrument in rituals...
Temporal Threads
Past echoes, future whispers
Shiva as Mrityunjaya
This rare representation of Shiva as the conqueror of death shows him in deep meditation, with six arms and matted dreadlocks...
Wardrobe
This Modern Gothic wardrobe by Herter Brothers exemplifies Anglo-Japanesque style with marquetry decoration...
Drum Panel of the Buddha
This relief depicts the Great Departure and Temptation of the Buddha, epitomizing the negation of desire...
Urban Soul
City energy, gallery serenity
Congressional Presentation Sword
This sword was awarded to General Wool for his role in the Mexican-American War, featuring gold hilt and eagle pommel...
→ Continue to: American Wing Courtyard
Repose
This painting by John White Alexander portrays a woman in elegant repose, reflecting contemporary taste for sensuous images...
→ Continue to: Temple of Dendur
Crossbow of Count Ulrich
This is the earliest known dated crossbow, made for Count Ulrich V, with staghorn decoration and Hebrew inscription...
→ Continue to: European Sculpture Court
Essence Quest
The complete journey — 25+ curated moments
The Essence Quest combines all pathways into a multi-day journey. Experience your heritage, personality, life story, and urban connections woven into one transformative exploration through 25+ carefully selected artworks across the Met's encyclopedic collection.