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Here's a #MetKidsFunFact: At fancy dinner parties in ancient Rome, people preferred to lay down on couches like this one around a table rather than sitting up straight in chairs. Let's bring this trend back ASAP! 😴 Learn more: https://t.co/JROypeHbKA https://t.co/YQxEXrK4p3

During World War II, The Met executed one of the most complex art evacuations in American history—transporting thousands of irreplaceable artworks out of New York City for safekeeping. Read how we did it in our latest #Perspectives article. ⤵️ https://t.co/R2nAA6Y9Qe

Roy Lichtenstein, Girl with Hair Ribbon, 1982 https://t.co/XLl62BijF9 https://t.co/5RoHrZvnMw

"The ornate reliquaries of medieval Christianity are objects of great religious importance, but they are also unparalleled examples of craftsmanship." What's a reliquary? Find out with a look at a few items from the #MetCollection. https://t.co/5r0RnpCgIu

Yellow appreciation post. Can you recognize these artworks? https://t.co/3SNa1TKa2v

Dead Mother by Egon Schiele #egonschiele

Artemisia in ballpoint pen Read as artist Gina Siciliano discusses her graphic novel 'I Know What I Am: The Life and Times of Artemisia Gentileschi' with curator of our 'Artemisia' exhibition, Letizia Treves: https://t.co/BlBAp6adOW https://t.co/HK6X7qxrTX

When your friends ask how #DryJanuary is going. 🎨: "Still Life with Wine Bottles and Basket of Fruit" (1857), John F. Francis https://t.co/jq4SeXa22i

Keeping our furry friends close this #Caturday. Yamamoto Shōun, "Little Butterflies," color woodblock print, 1909. https://t.co/RrmF45jOyY

Juho Könkkölä spent upwards of 50 hours designing, scoring, and folding this painstakingly detailed samurai from just one sheet of Wenzhou rice paper https://t.co/1V6zGWaOWe https://t.co/AI4FWmrwlD

Although Berthe Morisot rose to fame alongside Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and others, she means less well-known than them. At last, her reputation is growing https://t.co/gJTcrMOx4A

Panoptes by Laurent Grasso #laurentgrasso

Sleds © Kirill Shanin https://t.co/o2nJPRbWNv

In an explosive claim, a scholar says this newly discovered drawing proves Leonardo da Vinci never painted "Salvator Mundi": https://t.co/qxjVxIqY4t https://t.co/LBTOgjb9px

How do you translate 150 years of fashion history into a physical space? Find out tomorrow, January 17, as Met curator Andrew Bolton and exhibition designer Es Devlin speak with moderator @ELLEDECOR's Asad Syrkett about the design of #MetAboutTime. https://t.co/Ojaep91zXa