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Join a convening of local and international scholars for a single-day symposium reflecting on the centennial anniversary of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 1925 acquisition of the George Grey Barnard collection, which subsequently formed the core of The Met Cloisters’ collection. Speakers consider the history of medieval art collections in U.S. museums and the impact of historic collecting practices on medieval source sites in Europe. Thursday, June 12, 2025 10 am–5 pm The Met Cloisters Gallery 2, Fuentidueña Chapel 00:00:08 - C. Griffith Mann, PhD - Opening Remarks Session 1 - Barnard in America 00:08:37:00 - Tim Husband - George Grey Barnard’s Cloister on Fort Washington Avenue 00:30:25 - Marc Azéma and Paul Dormont - Inside Barnard’s Cloisters: The VR Experience 00:51:20 - Christina Alphonso - Real and Ideal: A History of The Cloisters Gardens, Christina Alphonso 01:19:10 - Jack Hinton - Fables of a Reconstruction: Barnard and Philadelphia’s Medieval Galleries 01:48:43 - Sarah Daiker - George Grey Barnard and the Bishop’s Garden of Washington National Cathedral 02:09:00 - Question and Answer Session Moderated by C. Griffith Mann, PhD Session 2: Sites of Origin 02:21:06 - Barbara Drake Boehm - Seeking Solace: Barnard’s Cloister and the First World War 02:50:14 - Olivier Poisson - Saint-Michel de Cuxa, From Destruction to Rebirth (On Both Sides) 03:12:06 - Géraldine Mallet - Saint Guilhem-le-Désert and The Met Cloisters 03:31:28 - Céline Brugeat-Peuffier - The Cloisters from Gascony and Toulousan Area at The Met Cloisters 04:00:24 - Panel Discussion with the Speakers Moderated by Barbara Drake Boehm Subscribe for new content from The Met: #TheMet #Art #TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt #Museum © 2025 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
