How a thief and war hero became the first director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

In this episode Alyssa shares the story of Luigi Palma di Cesnola, the first director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

You’ll learn about his adventures as a war hero, his excavation and collecting that put him on the map, and a special story about what days the museum is open and what Luigi thought about it all.

Mentions:

*Rogues' Gallery The Secret History of the Moguls and the Money that Made the Metropolitan Museum* by Michael Gross

The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Howard Hibbard

Making The Met by Andrea Bayer and Laura D Corey

Podcast episode about The Met

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