The Met: Who gets to inherit the world’s art?

A museum is built from more than collections. The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s history joins civic ambition, private gifts, professional care and arguments over who belongs. From Sunday opening to Dendur and Harlem, this episode follows choices that made a public institution, and the obligations that come with keeping it. Explore the episode and sources What Endures: The Life of Institutions. A BeechTree Insights Original Series. This conversational overview was produced with AI-generated voices and targeted editing, based on source-backed institutional research.