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A visit to the Met in NYC

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Patrick M. Slattery
Patrick M. Slattery
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A visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) in NYC​

While I did visit many other parts of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on this day in May 2025 I pretty much only took pictures of items in the Arms and Armor section.
Adam Savage (Of MythBusters fame) has a fantastic series of behind the scenes videos of various items in this section, see: Adam Savage’s Tested

Items shown below are ordered roughly in historical age.

Irish gold ornament​

the met - irish gold ornament sign.jpeg the met - irish gold ornament.jpeg

Vlfbehrt sword​

the met - vlfbehrt sword sign.jpeg the met - vlfbehrt sword.jpeg

Armor of King Henry VIII​

the met - field armor of king henry viii sign.jpeg the met - field armor of king henry viii.jpeg

the met - armor of king henry viii sign.jpeg the met - armor of king henry viii 01.jpeg the met - armor of king henry viii 02.jpeg

Japanese Samurai weapons and armor​

the met - armor for mounted samurai sign.jpeg the met - armor for mounted samurai.jpeg

the met - sanjo yoshinori sword sign.jpeg the met - sanjo yoshinori sword.jpeg

the met - kurama temple armor sign.jpeg the met - kurama temple armor.jpeg

Rifles​

the met - powderhorn sign.jpeg the met - powderhorn 01.jpeg the met - powderhorn 02.jpeg

the met - flintlock longrifle sign.jpeg the met - flintlock longrifle.jpeg

the met - johann christian oerter sign.jpeg the met - johann christian oerter rifles 01.jpeg the met - johann christian oerter 02.jpeg the met - johann christian oerter 03.jpeg

Musical instruments​

the met - kettle drums sign.jpeg the met - kettle drums.jpeg

the met - contrabass saxaphone sign.jpeg the met - contrabass saxaphone.jpeg

the met - hermann hauser guitar sign.jpeg the met - hermann hauser guitar.jpeg