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Join our discussion on "All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me" by Patrick Bringley
We will meet in the storytime room. This is the sliding door with the tree on it in the children's area. We will also have a session available through Zoom for those who would like to attend virtually. Please contact Jamie at mccref@slcolibrary.org for the login information. Books are always available for the month prior to the book club meeting. They are in the holds area under "Tuesday Evening Book Group".
Book summary:
"A fascinating, revelatory portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former New Yorker staffer who spent a decade as a museum guard"-- Provided by publisher
"Only a few select people enjoy unrestricted access to every nook and cranny of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and among them are the guards who keep a watchful eye on the two-million-square-foot treasure house. For Bringley, the Museum was a temporary refuge that became his home away from home for a decade. Here he explores his tribe: the artworks and their creators and the subculture of museum guards. Though Bringley gradually returned to the larger world, here he explores the Museum's hidden wonders-- and the people who make it tick."-- Adapted from jacket