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Great Museums presents Part Two of its new webisode series titled: "The Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Philippe de Montebello Years: Curators Celebrate Three Decades of Acquisitions". Helen C. Evans, the Mary and Michael Jaharis Curator of Byzantine Art, and Jeff Daly, the Museums senior design advisor, discuss the selection and installation of works of art that will be included in the exhibition The Philippe de Montebello Years: Curators Celebrate Three Decades of Acquisitions. An hour-long documentary on the making of the exhibition will be aired on public television in Spring 2009 as part of the Great Museums series. For more information on this exhibition, please visit: www.metmuseum.org. For more information on Great Museums, including clips from previous episodes, please visit: www.greatmuseums.org.

The extraordinary legacy of Philippe de Montebello, who served for 31 years as Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. During his tenure, Mr. de Montebello guided the acquisition of more than 84000 works of art, demanded innovation in conservation techniques, and oversaw the doubling of the physical size of this world-renowned cultural institution. For more information, visit greatmuseums.org.