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A Moving, Revelatory Portrait Of One Of The World's Great Museums And Its Treasures By A Writer Who Spent A Decade As A Museum Guard. Millions Of People Climb The Grand Marble Staircase To Visit The Metropolitan Museum Of Art Every Year. But Only A Select Few Have Unrestricted Access To Every Nook And Cranny. They're The Guards Who Roam Unobtrusively In Dark Blue Suits, Keeping A Watchful Eye On The Two Million Square Foot Treasure House. Caught Up In His Glamorous Fledgling Career At The New Yorker, Patrick Bringley Never Thought He'd Be One Of Them. Then His Older Brother Died Of Cancer And He Found Himself Needing To Escape The Mundane Clamor Of Daily Life. So He Quit The New Yorker And Sought Solace In The Most Beautiful Place He Knew. To His Surprise And The Reader's Delight, This Temporary Refuge Becomes Bringley's Home Away From Home For A Decade. We Follow Him As He Guards Delicate Treasures From Egypt To Rome, Strolls The Labyrinths Beneath The Galleries, Wears Out Nine Pairs Of Company Shoes, And Marvels At The Beautiful Works In His Care. Bringley Enters The Museum As A Ghost, Silent And Almost Invisible, But Soon Finds His Voice And His Tribe: The Artworks And Their Cre

Author

Bringley, Patrick

Publisher

Random House Children's Books

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9781847926678