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  • 2021-05-21T20:00:00Z on BBC Four
  • 59m
  • 2h 57m (3 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
Documentary series filmed inside America's biggest art museum as it prepares for its 150th anniversary, only to endure closure due to Covid, demands for greater diversity and financial disaster.

3 episodes

Series Premiere

2021-05-21T20:00:00Z

1x01 Episode 1

Series Premiere

1x01 Episode 1

  • 2021-05-21T20:00:00Z59m

Just as it is getting ready to celebrate its 150th anniversary celebrations, America's biggest art museum is forced to close by the pandemic. This is the inside story of its climb back to reopening.

2021-05-21T20:00:00Z

1x02 Episode 2

1x02 Episode 2

  • 2021-05-21T20:00:00Z59m

The outcry following the murder of George Floyd in May 2020 has the Met, during lockdown, examining its record on inclusion and diversity, and realising it must change.

2021-05-28T20:00:00Z

1x03 Episode 3

1x03 Episode 3

  • 2021-05-28T20:00:00Z59m

With a cash crisis, restrictions on visitor numbers and exhibitions, a new roof to pay for, and an imminent election causing alarm, friends and donors rally round to save the Met.

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