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Philippe de Montebello, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1977 to 2008, leads a tour of 30 of the museum's masterpieces, from 2100 B.C. boat models of ancient Egypt to a reliquary sculpture from Africa to paintings by Vermeer and Monet. The chosen works cover 5000 years of world civilization and demonstrate the scope The Metropolitan's collection.
