hello friends and welcome to story time
with the met while the museum is closed
please join us for a new story and
activity every thursday at 12 o'clock
now find a cozy spot and let's get
started we're going to start with our
story time song just like we do at the
museum
it goes to the tune of this old man
clap along with me
one
two three
welcome friends get ready get sent for
story time at the met where we love to
read and sing and look at works of art
and picture books we'll use our eyes to
look and see we'll use our ears to hear
stories now take a seat and give a sh
let's begin with our first book
good job everybody
i'm really excited about our book this
week because it's the museum's 150th
birthday
did you know
that
two sisters wrote and illustrated this
book
you can't take a balloon into the
metropolitan museum
by jacqueline price weissman
and robin price classier
it's one of my favorite books
now just you're aware
this book doesn't have any words so i'm
going to need your help to look at the
pictures
now if you haven't been to the met
before
this
is my favorite place in the whole world
if you have been there i bet it's your
favorite place too
now if you look
throughout the book
there's lots of amazing black and white
sketches
and the most important things
are in color
so keep a lookout for anything that's in
color
especially if you see this young person
with a balloon
with their grown-up
look how beautiful that yellow balloon
is
i believe they're coming to visit the
metropolitan museum of art
what they didn't realize is that the
guard
is not so sure about bringing this
balloon into the metropolitan museum
and he says
stop
you can't take a balloon into the
metropolitan museum
but they look so surprised
a little upset
hmm what can we do about this
luckily
he has an idea
he is going to tie it to our banister
and keep a close eye on it well they go
and explore
she seems a little hesitant about this
but it doesn't take long for her to be
excited
when you enter the museum the first
thing you see is our amazing great hall
and these are huge stairs
while they're exploring the museum
outside in new york city there's
something amazing happening with this
balloon too
if you look
you have lots of pigeons in new york
city
this pigeon is especially naughty
he decides to take the balloon but
our guard is not going to let him get
away with him
he is chasing after the balloon
you see he's going down
the stairs out front of the museum
the same time
our visitors are inside exploring the
museum
unfortunately this mine gets in the way
and blocks him
and all of the musicians out front are
doing the same
meanwhile
we're exploring
this beautiful painting
right here by george serra called circus
sideshow
it looks a little like the sideshow
that's happening in front of the
building you see some musicians
and lots of amazing dots to create this
this image in the scene
someone catches the balloon and it's
heading on the bus
now a bus speeding through new york city
might seem hard to get but i think the
traffic is going to help him catch up
but
before he does
it takes a stop
right in the central park zoo
you have to pay the emission
they go right past all the animals what
animals do you see
central park zoo
now
this is one of my favorite things
it seems like it's feeding time for the
animals
but if you look
the way that he's posed
is the same way
our perseus and medusa are opposed in
the museum
unfortunately it doesn't go so well for
the maintainer of the zoo
and now the two of them are off together
to race for the balloon
it seems
like they find themselves with a dog
walker
similar to this amazing painting back at
the museum
it looks like they've had their map here
help them guide their way might be
helpful if the guard had a map of new
york city
now they're exploring all the way
to
the
ice skating rink
have you ever seen dogs on an ice
skating rink before
i don't think it's going to go very well
the skaters here look just like the god
dancers at the museum
and you see
they're doing their pose again can you
make that pose go ahead give it a try
good job
trying not to fall down like our friends
here
oh my goodness
look at all these fish everywhere too
i don't think they're enjoying their
their ride
now they're exploring new parts
of new york city
and as they're heading down the street
it looks an awful lot
like our paintings back at the museum
they've made their way all the way to
the plaza
where this bride is getting out
it looks very similar to one of the
pieces in our costume institute
uh oh it looks like the balloon is
heading into the plaza
and followed right behind them is who
our amazing guard
followed
by all of his new friends
again don't forget
look for all of the things in color
to see where the excitement is happening
here in the plaza's amazing restaurant
you see
something that looks very similar
to one of our paintings
you can see that they're a little too
short to see this painting so they
needed some help
now
the balloon is knocking everything down
along with the guard and the maintainer
and the dog walker and all the dogs
oh my goodness
they've finally made their way back
outside
and i think
they're chasing this horse and carriage
looks like a lot like
our greek
vaz is right here you can see
there's some athletes running you see a
chariot race
looks a lot like our athletes and
chariot race up here
oh they've made their way all the way to
the metropolitan
opera
what do you think is going to happen
here
it's starting to get a little crowded
it's trying to look every which way
just like our sculpture in the indian
galleries
the balloon has attached itself again
but this time what do you think that
instrument is in there
they're still following them
right inside the stage doors
now
this
is where it gets a little bit busy
they're heading inside
which looks a lot like
our temple of tender and our egyptian
wing
you can see this stage at the opera
is designed
to look a lot like
some of the things you would see in our
egyptian galleries
i promise you though we don't have a
real elephant in our galleries
i don't think our curators would allow
that
but
what is happening here
the elephant is trying to get to the
balloon and everything in the process
is falling apart
our visitors
are back at the museum while all of this
is happening
in our modern contemporary galleries
looking at jackson pollock's
painting here
do you see some of the same movements
in the painting as you do throughout the
illustrations here
it's a lot of fun looking at all of this
we've made our way back outside
you can see
bicycle delivery person
they're now caught and heading right
behind the taxi
and into the park
this
is one of the most amazing paintings
about a fountain
looks a lot like this fountain in new
york city doesn't it
you can see
beautiful water in central park
do you think they're gonna catch the
balloon over that water
it looks like we finally made our way
back to metropolitan museum of art
and to our friend the mime
luckily
all of our friends who are helping us
get to the balloon are celebrating along
with us
and hands it back
to our very disheveled
looking guard
this poor man he's gone through quite a
bit
he heads right back up the stairs
and tight and gets ready
to give it back
to her owner and look how happy they are
seeing their balloon
you can see how thankful
they are for getting the balloon back
from the guard
now
my pages are stuck together so sorry
and lastly
you can see our friends are here
taking a look back at the museum
and very likely
preparing for their next visit
hopefully the next time they'll know you
can't take a balloon into the
metropolitan museum
thank you for reading that with me
friends that was an amazing book
no
we saw lots of
beautiful artwork in that book from the
metropolitan museum but one of my very
favorites
is the temple of dender
and
i always wanted one at home
so this week as i've been home with my
family i decided to take some building
blocks
and make my own temple of tender
if you have blocks or
cardboard boxes or even sofa cushions at
home i bet you can build a structure
similar to mine you can either use all
the same color like i did or you can mix
it up and make it a little different
and invite your family to explore it
with you
did you know that the temple of denver
was originally in egypt
they took it apart and put it in
660 crates
put them on a ship and it traveled all
the way to the metropolitan museum of
art and put back together like a jigsaw
puzzle
that must have taken a really long time
but it's a good thing the museum has
been around for 150 years
and i hope that all of you enjoyed this
time with me and i hope to see you again
next thursday at 12 o'clock thank you
everyone
bye