This is Nate Domeo of the memory palace. I was the artist and residence of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

for 2016-2017. During which I produced eight pieces inspired by the Met's collection.

Some of these pieces stand well enough on their own, meaning you can get a decent enough

approximation of the experience of that piece as it's intended while listening in the comfort

of your home or on the bus or the subway or whatnot. This is not one of those pieces. For this one

to work you are going to need to be at the museum and you're going to need to move around. So if

you are able to get to the museum before you listen to this piece you are going to want to find

yourself in visible storage which is also known as the Henry R. Lewis Center for the study of American

Art. This is a gallery on the mezzanine of the American Wing. Specifically you will want to enter

through the eastern entrance of the visible storage gallery and the easiest way to get there is to

take the glass elevator up from the first floor by the American Wing gift shop. So get yourself

there and hit pause and when you're at the entrance you can start. This is the memory palace. I'm Nate Domeo.

We're going on a scavenger hunt you and me. I will tell you things to look for and you will find them.

This first item is an easy one and it will come quick so be prepared. Just walk slowly forward

while looking to your left past a few paintings of stern men until you find a guy with some serious

flair. He's hard to miss. William Merritt Chase a painter himself in a white hat and a white

suit a white shirt. Florida white moustache a white peacock of a man to look. He was famous for it

for a while back when he was famous. You found it? It's so good job. If not you can just pause until

you do and then just start again. Now for the next one let's turn to the right so you will be

turning your back on William Merritt Chase and then walk toward the opposite wall until you get to

the long case at the end with the short sculptures. Take your time getting there there's no need to rush.

I'll tell you about the room while we walk. If you beat me there and you're probably well it's fine.

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