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A fullscreen window onto The Met's open-access collection
By Trent Troyer
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Jumps to a random piece and starts the slideshow.
Results come from the Met's own search, which is loose by design - matches can seem unexpected sometimes.
Negative numbers for BCE, e.g. -500
Send someone a link to your favorites. They can look through them and add any they like to their own -- yours stay untouched.
Shows a quick "Where would you like to start?" prompt after the splash screen, every time you open MetFrame.
Depends on browser support -- status shows here once enabled.
When a piece has extra photos (details, X-rays, etc.), browse through them before moving to the next piece.
Save your settings and favorites to a file, or restore from one.
The Met's own search can sometimes turn up results that seem unrelated to what you typed - that's a known quirk of their API, not something MetFrame controls. Half the fun is stumbling onto art you'd never have looked for otherwise.
MetFrame works as an installable app with no browser bar, on your home screen or desktop.
See the quick walkthrough again, including the startup options.
If MetFrame ever seems stuck on an old version, this clears its offline cache and reloads fresh from the server.
MetFrame turns your screen into a window onto The Metropolitan Museum of Art's open-access collection - over 470,000 public-domain artworks, free to browse, search, and loop through.
This will remove it from your favorites.
A fullscreen window onto The Met's open‑access collection - over 470,000 public‑domain artworks, free to browse.
Starting with new random art in 30s…