My Modern Met

May 27, 2024

Enjoy This Heartfelt Interaction Between a Southwest Airlines Employee and Traveler

Small acts of kindness often make a big impact. Sometimes, all it takes is a friendly smile or holding the door for a stranger to really brighten one's day. An uplifting interaction between customer Angie Batis and a Southwest Airlines employee named Krista exemplifies the sentiment, ‘A little bit of kindness goes a long way.

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Inspiring

May 27, 2024

Artist Brings Joy to Restaurant Employee by Drawing His Portrait on a Receipt

A thoughtful interaction brought the biggest smile to this employee’s face.

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Architecture

May 27, 2024

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Last Dream Was to Turn Ellis Island Into a Self-Contained City of the Future

Ellis Island is a symbol of one of the most poignant chapters in U.S. history.

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Drawing

May 27, 2024

Artist’s Incredible Spontaneous Drawings Capture the Feeling of the Moment

Most drawings you see as finished pieces have a lot of planning behind them. Before adding color and details, many draw a preliminary sketch. This offers creatives structure and works as a foundational layer for the piece. But for a Japan-based artist known as Sanagi, this limits the creative possibilities of the work. Instead, he ditches these general guides in favor of portraying whatever crosses his mind at the time of creation.

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Store

May 27, 2024

24-Hour Sale at My Modern Met Store: Save 15% On All of Our Creative Products

Memorial Day is the unofficial start to summer, and the warm weather and beach trips are reasons to jump for...

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Nature

May 26, 2024

Chicago’s Field Museum Exhibits Rare Skeleton of Bird-Like Dinosaur Archaeopteryx

One of the best specimens of the Archaeopteryx is now on display at Chicago's Field Museum.

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Endangered Animals

May 26, 2024

Intelligent Orangutan Treats His Own Facial Injury with Medicinal Plant

When we, as humans, get slightly injured, we typically treat our own wounds. But something serious, our species seeks out those with medical training to ensure healing. In the wild animal kingdom, medical care is much different. For one male Sumatran orangutan, a facial wound likely caused by a fight could have spelled infection and pain.

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Video

May 25, 2024

Panoramic Timelapse Shows the Seasonal Evolution of Greenland’s Icebergs

The town of Ilulissat, Greenland, sits 220 miles north of the Arctic Circle, and its name may give away one...

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Inspiring

May 25, 2024

Wholesome Video of Commuters Having a Fun Knitting Party on the Subway

One stitch at a time, a passenger sitting on a train transformed an average commute into a knitting frenzy.

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Academy

May 25, 2024

Save 15% on All Online Art Classes During My Modern Met Academy’s Memorial Day Sale

It’s always a good time to learn something new. And the best part? You don’t need to leave the comfort of your home to hone your skills. And now you're in luck because all of My Modern Met Academy‘s classes are on sale for 15% off with the code memorialsave. Our Memorial Day Sale is now running from May 25 to May 27, 2024.

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