All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me

After Bringley’s older brother died from cancer, he quit his dream job at The New Yorker and spent the next ten years working as a guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His brother’s death rocked him and his life could no longer go on as usual. It was supposed to be a temporary escape where he could disappear into the background for a while but it wound up being a source of solace. He details the ins and outs of being a guard, from bonding with his colleagues in the locker room to roaming the museum floors to how the guards close down the museum at night.