Inside the Life of a Met Museum Guard

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Feb 16, 2023

A new memoir recounts one person's journey serving as a museum guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a decade. Facing the devastating loss of his brother, Patrick Bringley left his job at The New Yorker to seek solace and escape to work at one of the most famous museums in the world. Bringley joins to discuss his book, All the Beauty in the World, which is out now.

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