Does the Metropolitan Museum of Art have an online artist index?

The Metropolitan Museum of Art does not have an online artist index, but it does have a database of its collection with search capabilities. The database provides many types of information, including the artist's name, a picture of the work and its gallery location.

To access the search engine of the online collection from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's website, a user can click on Collection on the menu bar. Clicking on the arrow next to the Search the Collection Online text box brings the user to the full list of the online records, allowing him to narrow his search and examine available search criteria in further detail.