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- ↑ "Staff List". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Archived from the original on July 19, 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- ↑ "Curatorial Chat | Alisa LaGamma on curating 'Kongo' and running the Met's Rockefeller Wing". Center for Curatorial Leadership. November 2, 2015. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
