--- title: Met Museum Cat Art Chrome Extension description: Metropolitan Museum of Art has a Chrome plug in that displays cat art when new tabs are opened canonical: https://time.com/3962478/cat-pictures-internet-metropolitan-museum-plug-in/ author: Olivia B. 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Waxman Staff Writer Jul 17, 2015 2:41 PM UTC The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s media lab has unveiled an extension for Google Chrome called “Meow Met,” which shows a work of art featuring a cat from the museum’s collection every time a new browser tab is opened. Designed by Emily McAllister, the extension features pieces by famous artists such as Mary Cassatt, Édouard Manet, Rembrandt, John Singer Sargent, and Walker Evans. The plug-in is the [latest example](http://time.com/1549/pussy-riot-the-art-show/) of how museums have taken to curating cat art to attract millennial visitors. The Brooklyn Museum presented an exhibit about cats in ancient Egypt while Japan Society put on a show about the history of cats in Japanese art, and most famously, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis started a cat video festival that has toured the country. (h/t [Hyperallergic](http://hyperallergic.com/222538/cat-art-from-the-met-museum-makes-the-purrfect-browser-plug-in/)) ### Google Project Aims to Make Street Art Immortal  Chilean artist INTI on Reynoldstown Crossing, Atlanta for Living Walls 2013. Joshua Gwyn—Living Walls  French artist 3ttman in Summerhill, Atlanta for Living Walls 2013. Joshua Gwyn—Living Walls  Street artist eL Seed's It impossible, Cape Town, South Africa. Kent Lingeveldt—Itinerrance Gallery  Street artist eL Seed's Lost Wall on the Star Wars film set in Onk el Jmel, Tunisia. Ouahid Berrehouma—Itinerrance Gallery  Abiding In The Broken Heart by DALeast in Malaga, Spain, 2013. Courtesy CAC Málaga  French street artist JR's Women Are Heroes dominates the Morro da Providencia favela, one of Brazil's most dangerous, in Rio de Janeiro, August 20, 2008. Vanderlei Almeida—AFP/Getty Images  The artwork of Portuguese artist Alexandre Farto aka Vhils decorates the walls with faces that represent the people who live in Providencia, the oldest slum in Rio de Janeiro, Nov. 29, 2012. Luiz Claudio Martins Baltar—Flickr/Getty Images  The face of a woman who used to live in the demolished residential block is seen carved into a remaining wall by street artist Vhils and his team in Shanghai on March 1, 2012. Niu Yixin—EPA  A piece by Mark Barretto, a Filipino artist currently living in Dubai, created during a return visit to Cavite, Philippines. Mark Barretto—Filipino Street Art Project  French street artist C215's work on the Calada da Pampulha in Lisbon. JosŽ Vicente—Departamento de Patrim—nio Cultural  A piece of Roa's rodent series in the East End of London, Nov. 15, 2011. Matthew Lloyd—Getty Images  Carnaval Latinoamericano by Charquipunk and La Robot de Madera in San Miguel, Chile. Managers Open Air Museum in San Miguel: Mixart Cultural Center  Thierry Noir and Stik's historic collaboration on The Village Underground Wall in Shoreditch, London, February 2013. Thierry Noir and Stik ## Transcript Hey Bub. On a crash course destined for planet Earth, comes an extraordinary, one of a kind cat. [ MUSIC ] Little Bub is a cat that was born with various genetic mutations including Dwarfism and Osteoporosis. She shot to fame after her owner, Mike Bradofsky posted pictures of her on the Internet. Personally I don't like the term internet cats. Oh yeah? It's just a cat. As well as writing a book and hosting her own talk show, Bub regularly meets fans at cat events throughout the country. We do meet and greets, so many people come to them and you'll have people waiting in line six hours before a meet and greet just to see them for a minute. And they're exau -, they are exhausting. [ SOUND ] For me this is a totally still, a year and a half later, a totally bizarre experience. The people that would recognize me or my cat are fans of my cat, and the people that are fans of my cat are nice people. [ SOUND ] I think her first trip was Good Morning America. And that's when it was like a test. I mean I couldn't believe how well she did. Traveling with Bub, she's great. Which is the only reason I still do this stuff. Me on the other hand, I don't know if I look wiped out now, but I'm wiped out. We fly like two to. Six times a month. But Bub loves it, she's actually the most well- behaved on the plane. Traveling's good for her, actually, for her bone condition. She's the most active when we travel. She gets around a lot more, she plays more, she actually eats a lot more, poops a lot more. It's just more Bub. [ SOUND ] But I mean, look at her, she's a very special cat. Beyond her looks, the reason that she became popular on the Internet is because she looks so unique, but. I think it's more than that. She has this magical demeanor. She really likes David Lynch movies. [ SOUND ] People assume that just because of the way she looked, that she was different, that she was stupid or dumb. People see something that's different or not, doesn't. Fit the norm and assume that it's wrong, or that it's stupid, or dumb. Discovering all these things that make her a specialties pet actually ends up being extremely rewarding. Pets like this give back ten- fold, I think. She really appreciates what I do for her and how much work it takes to take care of, of a pet like Bub. This is the only cat I've seen that makes people cry on a regular basis, tears of joy. She's my best friend. 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