This volume explores the process of transformation that is affecting art museums and their role in the modern world. It considers art museums from the perspecti

In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries the first modern, public museums of art—civic, state, or national—appeared throughout Europe, setting a sta

A compelling examination of the art museum from a renowned director, this sweeping book explores how architecture, vision, and funding have transformed art muse

"Iconic works of art such as Jackson Pollock's One and Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night draw around 3 million viewers to New York's Museum of Modern Art annually

Museums have been active in shaping knowledge over the last six hundred years. Yet what is their function within today's society? At the present time, when fund