Neil MacGregor
Neil MacGregor is a British art historian. He was formerly the Director of the British Museum and the National Gallery, London.
MacGregor, Neil
MacGregor, Neil
MacGregorNe@test.com
Unsubscribed from the newsletter
Send me site notifications emails
A Pentecost in Trafalgar Square
Neil MacGregor
Description: Whose Muse?: Art Museums and the Public Trust
Whose Muse?: Art Museums and the Public Trust
I WOULD LIKE to address some of the problems related to the kinds of responsibilities that we, as directors, curators, or trustees of public collections, have with regard to our collections. Specifically, how, for whom, and to what purpose do we present our collections? What are our obligations to the public? What to the artist? What to truth, to beauty, or—more prosaically—to the...
Author
Neil MacGregor
PublisherPrinceton University Press
Copyright© 2004 Princeton University Press and President and Fellows of Harvard College
Related print edition pages: pp.27-48
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-100026
Chapter subject tags:Art museums--PhilosophyArt museums--Public opinionArt museums--Public relationsMuseum studiesNational Gallery (Great Britain)Art museums--Collection managementMuseum ethics