The Changing Shape of Museum Collections
Museums have always been places that protect objects from the past. Paintings, tools, letters, photographs, and clothing are preserved so that future generations can understand how people once lived. For most of museum history that work meant carefully storing physical objects and making sure they survived time. Today another layer has been added to that […]
The Water That Connected Two Art Worlds
When people think about the art world in New York they often imagine galleries in Manhattan or museums along Fifth Avenue. When people think about art in New England they often picture quiet studios in coastal towns or artist colonies surrounded by trees and ocean air. These two cultural worlds might seem separate at first […]