An open access publication of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Preface

by Stephen Richards Graubard
 


Muses, Museums, and Memories

by Bonnie Pitman
 


The Divided House of the American Art Museum

by Neil Harris
 


On Museum Row: Aesthetics and the Politics of Exhibition

by Chon A. Noriega
 


Museum Exhibitions and the Dynamics of Dialogue

by Kathleen McLean
 


An Agenda for American Museums in the Twenty-First Century

by Harold Skramstad
 


Museums of the Future: The Impact of Technology on Museum Practices Elaine

by Maxwell L. Anderson
 


What is the Object of this Exercise? A Meandering Exploration of the Many Meanings of Objects in Museums

by Heumann Gurian
 


Museums as Centers of Controversy

by Willard L. Boyd
 


From Being about Something to Being for Somebody: The Ongoing Transformation of the American Museum

by Stephen E. Weil
 


Museums as Institutions for Personal Learning

by John H. Falk
 


In Search of Relevance: Science Centers as Innovators in the Evolution of Museums

by Emlyn H. Koster
 


Formed and Forming: Contemporary Museum Architecture

by Susanna Sirefman
 


Is The Idea of a Museum Possible Today?

by Victoria Newhouse
 


Museums: An Alternate Typology

by Charles Correa
 


On the Museum of the Twenty-First Century: An Homage to Italo Calvinos Invisible Cities

by Bernard Tschumi/Bernard Tschumi Architects