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- The great proliferation of museums in the nineteenth century was a product of the marriage of the exhibition as a way of awakening intelligent interest…
- Museums have no political power, but they do have the possibility of influencing the political process. This is a complete change from their role in…
- A life accumulates a collection: of people, work and perplexities. We are all our own curators.
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