1. Mrs. Gardner's museum of myth.
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Chong, Alan
- Subjects
ART museums ,ART collecting - Abstract
The author reflects on the special appeal of the personal museums to the visitors, such as Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts due to the biographies and idiosyncrasies of collections. He states that Gardner Museum's curators are faced with the task not only of setting out evidence for understanding a collector's taste, but also for rebunking outrageous rumors. He assesses that wild stories surrounding the museum contains a deliberate invitation to free narrative.
- Published
- 2007
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