Art of the Nude | Art of Collecting | Poetics of Place
"As virtual museum's develop,
the role of actual museums will shift;
they will increasingly be seen as places for going back to the originals."
- William J. Mitchell, City of Bits, 1995
"A museum is like a living organism:
it requires continual and tender care;
it must grow, or it will perish."
- Sir William Flower, Essays on Museums, 1898
"The Art Fund’s research exposes a real crisis (...)
diverting museums from the central task of building their collections. |
Lack of advocacy and support for collecting in both central and local government means there is a danger that the collecting habit is being lost, along with the skills and expertise necessary for it."
- The Art Fund, The Collecting Challenge, 2006