Knowledge and Inspiration
Museums, Libraries and Archives as the Natural Resources of a Creative Age
This project highlights the evidence for the central importance of museums, libraries and archives to our future. By understanding their role as a public service, delivering public value, it will demonstrate what the sector does in terms of values that are intrinsic, instrumental and institutional, and show what they mean in practice.
"arts"
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- MoMA and Tate Modern One of the most commonly heard criticisms of Tate Modern is the paucity of its collection in comparison with other major museums. This article in the New York Times makes for interesting reading, arguing that the collection has encouraged more creative curation down at Bankside. There are also some interesting comments about the participatory nature of the Unilever commissions. One of the big points to be made about, say, Olafur Eliasson's Weather Project, or Rachel... from : samjones 2nd November 2006
- Visitor numbers soar at Britain's free museums and galleries | | Guardian Unlimited Arts Visitor numbers to museums rise again, and comedian Frank Skinner aims to 'persuade people of the benefits of going into a gallery, even for a short time and even if it is just to get out of the rain' from : samjones 4th December 2006