When Mr. Bloom retired in 1990, The Philadelphia Inquirer credited him with "taking the lead" in transforming the institute "from a dusty bin of outmoded exhibits into what is probably the most advanced science museum in the world".
In a field dominated by art historians, Pasternak is also notable for her lack of advanced degrees or museum credentials.
Through the use of advanced 3D tools, the museum plans to digitally archive, replicate, and showcase a number of their most treasured works in galleries and exhibitions across the globe.
"I have a good deal of admiration for how far he's moved the place," said Paul Shapiro, the director of advanced Holocaust studies at the museum in Washington.
Paul Shapiro, the director of advanced Holocaust studies at the museum here, said the documents would offer insights into the day-to-day evils of the Nazi era, "the routine process of deportation, concentration camps, slave labor, killing".
"You're implying that there is some similarity between what you do and what someone with an advanced degree who works at a museum does".
At the time of his conviction in 2012, Xinhua reported that officials were upgrading the museum's security with advanced equipment and technology.
I didn't buy the idea that someone from the gallery world cannot cross over into the museum sphere or that advanced degrees in art history are essential, and I still don't.
But the Hayden is the first to create such a technologically advanced program simply for entertainment, said Mr. Gordon, the museum's vice president, adding that there were plans to sell the program to be shown in other planetariums.
"The museum was very well protected with an advanced security system," Bert Molsbergen, Museon's director, said at a news conference.
