When we spoke, Mr. Clough described an environment in which he and the Smithsonian leadership had been as thoughtful as they could be in order to allow the arts discourse to take place on the playing field of the arts, rather than at the Smithsonian overall, an institution that includes a zoo, research and scientific organizations as well as museums for the visual arts.
They served as museum consultants for "Dressing for a Victorian Day," a display of vignettes featuring antique fashions, which can be seen through June 4.
As museum director for the past 24 years, Mr. Noever has demonstrated a flair for attention-getting projects.
Amazingly, the Hermitage's director, Mikhail Pyotrovsky--whose Pyotrovsky--whose Pyotrovsky--whoser father years--had no knowledge of the paintingservedl 1991.
The gallery, which opened in October , 1942— and also served as a museum for her collection — was designed by the émigré architect Frederick Kiesler as a series of dreamlike theatrical spaces.
However, it was later decided that the fire station did not quite work as a fire station and the building has since been made over as a museum for chairs.
Meštrović designed his own house in Split, now used as a museum for his works.
The Beggiato family are obsessive collectors and the hotel doubles as a museum for their treasures.
An architect as well as a sculptor, Meštrović designed his own house at Split, Yugoslavia (now in Croatia); it is now used as a museum for his work.
When the Oakland Museum of California was founded in 1969 as a "museum for the people," there was no question about who would pay for it.
