It's one of many exceptional museums on the island.
Charleroi is a richly rewarding town to visit, offering two exceptional museums and some outstanding architecture.
"All exceptional objects, museum quality," he said.
But Bologna's exceptional archaeological museum, housed in the Ospedale Santa Maria della Morte, has the largest collection of Egyptian art in Italy after Turin.
Now that scarf prints are on every other runway, it was a shame that the designer Rodolfo Paglialunga did not do a reprise of that current idea — nor work on the pleats and drapes of Madame Grès, a current inspiration after the recent exceptional Paris museum show.
Often overlooked are a number of exceptional smaller museums such as the Huis Lambert van Meerten Lambertt van Meerten House) in Delft and the Nederlands Tegelmuseum (Netherlands Tile Museum) in Otterlo, both of which specialize in tiles.
The chance is there to make a museum exceptional in Britain and the world, like none other.
And a trip to Munich could be devoted to nothing but the city's exceptional Pinakothek art museums.
If you see one thing French provincial cities often boast exceptional fine art museums, none more so than Lille – the palatial belle époque Palais des Beaux-Arts exhibits masterpieces by Rembrandt, Rubens, Goya, Toulouse-Lautrec and Monet.
Ms. Wight, who will take over as director of the Corning Museum in August, said she had decided to take the job "not only because of the museum's exceptional collections," which make it one of the leading institutions in the world devoted to the art and science of glass, but also "because of its innovative public programs, on site and in the field, that help bring the art of glass to life".
