The Collector and the Institution
As a continuation of the afternoon’s “The Institution as Collector,” this session presents four case studies that explore the ways in which a bequest, donation, or loan enters a pre-existing institution, its impact on that museum, and the museum’s impact on that collection. Examples are drawn from the early twentieth and twenty-first centuries, from the United States, Europe, and Israel. Legal protections, the role of trustees, and the works of art themselves shed light on the functions and responsibilities of the institution.
Field of Study:
Curatorial Studies
Social History
Library and Archival Studies
Multidisciplinary
Chairs:
Elizabeth A. Pergam,Society for the History of Collecting - eapergam@gmail.com
and
Adriana Turpin,Society for the History of Collecting - adrianaturpin@gmail.com