In this broadly conceived study Steven Conn examines the development of American museums across the twentieth century with a historian's attention and a critic'

"We live in a museum age," writes Steven Conn in Do Museums Still Need Objects? And indeed, at the turn of the twenty-first century, more people are visiting mu

Conn's study includes familiar places like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Academy of Natural Sciences, but he also draws attention to forgotten ones, li

In recent years, many museums have implemented sweeping changes in how they engage audiences. However, changes to the field’s approaches to collections stewar

A leading activist museum director explains why museums are at the center of a political storm In an age of protest, cultural institutions have come under fire.