T Barton Thurber on "The Role of the Art Museum in Today's Cultural & Political Environment".

T. Barton Thurber, The Anne Hendricks Bass Director of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College and Lecturer in Art discusses "The Role of the Art Museum in Today's Cultural and Political Environment".

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All excellent points, reflecting a distinguished career in the field -but is the role, or one of the roles, of the museum really to "make people feel valued?" And, if so, what people, what values? How, if at all, should what amounts to identity politics determine the museum's traditional role in collection, conservation and education?