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Are all privately-funded museums “ego-seums”? And, Is it hurting the museums on a sustainable basis?

United States Architecture News - Aug 15, 2016 - 10:39   14113 views

Are all privately-funded museums “ego-seums”? And, Is it hurting the museums on a sustainable basis?

[....] New institutions like the Broad, financed by the billionaire Eli and his wife, Edythe Broad, and other “ego-seums” illustrate that the people with the money are increasingly interested in founding their own institutions. Consequently, traditional museums have to be ever more aggressive with new projects just to win their imaginations, and their dollars.....Continue Reading

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