You can read it online now. But do you really want to?
The NY Times‘ special section on museums in tomorrow’s (Thursday’s) newspaper may be your thing if you’re fascinated by institutions with a pop-culture focus (Motown, chocolate, Woodstock, mobsters), efforts to appeal to untraditional audiences (children and Alzheimer’s sufferers) and, of course, strategies to cope with the financial crisis.
All this, while of some interest, is somewhat removed from the concerns that serious scholars, curators, museum directors and museumgoers regard as central—activities like collecting, exhibiting, interpreting, researching, conserving. But that’s so boring, when you can discuss the rewards of “rewriting the signs” at the John Dillinger Museum in Hammond, IN (who knew?).
I’m sure (although I haven’t seen them yet) that the section boasts a truly engaging array of museum ads. I mean, who can ever forget the Getty’s two-page rhinoceros spread of two years ago?