LA Times Notes Challenges to Broad Museum’s Lending Policy

September 16th, 2015

A piece by Christopher Knight in the LA Times notes that the Broad Museum’s stated goal of keeping its collection circulating and on loan may be harder than it seems. “Museums are notoriously hard to define. Except for those that don’t collect at all, however, the most important activity they undertake is exhibiting a permanent collection,” he says.  “The display defines the place, giving a distinctive public profile to an otherwise faceless institution.”Read more at LA Times