The museum and its public: scholarship or spectacle : panel discussion
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound cassette. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hrs., 3 min.
label: Funding note
content: Funding for the digital preservation of this recording was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.
name: label: Creator
content: Archives of American Art
label: Creator
content: Middlekauff, Robert
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content: Koshalek, Richard
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content: Powell, Earl A.
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content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
label: Names
content: Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery
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content: Los Angeles County Museum of Art
label: Names
content: Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.)
label: Collection Creator
content: Archives of American Art
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art critics -- California, Southern
label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- California, Southern
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- California, Southern
label: Occupation
content: Museum directors -- California, Southern
label: Topic
content: Art, American -- California, Southern
creator: label: Creator
content: Archives of American Art
label: Creator
content: Middlekauff, Robert
label: Creator
content: Koshalek, Richard
label: Creator
content: Powell, Earl A.
label: Creator
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
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content: Archives of American Art sound recordings
function: label: Function
content: Art museums
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound cassette
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1986 February 13
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content: Item aaaoh010
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.archiv57, Item AAA
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Audio [31027000729877]
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content: Sound cassettes
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content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
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content: Sound recordings
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content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A panel discussion sponsored by the Archives of American Art at the Founders Luncheon and Museum Panel, held at the Beverly Hills Hotel, 1986 February 13. The participants were Richard Koshalek, director of the Museum of Contemporary Art; Earl A. Powell, Director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Robert Middlekauff, Director of the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Paul Karlstrom is moderator.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Moderator Paul Karlstrom introduces the topic and panelists; identifies differences between the three institutions, the appeal of blockbuster shows, and with references to an article by Mortibello of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, questions whether a museum can successfully balance scholarship and interpretation; the high cost of research and programming; and the shift to temporary exhibitions.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Koshalek discusses how MOCA continues to look for a balance as a new organization and their decision to start with temporary exhibits to build an audience and collection. Middlekauff discusses the Huntington as a research institution and its policy to not loan books and papers and the impact then on hosting only temporary exhibits, and the parallel to problems universities face in funding programming. Powell discusses the benefits of blockbuster exhibits, the need to integrate scholarship, and the problems in corporate sponsorships.