A Museum on the Verge
Subtitle: A Socioeconomic History of the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1882-2000
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: November 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9780814328415
Subjects: Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides; Museums & Museology; The Arts: General Issues; Art Museums And Galleries; Architecture; Art & Art Instruction; American - General; Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - Museum; United States - State & Local - General; History - General; Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings; 19th century; 20th century; Art museums; Detroit Institute of Arts; History; Management; Michigan
Description: "The Detroit Institute of Arts is one of America's largest and oldest municipal art museums. However, even as the museum grew into a distinguished collection, there were threats of closure. The DIA has walked a financial tightrope since it opened just over a century ago, and was nearly closed by government funding cuts in the 1970s and 1990s. Now Jeffrey Abt tells how the DIA has had to struggle to maintain its fine art collection with barely enough income to remain open."--BOOK JACKET.