Museum
Subtitle: behind the scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
By: Danny Danziger
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780143114260
Subjects: Interviews; Employees; Museums; Management; Art museums; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Description: From the Publisher: Using more than fifty interviews, award-winning writer Danny Danziger creates a fascinating mosaic of the people behind New York's magnificent Metropolitan Museum of Art. From the aristocratic, acerbic director of the museum, Philippe de Montebello, to the curators who have a deep knowledge and passionate appreciation of their collections, from the security guards to the philanthropists who keep the museum's financial life blood flowing, Danziger brings to life this extraordinary world through the words of those who are devoted to making the Met the American institution it surely is.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Acknowledgments; title: Juan Aranda, Cleaner; title: John Barelli, Chief Security Officer, Security Department; title: Carrie Rebora Barratt, Curator, American Paintings and Sculpture, and Manager, The Henry R Luce Center for the Study of American Art; title: Michael Barry, Patti Cadby Birch Consultative Chairman, Islamic Art; title: Robert Bethea, Jr, Associate Coordinator of Information Services, Visitor Services Department; title: J Nicholas Cameron, Vice President of Construction; title: Thomas P Campbell, Curator, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, and Supervising Curator, Antonio Ratti Textile Center; title: Lorraine Chevallier, Waitress; title: Keith Christiansen, Jayne Wrightsman Curator, European Paintings; title: George Cuesta, Maintainer, Plumbing Shop; title: Malcolm Daniel, Curator in Charge, Photographs; title: Michel David-Weill, Trustee; title: Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, Anthony W and Lulu C Wang Curator, American Decorative Arts; title: George R Goldner, Drue Heinz Chairman, Drawings and Prints; title: Maxwell K Hearn, Douglas Dillon Curator, Asian Art; title: Morrison H Heckscher, Lawrence A Fleischman Chairman of the American Wing; title: Harold Holzer, Senior Vice President for External Affairs; title: James R Houghton, Chairman, Board of Trustees; title: Laurence B Kanter, Curator in Charge, Robert Lehman Collection; title: Harold Koda, Curator in Charge, The Costume Institute; title: Henry R Kravis, Trustee; title: Walter Liedtke, Curator, European Paintings; title: Christopher S Lightfoot, Associate Curator, Greek and Roman Art; title: Hilde Limondjian, General Manager, Concerts & Lectures; title: Eric Longo, Director of Client Services, Antenna Audio, Inc; title: Jessie McNab, Associate Curator, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts; title: Philippe de Montebello, Director and Chief Executive Officer; title: J Kenneth Moore, Frederick P Rose Curator in Charge, Musical Instruments; title: James Moran, NYPD; title: Herbert M Moskowitz, Chief Registrar; title: John P O'Neill, Editor in Chief and General Manager of Publications, Editorial Department; title: Sally Pearson, Vice President and General Manager of Merchandise and Retail; title: Amelia Peck, Marcia F Vilcek Curator, American Decorative Arts; title: Stuart W Pyhrr, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Curator in Charge, Arms & Armor; title: Annette de la Renta, Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees; title: Sabine Rewald, Jacques and Natasha Gelman Curator, Department of Nineteenth-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art; title: Jeff L Rosenheim, Associate Curator, Photographs; title: E John Rosenwald, Jr, Trustee; title: Raymond Smith, Copyist; title: Kenneth Soehner, Arthur K Watson Chief Librarian, Thomas J Watson Library; title: James Spann, Travel Associate, Tourism and Group Services, Visitor Services Department; title: Ira Spar, Research Assyriologist, Ancient Near Eastern Art; title: Donna Williams Sutton, Senior Audience Development Officer, External Affairs; title: Mahrukh Tarapor, Director for International Affairs, Geneva Office, and Associate Director for Exhibitions; title: Thayer Tolles, Associate Curator, American Paintings and Sculpture; title: Remco van Vliet, Florist; title: Lulu C Wang, Trustee; title: William Westfield, Senior Fire Safety Officer; title: Linden Havemeyer Wise, Special Counsel, Office of the Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel; title: Index.