Via Opinion Journal, Phillippe De Montebello, Director of New York's fantastic Metropolitan Museum of Art explains why museums matter: For the study and understanding of mankind, he writes.
Last November, we'd linked to another brilliant essay on museums, in Kabul (!), that's also worth reading in this context.
Wednesday, June 01, 2005
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