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In their earliest days, museums were literally conceived of as temples to the Muses, and their sacred architecture demonstrated the vaulted position that the arts occupied in places like ancient Greece and Rome. Since then, the role of museums has evolved, and shifting missions have been paralleled by re-imagining the spaces we occupy when we view art. This new show at the Frist tracks the changing face of museums during the last century, a period that has climaxed in the current (and unprecedented) global museum construction and expansion boom. The 20th century saw museums transformed from civic, archival, educational institutions into a number of new incarnations, developing out of the economic pressures of a consumer culture and an entertainment-on-demand lifestyle.
Mondays-Sundays. Starts: May 29. Continues through Aug. 23, 2009
Mondays-Sundays. Starts: May 29. Continues through Aug. 23, 2009
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