The Invention of the American Art Museum From Craft to Kulturgeschichte, 1870-1930 National Hispanic Heritage Month Elizabeth Morrison is associate curator

Elizabeth Morrison is associate curator of manuscripts at the J

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Italian illuminated manuscripts have long been coveted by collectors around the world

it has never been studied in depth — until now

She was the Robert Mapplethorpe archive curatorial assistant at the Getty Research Institute

The Invention of the American Art Museum From Craft to Kulturgeschichte, 1870-1930 National Hispanic Heritage Month Elizabeth Morrison is associate curatorKathleen Curran American art museums share a mission and format that differ from those of their European counterparts, which often have origins in aristocratic collections. This groundbreaking work recounts the fascinating story of the invention of the modern American art museum, starting with its roots in the 1870s in the craft museum type, which was based on Londons South Kensington (now the Victoria and Albert) Museum. At the turn of the twentieth