This is demanding and important work that we have done for 138 years, and continue to do with pride and gratitude, each and every day at the Art Institute of Chicago. We need museums, not just “now more than ever”—but always. — The Art Newspaper
The traditional and agreed upon purpose of modern museums is to collect, preserve, interpret, and display items of artistic, cultural, or scientific significance for the education of the public. What then, is the role of the museum in today's cultural and political climate? What are they to present concerning where we are today and who is their public?
How are museums to position themselves and even further, should they?
Museums have historically and commonly aligned with missions that are congruent with the prevailing values of a civilized society, their ethics, and morals and customarily supported by the leaders of the society they pertain to. With our current leader presenting lackluster respect the primacy of facts and logic; the museum's role of fostering respect for the broad spectrum of human culture and humanity as a whole has never been more re-affirmed.
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