Museum : behind the scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art /

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Author / Creator:Danziger, Danny.
Imprint:New York, N.Y. : Viking, 2007.
Description:xxii, 277 p. : 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7488482
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ISBN:9780670038619
067003861X
Notes:Includes index.
Summary:A celebration of the role of people in operating and sustaining the Metropolitan Museum of Art presents interviews with fifty-two people, from its security guards and cleaners to its philanthropist supporters and famous patrons.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Juan Aranda, Cleaner
  • John Barelli, Chief Security Officer, Security Department
  • Carrie Rebora Barratt, Curator, American Paintings and Sculpture, and Manager, The Henry R. Luce Center for the Study of American Art
  • Michael Barry, Patti Cadby Birch Consultative Chairman, Islamic Art
  • Robert Bethea, Jr., Associate Coordinator of Information Services, Visitor Services Department
  • J. Nicholas Cameron, Vice President of Construction
  • Thomas P. Campbell, Curator, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, and Supervising Curator, Antonio Ratti Textile Center
  • Lorraine Chevallier, Waitress
  • Keith Christiansen, Jayne Wrightsman Curator, European Paintings
  • George Cuesta, Maintainer, Plumbing Shop
  • Malcolm Daniel, Curator in Charge, Photographs
  • Michel David-Weill, Trustee
  • Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, Anthony W. and Lulu C. Wang Curator, American Decorative Arts
  • George R. Goldner, Drue Heinz Chairman, Drawings and Prints
  • Maxwell K. Hearn, Douglas Dillon Curator, Asian Art
  • Morrison H. Heckscher, Lawrence A. Fleischman Chairman of the American Wing
  • Harold Holzer, Senior Vice President for External Affairs
  • James R. Houghton, Chairman, Board of Trustees
  • Laurence B. Kanter, Curator in Charge, Robert Lehman Collection
  • Harold Koda, Curator in Charge, The Costume Institute
  • Henry R. Kravis, Trustee
  • Walter Liedtke, Curator, European Paintings
  • Christopher S. Lightfoot, Associate Curator, Greek and Roman Art
  • Hilde Limondjian, General Manager, Concerts & Lectures
  • Eric Longo, Director of Client Services, Antenna Audio, Inc.
  • Jessie McNab, Associate Curator, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
  • Philippe de Montebello, Director and Chief Executive Officer
  • J. Kenneth Moore, Frederick P. Rose Curator in Charge, Musical Instruments
  • James Moran, NYPD
  • Herbert M. Moskowitz, Chief Registrar
  • John P. O'Neill, Editor in Chief and General Manager of Publications, Editorial Department
  • Sally Pearson, Vice President and General Manager of Merchandise and Retail
  • Amelia Peck, Marcia F. Vilcek Curator, American Decorative Arts
  • Stuart W. Pyhrr, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Curator in Charge, Arms & Armor
  • Annette de la Renta, Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees
  • Sabine Rewald, Jacques and Natasha Gelman Curator, Department of Nineteenth-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art
  • Jeff L. Rosenheim, Associate Curator, Photographs
  • E. John Rosenwald, Jr., Trustee
  • Raymond Smith, Copyist
  • Kenneth Soehner, Arthur K. Watson Chief Librarian, Thomas J. Watson Library
  • James Spann, Travel Associate, Tourism and Group Services, Visitor Services Department
  • Ira Spar, Research Assyriologist, Ancient Near Eastern Art
  • Donna Williams Sutton, Senior Audience Development Officer, External Affairs
  • Mahrukh Tarapor, Director for International Affairs, Geneva Office, and Associate Director for Exhibitions
  • Thayer Tolles, Associate Curator, American Paintings and Sculpture
  • Remco van Vliet, Florist
  • Lulu C. Wang, Trustee
  • William Westfield, Senior Fire Safety Officer
  • Linden Havemeyer Wise, Special Counsel, Office of the Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
  • Index