false <![CDATA[Museum: Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172432428m/175099.jpg 175099 3 <B>A unique oral portrait of the Met, drawing on interviews with everyone from the director to the security guards</B> <BR><BR> The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the greatest museums in the world. It is an enormous place that takes up five city blocks and has more than two million square feet of space, filled with treasures everywhere the eye can see. There are exquisite vases, jewelry, tapestry, baseball cards, Egyptian mummies, sculptures, and furniture, and many of the most famous and recognized paintings in the world, from Van Gogh to Rembrandt, Monet, and El Greco. <BR><BR> But this famous institution, which attracts four million visitors a year, is not just about objects. This is a place that is supported and maintained by people, which is what this wonderful book celebrates. In the fifty-two interviews in <I>Museum</I>, we meet some of the people who have given their lives to making the Met the success that it is. We are introduced to curators with endless knowledge who look after the collections; as well as cleaners; florists; police and security staff who maintain and secure the building; plus the philanthropists and millionaires who donate their money for new and wonderful art works, including well-known people like Henry Kravis and Annette de la Renta. <BR><BR> Danziger has a rare touch for getting just the right detail, and these interviews are informative, moving, and compulsively readable. Oral history at its best, <I>Museum</I> will appeal not only to the millions who visit the Met every year, but also to anyone with an interest in museums and art. 169150 21 6 2007 Museum: Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art total:89|5:18|4:35|3:26|2:7|1:3| 89 325 171 41 175099 067003861X 9780670038619 84 39 Museum: Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172432428m/175099.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/175099.Museum_Behind_the_Scenes_at_the_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art 2 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 08:57:45 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 09:01:55 -0800 2009 more...]]> 175099 067003861X 9780670038619 84 39 Museum: Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172432428m/175099.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/175099.Museum_Behind_the_Scenes_at_the_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art 0 0 false Sat May 16 09:36:47 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 11:56:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 175099 067003861X 9780670038619 84 39 Museum: Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172432428m/175099.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/175099.Museum_Behind_the_Scenes_at_the_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art 5 0 false Mon May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jan 23 11:11:20 -0800 2009 Tue May 26 06:45:18 -0700 2009 As an art history major in college in New York, who spend quite a bit of my time at the MET the book was bittersweet as I loved reading about the details of the museums operations, but it also made me sad that I had never been successful in that field of scholarship. The book also shines a bit...more...]]> 175099 067003861X 9780670038619 84 39 Museum: Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172432428m/175099.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/175099.Museum_Behind_the_Scenes_at_the_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art 4 0 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jan 10 14:43:56 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 15:27:12 -0800 2008 The good thing about this book is that one hears from peopl...more...]]> 175099 067003861X 9780670038619 84 39 Museum: Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172432428m/175099.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/175099.Museum_Behind_the_Scenes_at_the_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art 4 0 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 12 09:52:01 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 31 07:41:50 -0700 2007 more...]]> 175099 067003861X 9780670038619 84 39 Museum: Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172432428m/175099.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/175099.Museum_Behind_the_Scenes_at_the_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art 2 0 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 05 07:52:39 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 15 12:35:24 -0800 2007 more...]]> 175099 067003861X 9780670038619 84 39 Museum: Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172432428m/175099.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/175099.Museum_Behind_the_Scenes_at_the_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art 3 1 false Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Aug 19 17:37:39 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 20 08:32:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 175099 067003861X 9780670038619 84 39 Museum: Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172432428m/175099.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/175099.Museum_Behind_the_Scenes_at_the_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art 0 0 false Wed Nov 04 13:23:52 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 13:23:52 -0800 2009 more...]]> 175099 067003861X 9780670038619 84 39 Museum: Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172432428m/175099.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/175099.Museum_Behind_the_Scenes_at_the_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art 3 0 false Mon Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 18:48:05 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 18:51:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5971902 0143114263 9780143114260 5 2 Museum: Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255813114m/5971902.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5971902.Museum_Behind_the_Scenes_at_the_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art 0 0 false Sat Jun 27 16:16:40 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 16:18:39 -0700 2009 5971902 0143114263 9780143114260 5 2 Museum: Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255813114m/5971902.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5971902.Museum_Behind_the_Scenes_at_the_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art 1 0 false Sun Dec 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 20:02:09 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 19:16:06 -0800 2008 more...]]> 175099 067003861X 9780670038619 84 39 Museum: Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172432428m/175099.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/175099.Museum_Behind_the_Scenes_at_the_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art 3 0 false Sun Dec 28 10:43:42 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 11:03:13 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 10:43:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 175099 067003861X 9780670038619 84 39 Museum: Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172432428m/175099.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/175099.Museum_Behind_the_Scenes_at_the_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art 0 0 false Wed Aug 05 11:13:41 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 11:32:11 -0700 2009 175099 067003861X 9780670038619 84 39 Museum: Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172432428m/175099.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/175099.Museum_Behind_the_Scenes_at_the_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art 4 0 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 14 12:50:28 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 01 11:12:12 -0700 2007
The interviews I remember most vividly are the the ones with the curators who discussed the Tiffany ...more...]]> 175099 067003861X 9780670038619 84 39 Museum: Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172432428m/175099.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/175099.Museum_Behind_the_Scenes_at_the_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art 5 0 false Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 17:17:35 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 17:19:37 -0700 2009 175099 067003861X 9780670038619 84 39 Museum: Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172432428m/175099.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/175099.Museum_Behind_the_Scenes_at_the_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art 3 0 false Sat Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 14 07:19:19 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 12 18:30:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 175099 067003861X 9780670038619 84 39 Museum: Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172432428m/175099.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/175099.Museum_Behind_the_Scenes_at_the_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art 5 0 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 31 10:37:38 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 08:23:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 175099 067003861X 9780670038619 84 39 Museum: Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172432428m/175099.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/175099.Museum_Behind_the_Scenes_at_the_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art 4 0 false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 16:12:17 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 16:13:12 -0700 2009 175099 067003861X 9780670038619 84 39 Museum: Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172432428m/175099.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/175099.Museum_Behind_the_Scenes_at_the_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art 0 0 false Wed Sep 12 07:54:43 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 19 17:35:16 -0700 2007 Contrary review:
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"Even before page one, it’s clear that Danny Danziger knows museums: Museum: Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is dedicated to his mother, Gigi Guggenheim Danzig...more...]]> 175099 067003861X 9780670038619 84 39 Museum: Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172432428m/175099.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/175099.Museum_Behind_the_Scenes_at_the_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art 0 0 false Fri May 01 16:50:45 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 16:50:58 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=175099