from The Sunday Times -
Behind the scenes at the British Museum
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One more example of the institutional transformation (of a museum) beginning with a deep sense of passion, intellectual honesty and inspired leadership. Copious amount of funding is not, and cannot be, a necessary starting condition - that comes afterwards. It makes one wonder if the rush to build museums in a top-down fashion is doing it the wrong way round and, perhaps, for all the wrong reasons.
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