from The New York Times -
Why University Museums Matter
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Perhaps after the heady rush of ever increasingly elaborate and flashy blockbuster exhibitions that have defined - or dictated, even - the museum-going culture of the last couple of decades, the present global financial crisis is an opportunity, of sorts, for a turn towards a more sustainable (and interesting) mode of exhibition-making:

"But at least one good idea seems to be gaining ground. In a bleak economy, when our big public museums threaten to sink under budget-busting excesses, the university museum offers a model for small, intensely researched, collection-based, convention-challenging exhibitions that could get museums through a bumpy present and carry them, lighter and brighter, into the future."