The Campus Art Museum:
A Qualitative Study

October 2012
Corrine Glesne

The current global recession has demonstrated how vulnerable campus museums can be in times of economic turmoil. Brandeis University caused a firestorm with its announced plan to close its Rose Art Museum and sell the museum’s collections, and soon it became clear that other campus museums were – or could be – similarly at risk. As part of the response to this and other troubling developments, the Kress Foundation sponsored a qualitative study of “the campus art museum.” The sponsored study is intended to enhance our understanding of the manifold contributions campus art museums can make to their host institutions and host cities.

This study is forthcoming in book form from MuseumEtc under the title The Exemplary Museum: Art and Academia.

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• The Campus Art Museum: A Qualitative Study
  Preface
• The Campus Art Museum: A Qualitative Study
  I. The Great Kress "Giveaway"
• The Campus Art Museum: A Qualitative Study
  II. Art Across Curriculum
• The Campus Art Museum: A Qualitative Study
  III. Museum Art in Everyday Life
• The Campus Art Museum: A Qualitative Study
  IV. Challenges and Conditions of Success for Campus Art Museums
• The Campus Art Museum: A Qualitative Study
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