Peabody Museum Case Study

The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is among the oldest museums of its type in the world, and is home to one of the finest collections of human cultural history.

The J. Paul Getty Museum and Los Angeles County Museum of Art Case Study

In 2011, the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) jointly acquired a collection of over 2,000 works by Robert Mapplethorpe from the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation (RMF).

Williams College Museum of Art Case Study

Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA), in Williamstown, Massachusetts, is widely considered to be one of the finest college art museums in the United States.

The Whitney Museum and The Challenges of Cataloguing Performance Art Case Study

The Whitney Museum of American Art has a long history of presenting important performance art, both in their collection and through the Whitney Biennial.

Munch Museum Case Study

Opened in 1963, the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway, is dedicated to the life and work of expressionist pioneer Edvard Munch. The museum maintains the most comprehensive collection of works by Munch, including approximately 1,100 paintings, 7,000 drawings, and 18,000 prints. The collection also includes sculptures, photographs, and 30,000 pages of letters, drafts, exhibition lists, and manuscripts.