NEWARK, NJ.- Building and maintaining a library collection is no easy task, and doubly difficult when collecting art such as fine prints, portfolios and artists’ books. Libraries have modest acquisition budgets (if any at all) and can never acquire …
A Lifetime of Giving: The William J. Dane Fine Print Collection at the Newark Public Library
NEWARK, NJ.- Building and maintaining a library collection is no easy task, and doubly difficult when collecting art such as fine prints, portfolios and artists’ books. Libraries have modest acquisition budgets (if any at all) and can never acquire the…
A Lifetime of Giving: The William J. Dane Fine Print Collection at the Newark Public Library
NEWARK, NJ.- Building and maintaining a library collection is no easy task, and doubly difficult when collecting art such as fine prints, portfolios and artists’ books. Libraries have modest acquisition budgets (if any at all) and can never acquire the…
Dozens of Thomas Jefferson’s Books Found at Washington University in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS (AP).- Dozens of Thomas Jefferson’s books, some including handwritten notes from the nation’s third president, have been found in the rare books collection at Washington University in St. Louis. Now, historians are poring through the 69 newly…
Metropolitan Museum Launches Connections Series of Online Episodes Featuring Museum Staff
NEW YORK, NY.- The Metropolitan Museum of Art launches Connections today, a new online interactive feature that highlights the perspectives and insights of Museum staff on works of art in the Metropolitan’s collection. Connections is presented as …