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...Busch-Reisinger, founded in 1903 and later supported by prominent benefactors including Aldophus Busch of Anheuser-Busch, Inc. and his son-in-law, Hugo Reisinger, is considered the foremost museum of German art on this continent. The Gothic building, which boost a Flentrop organ and original arches, houses works by Walter Gropius and Lyonel Feininger as well as Renaissance and Medieval...
Despite the museum's prominence, the University cannot afford to maintain and project three separate museums to house valuable and delicate art, officials said this past week. President Derek C. Bok, alumni and museum officials have discussed ways to alleviate the burden of the Busch for more than ten years...
Aside from financial and environmental considerations, "it makes good sense that the preeminent collection of the Busch-Reisinger be more closely associated with European art in the Fogg," said Peter Nesbit, curator of the Busch-Reisinger...
Plans for the Busch and the Fogg have remained confidential for many years since many donors over the past 75 years have contributed to the Busch with the understanding that it was and would continue to be the outstanding German art museum in this country, according to an alumnus who has been consulted on the future of the Busch...
...alumnus, who asked to remain anonymous, said that the removal of what he called the Busch's main art collection and the installment of plastic casts, most of which are now in storage, have upset some alumni. Plastic casts are reproductions of three-dimensional art which have scholarly but little market value...