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...course, you have to think of the overall goal, what the mission of the museum is--the Fogg, for example, is a kind of encyclopedic museum. When the Rose was opened in the 1960s, there was a hope that it would be based on the model of colleges like Harvard or Yale, and that we would collect from all different periods and places. It was at the end of the 1970s that we redefined the mission: that we would deal with modern and contemporary...
...institutions. Making last year's Senior Gift specific to a scholarship fund was a good first step, but further student choice could be instituted. History concentrators could write a check to the department as a token of gratitude for stimulating tutorials. Students who enjoyed the exhibits in the Fogg Museum could express their thanks in the same way. Instead, the current Senior Gift lumps together all the donations and hands them over to the College, giving students no control over how their donations are used. Undoubtedly the money will be used to benefit future students and improve the College...
...early 1980s, the museums proposed building a skyway to connect the Fogg and the then-new Sackler museums. The community opposed the bridge, fearing it would be an eyesore, and it was never built...
Harvard's art community has a world-class collection of central European art, Pulitzer Professor of Modern Art Yves-Alain Bois, who is a scholar of Dutch artist Piet Mondrian, and Harry Cooper '81-'82, the associate curator of modern art at the Fogg Museum and a Mondrian expert...
...Busch-Reisinger Museum, which is physically connected to the Fogg, purchased the painting from the owners for a reduced price. The painting's value is estimated at $4 million. It was purchased with funds from the friends of the Busch-Reisinger Museum and an additional anonymous donor...