Museums and the Collecting of Antiquities—Past, Present and Future

A Public Symposium Organized by the Association of Art Museum Directors

Thursday, May 4, 2006
9:00am - 5:00pm
Bartos Forum
New York Public Library
5th Avenue and 42nd Street

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The symposium will explore how museums have, and can responsibly continue to, protect, interpret and exhibit archaeological material and works of ancient art. Participants will present an overview of the contribution art museums have made to the preservation and understanding of ancient art and culture through the collecting of antiquities, and how this mission can responsibly be continued. Panelists will discuss the role of collecting in the continuing research on, and appreciation of, ancient art and culture.

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Morning Session	Antiquities: The World's Shared Artistic Legacy Moderator: James Cuno, Director, Art Institute of Chicago
9:00 - 9:15	Introduction: Mary Sue Sweeney Price, Director, Newark Art Museum; President, Association of Art Museum Directors
9:15 - 10:30	The Value of Museums Anthony Appiah, Professor of Philosophy, Princeton University Neil MacGregor, Director, British Museum Philippe de Montebello, Director, Metropolitan Museum of Art
10:30 - 12:00	The Value of Antiquities David Owen, Professor of Ancient Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Cornell University Michael Barry, Lecturer in Persian, Princeton University, and Curator of Islamic Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art James Watt, Chairman, Department of Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Afternoon Session	Panel Discussions Moderator: Timothy Potts, Director, Kimbell Art Museum
1:00 - 3:00	Ancient Culture and Museums – Patrimony, Property and Policy Panelists: Malcolm Bell, Professor of Art History, University of Virginia Glen Bowersock, Professor of Ancient History, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton James Cuno, Director, Art Institute of Chicago Richard Leventhal, Director, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania Neil MacGregor, Director, British Museum Jane Waldbaum, President, Archaeological Institute of America; Professor Emerita, Department of Art History, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
3:00 - 5:00	Saving Sites and Serving Knowledge – Does Museum Collecting Help or Hinder? Panelists: Michael Coe, Charles J. MacCurdy Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, and former Curator Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale David Freidel, University Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University Patty Gerstenblith, Professor of Law, DePaul University John Henry Merryman, Sweitzer Professor of Law and Affiliated Professor of Art, Emeritus, Stanford University David Owen, Professor of Ancient Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Cornell University

Museums and the Collecting of Antiquities—Past, Present and Future

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