Towards a New Museum

In this unprecedented investigation, architectural historian Victoria Newhouse challenges many hitherto accepted premises of museum design. She demonstrates that new museums -- with a social function equal in importance to that of the 19th-century opera house -- are often still based on old concepts that no longer apply to contemporary art forms. This unvarnished analysis is informed by interviews with museum directors and curators, collectors, artists and the architects themselves.Newhouse, Victoria is the author of 'Towards a New Museum ', published 2006 under ISBN 9781580931809 and ISBN 1580931804.