Athena Art Foundation

What Are Museums For?

October 22, 2021 Athena Art Foundation, Fitzwilliam Museum and Colnaghi Foundation Season 1 Episode 1
What Are Museums For?
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Athena Art Foundation
What Are Museums For?
Oct 22, 2021 Season 1 Episode 1
Athena Art Foundation, Fitzwilliam Museum and Colnaghi Foundation

What are museums for? Whose stories do they tell? How do they decide which aspects of the past to preserve and represent? 
Join Luke Syson, Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, and Nicola Jennings, Director of the Athena Art Foundation, over the next few months for six conversations with curators, museum directors, activists and writers about the role of the museum in the 21st century.

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What are museums for? Whose stories do they tell? How do they decide which aspects of the past to preserve and represent? 
Join Luke Syson, Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, and Nicola Jennings, Director of the Athena Art Foundation, over the next few months for six conversations with curators, museum directors, activists and writers about the role of the museum in the 21st century.