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Landmark Costume Collection partnership announced
23 Dec '08
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Stated Director Philippe de Montebello and Director-Elect Thomas P. Campbell of The Metropolitan Museum of Art: “That two great New York institutions, after decades of collecting costume in parallel, are now joining together to combine their resources into the single largest and most comprehensive costume collection in the world, is a landmark event indeed. We thank Arnold Lehman for his vision in forging this collaboration between the Brooklyn Museum and the Metropolitan, and the Trustees of the Brooklyn Museum for their exceptional support. It is a partnership that will enlighten and engage scholars, students, and the public of both institutions for generations to come.”
“Following their deliberate and highly professional evaluation and documentation of the collection as well as assessment of its future stewardship needs, the decision of Brooklyn's Trustees and Director to transfer these extraordinary holdings to the Metropolitan Museum holds enormous promise for the future of international scholarship and understanding in this field. The conditions for mutual use of the combined collections have been carefully established, and the Web-based archive will facilitate access to these materials in unprecedented ways,” said Angelica Rudenstine of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Four thousand stellar costumes have been selected out of the total Brooklyn Museum collection for special presentation. These costumes have been photographed in high resolution and will be made available as soon as possible through ARTstor. The Brooklyn Museum and the Metropolitan Museum also plan to publish a fully illustrated book documenting highlights of the collection, and all 4,000 objects will be featured on a discrete section of the Metropolitan Museum's Web site with links to the Brooklyn Museum site.
An exhibition of the Brooklyn material is planned for 2010 at the Metropolitan Museum and will be the focus of The Costume Institute's annual gala that year. A simultaneous exhibition will be presented at the Brooklyn Museum as a collaborative project between the two museums. Other plans include the organization of a traveling exhibition, an international symposium about the landmark collaboration between the two collections, and the publication of symposium papers in the inaugural issue of The Costume Institute's online journal.
Harold Koda, Curator-in-Charge of The Costume Institute, stated: “The pairing of these two collections marks a significant moment in the rich history of each. The costume collections of the Brooklyn Museum and The Metropolitan Museum of Art have strengths that are mutually enhancing. By integrating them, an unrivaled timeline of Western fashion history has been created, an incredible resource not only for the design community in New York City, but for the public and students of fashion everywhere.”
“Following their deliberate and highly professional evaluation and documentation of the collection as well as assessment of its future stewardship needs, the decision of Brooklyn's Trustees and Director to transfer these extraordinary holdings to the Metropolitan Museum holds enormous promise for the future of international scholarship and understanding in this field. The conditions for mutual use of the combined collections have been carefully established, and the Web-based archive will facilitate access to these materials in unprecedented ways,” said Angelica Rudenstine of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Four thousand stellar costumes have been selected out of the total Brooklyn Museum collection for special presentation. These costumes have been photographed in high resolution and will be made available as soon as possible through ARTstor. The Brooklyn Museum and the Metropolitan Museum also plan to publish a fully illustrated book documenting highlights of the collection, and all 4,000 objects will be featured on a discrete section of the Metropolitan Museum's Web site with links to the Brooklyn Museum site.
An exhibition of the Brooklyn material is planned for 2010 at the Metropolitan Museum and will be the focus of The Costume Institute's annual gala that year. A simultaneous exhibition will be presented at the Brooklyn Museum as a collaborative project between the two museums. Other plans include the organization of a traveling exhibition, an international symposium about the landmark collaboration between the two collections, and the publication of symposium papers in the inaugural issue of The Costume Institute's online journal.
Harold Koda, Curator-in-Charge of The Costume Institute, stated: “The pairing of these two collections marks a significant moment in the rich history of each. The costume collections of the Brooklyn Museum and The Metropolitan Museum of Art have strengths that are mutually enhancing. By integrating them, an unrivaled timeline of Western fashion history has been created, an incredible resource not only for the design community in New York City, but for the public and students of fashion everywhere.”
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