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Photos courtesy of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum website. I am writing today to talk about one of my all time favorite museums: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. I am also writing in defense of the personal museum, as contrasted to the "scientific" museum which has been the model for the last 100 years. For me, the richness of the total experience in a personal museum outweighs the disadvantage of not seeing all works in a neutral setting and perfect light. The Gardner museum is a recreated Venetian Renaissance palace, built by Isabella to evoke the Barberi Palace in Venice, which she leased for her trips there, and designed to display her personal collection of art… Continue reading… 2 comments