In a message dated 3/16/09 11:23:37 AM, [email protected] writes:
> Back before it was called the Art Institute, Chicago's art museum was > actually > led by a group of the city's foremost artists. > > What has the history of the Boston museum has been like? > > It ws started by a group of wealthy and prominent Bostonians in the late nineteenth century because we didn't have a museum except the Athenaeum. Local artists, or as far as I know, any artists, have never been involved. it dpends heavily on donors. Free passes to the Museum(and many other Boston museums) are available to the public by signing up for them at the public libraries,where they are often signed out but not publicized. KAte Sullivan ************** Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001)
