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MUSEUM WITHOUT WALLS ‘Great Museums’ takes to the streets of New Orleans to reveal that the city is a ‘living museum of music’ Originally printed: Saturday, May 15, 2010 With visits to more than 40 museums stamped on its passport, the public-television series “Great Museums” steps outside for its latest installment. “New Orleans: A Living …

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“GREAT MUSEUMS: NEW ORLEANS: A LIVING MUSEUM OF MUSIC” “If you wanna get an authentic American experience, that living museum, just walk around the streets of New Orleans, talk to people. It’s there.” Irvin Mayfield, Director, New Orleans Jazz Orchestra; Cultural Ambassador for New Orleans and the state of Louisiana (April 2010)—In “GREAT MUSEUMS: NEW …

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“Those of us who run the museums, run them for the benefit of the public, all the public.” Philippe de Montebello, Director, The Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1977 to 2008. (February 2010)—The extraordinary legacy of Philippe de Montebello, who served for 31 years as Director of The Metropolitan Museum Art, is chronicled in GREAT …

AN ACQUIRING MIND: PHILIPPE DE MONTEBELLO AND THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART Read More »

GREAT MUSEUMS GOES GLOBAL 2008: “THE SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL ZOO: WILD THING!” and “GREAT MUSEUMS OF HAVANA: CURIOUS ABOUT CUBA” Great Museums Steps Outside the Museum Walls to Showcase Global Stories of Preservation and Restoration With Two Trailblazing Specials for FALL 2008 (October 2008)—What do the colonial squares of Havana, Cuba, and the endangered species of …

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GREAT MUSEUMS of the WORLD GREAT MUSEUMS GOES GLOBAL WITH A 2008 OLYMPIC SPECIAL: CHINA: WEST MEETS EAST AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART “There is no better method to penetrate into the Chinese frame of mind than through its art.” Philippe de Montebello, Director, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (June, 2008) As excitement builds …

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An interview with Chesney Doyle, Creator, Great Museums® The creative goal of Echo Pictures, Inc., the independent production company that created “Great Museums,” is clearly stated: “to knock people out with a half-hour of T.V. that sends them to the Web or their local museum, library, historical society, or school…” Now, imagine that statement spoken …

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Even the most avid museum-goers would agree that there are days when the comforts of home, in particular, the couch and the remote control, win out over trekking to a local museum. [W]atching the tube doesn’t have to be the polar opposite of visiting a museum. The television series “Great Museums” goes even further in …

Interview with Chesney Doyle and Marc Doyle, Co-Executive Producers, Great Museums Read More »