Museums Journal (Volume 2) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903. Excerpt: ... It will, of course, in common with the rest of the galleries, be so arranged as to be an open book to those who care to read. This scheme cannot be carried out in all its parts at once. It needs time for growth. The Infirmary site will probably not be available for eight or ten years. If we are wise we shall decide definitely what we want now, and have our scheme ready for the architects so as to make sure that the building be adapted to the purposes for which it is to be used. No time, also, should be lost in making and arranging collections to go into the new galleries. A great central institution on these lines will cover a field of work that is not touched by any of our present institutions. It is an open secret that the Corporation are prepared to take up the question. If they deal with it on broad and liberal lines such as the above they will earn the gratitude of al future citizens of Manchester by founding a new type of institution which will probably be copied by other communities. In dealing with it they will need the support of the public. This will certainly be given with the same readiness as in the founding of the School of Technology. Museum "Fakes." 1 THIN the past month there has been considerable excitement amongst private and public collectors respecting the genuineness of works of art, in consequence of the doubt thrown on an important purchase made by the authorities of the Louvre a few years ago of a supposed "tiara" of King Saitapharnes. The facts not in dispute are few and simple. The so-called tiara is a helmet-shaped crown of gold, elaborately adorned with groups of Homeric figures between two deep bands of richly foliated ornament. It purports to be an example of the somewhat debased Greek art of the third century before Christ, ...