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• A Textbook Example of Ranking Artworks

  The economist David Galenson is convinced that the type of economic analysis that explains the $4-plus gas at the pump can also explain the greatest artists of the last 100 or so years. Posted Aug 03 2008, 03:46 PM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Economic Conditions and Trends, Art, Economics, Museums, Statistics

• Sports Business: Beneath the Hall, a Baseball Vault Full of Treasures

  In baseball’s attic, a vast collection of the significant and the ephemeral. Posted Jul 28 2008, 10:50 PM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Baseball, Storage, Antiques, Museums, Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown (NY)

• Behind Walls of Warehouses, a Trove of Artwork

  As art museums and galleries have developed larger collections, an art services industry that has sprung up in the dark warehouses of New York City’s boroughs is also growing. Posted Jul 15 2008, 06:56 PM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Storage, Art, Museums, Warehouses

• Thai Museum at Angkor Draws Tourists, and Criticism

  With few artifacts remaining at the site of the Angkor temples, a Thai company’s new museum there is being criticized for everything from politics to its displays. Posted Jul 06 2008, 12:58 AM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Restoration and Rehabilitation, Cambodia, Thailand, Museums, Angkor (Cambodia), Angkor Wat (Cambodian Temple)

• China’s Legacy: Let a Million Museums Bloom

  Most art is an unsettled category in China and museums have complicated uses. Posted Jul 03 2008, 02:34 PM by partners.userland.com Filed under: China, Politics and Government, Art, Beijing (China), Museums, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Xian (China), Shanghai Museum

• Sports of The Times: Relying on the Horse, but Not Protecting It

  An exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History depicts how humankind has become the steward of horses, and reminds racing fans that we should not treat our charges casually. Posted May 14 2008, 10:54 PM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Horse Racing, Horses, Museums, American Museum of Natural History

• Sports Business: An Afternoon at the (New Sports) Museum

  The mission of the founder and chief executive of the Sports Museum of America has been fulfilled by following a design philosophy that is playful and smart. Posted May 06 2008, 11:14 PM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Manhattan (NYC), Art, Museums, Sports Museum of America

• The Heisman Trophy Moves Into Its New Home

  Orphaned from its original home, the Downtown Athletic Club, after 9/11, the 73-year-old Heisman Trophy is putting down roots at the Sports Museum of America. Posted Apr 30 2008, 07:11 PM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Manhattan (NYC), Museums, Downtown Athletic Club, Heisman Trophy, Sports Museum of America

• Art Review | Olafur Eliasson: Stand Still, a Spectacle Will Happen

  Olafur Eliasson’s work, as seen at both the Modern and at P.S. 1, is enchanting and intellectually stimulating, and reminds us how far in the current decade art has not come. Posted Apr 17 2008, 05:10 PM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Art, Museums, P S 1 Contemporary Art Center, Eliasson, Olafur, Museum of Modern Art

• New Museum Offers the Official Line on Tibet

  The Chinese Communist Party’s unflinching line on Tibet’s historic status has fueled Tibetan resentment. Posted Apr 16 2008, 11:16 PM by partners.userland.com Filed under: China, Tibet, Politics and Government, Dalai Lama, Demonstrations and Riots, Museums

• Essay: Open Wide: Pioneer Dentist Gets His Due

  The reproduced office of G.V. Black is a central feature of the National Museum of Dentistry in Baltimore. Posted Apr 14 2008, 07:53 PM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Teeth and Dentistry, National Museum of Dentistry, Museums, Black, G. V., Smithsonian Institution