LONDON — Museums are having an identity crisis.
Answering the question of “What is a museum?” might seem easy to anyone who’s visited one, but it has provoked a furor at the International Council of Museums, a Paris-based nonprofit that aims to represent the interests of museums worldwide.
In recent months, several people working on the committee to revise the body’s definition of what a museum is have resigned, and there have been accusations of “back-alley political games.” The Council’s president has also quit her post.
The New York Times: What is a museum? A dispute erupts over a new definition
