St. Louis tries new approach in museum expansion

6 February 2012, 8:50 am

ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - The St. Louis Art Museum is rearranging galleries by theme rather than time period, seeking to make them more accessible to visitors as part of a $162 million expansion. Galleries that once covered the 18th Century, for example, now focus on "The Modern Body" with nudes from different eras, or "The American Scene." It's an approach already in use at the Detroit Institute of ...... Read More »

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