纽约大都会艺术博物馆展品来源

The Source of Exhibits of The Metropolitan Museum of art

美国纽约大都会艺术博物馆是一家私人博物馆,由商人、银行家等富豪合力创建。它来源于富豪们对艺术、历史、文化的梦想。作为一个新兴国家的博物馆,从无到有,其藏品来源大致可以分为直接捐赠、征集购买、考古发现、长期租借、国家分配。本文通过对大都会博物馆藏品来源的系统性梳理,展示了一段人类为艺术和学术无私贡献的伟大历史。

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, America is a private museum. Created by businessmen, bankers and other rich people. It came from the rich’s dream of art, history and culture. As a museum in an emerging country, from scratch, its collection source can be roughly divided into direct donation, purchase,Archaeological discovery, long-term lease, and State distribution. By systematically studying the source of the collections of Metropolitan Museum of Art, this paper will show a history that human’s great contribution to the art and academic research.