museumgoer

Associated Press A museumgoer snapped a photo of the 'Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty' exhibit at the Met, which attracted 661,509 visitors.

Memberships Spike at Met Pia Catton 2011

Context counts for the museumgoer, as much as for the archaeologist.

The Beautiful and the True Malcolm Bell 2011

This is not how the 21st-century museumgoer is used to consuming culture.

The Joy of Museums That Live in the Past Francis X. Rocca 2011

The critic Roger Shattuck, alluding to a famous remark by John Ruskin, argued that the wise museumgoer strives to look at works of art "with as innocent an eye as one can attain."

Too Much of a Great Thing 2010

No, it strikes me as more akin to the museumgoer who, upon seeing a work of Abstract Expressionism, says "My kid could paint this," and then goes home to prove it.

Brian Gresko: National Novel Writing Month Is Hooey Brian Gresko 2010

In its desire to make more of its collection available to the museumgoer, the Met has adopted a department-store aesthetic in the way it has arranged its American holdings.

Nicolaus Mills: American Renaissance At The Met 2009

The museum is richly enhanced-both in its restoration and in the new ways it can serve the art and the museumgoer.

Do The Wright Thing 2008

It may seem obvious, but why should the average museumgoer care whether the material they are seeing in an exhibit has no archaeological context?

Museum Watchdog 2007

But in every history book, in every newspaper article, on every anniversary, and now before every museumgoer, Hazel's hate-filled face blocked all that out.

Through a Lens, Darkly Margolick, David 2007

“I asked one guy directions,” said museumgoer Greg Libord.

The Transom 2006