Making the Mummies Dance: Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Title: Making the Mummies Dance: Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art Author: Hoving, Thomas ISBN: 9780671880750 Publisher: Touchstone Published: 1994 Binding: Book Language: English Condition: Used: Very Good Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders. Art History & Theory 1410203 Publisher Description: No museum in the world is like the Metropolitan Museum of Art - and no man has ever run it, or revolutionized it, quite like Thomas Hoving. In a decade, Hoving changed almost everything people had grown accustomed to from the Met, shaking the institution out of royal repose and transforming it into the most vital cultural presence in the country. Now, the irrepressible former director delivers a fearless account of his life at the pinnacle of the art world - a modern Vanity Fair, a true story of ma