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Quote by Robert Hewison
Individually, museums are fine institutions, dedicated to the high

Individually, museums are fine institutions, dedicated to the high values of preservation, education and truth; collectively, their growth in numbers points to the imaginative death of this country. – Robert Hewison

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In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives. – Henry James

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