Last week I visited Skansen, the world's first open air museum, at
Stockholm. Artur Hazelius (1833-1901), the museum's founder and first
director, is buried here in his own museum. I remember also having seen
graves of directors and curators in the churchyard of the open air museum at
Roznov (Czech Republic). The founders of Dulwich Picture Gallery (London),
Sir Francis Bourgeois and Mr. and Mrs. Desenfans, lie in their sarcophags in
the mousoleum which is at the centre of this gallery, the olders public art
gallery in Britain, designed by Sir John Soanes (1811).

I am very interested to learn about other examples of museologists
(founders, directors, curators) buried in "their own" museum!

Thank you in advance for any information.

Peter van Mensch


Dr. Peter van Mensch
senior lecturer of theoretical museology and museum ethics
course director Master's Degree Program in Museology
Reinwardt Academie
Dapperstraat 315
1093 BS Amsterdam
(the Netherlands)

tel. +31 20 6922111
fax +31 30 6926836
e-mail  [log in to unmask]

website  http://www.xs4all.nl/~rwa

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