The entrance to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which recorded a US$8.3 million deficit in the 2016 financial year. Picture: AFP The entrance to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which recorded a US$8.3 million deficit in the 2016 financial year. Picture: AFP
The entrance to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which recorded a US$8.3 million deficit in the 2016 financial year. Picture: AFP
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Former director of the Met on his acrimonious departure from the venerable New York museum

Visiting Hong Kong in his final days as head of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas Campbell sheds light on challenges facing museums in the digital era, and how his tenure came to an acrimonious end

Topic |   United States
Enid Tsui
Enid Tsui

Updated: 2:55pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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The entrance to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which recorded a US$8.3 million deficit in the 2016 financial year. Picture: AFP The entrance to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which recorded a US$8.3 million deficit in the 2016 financial year. Picture: AFP
The entrance to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which recorded a US$8.3 million deficit in the 2016 financial year. Picture: AFP
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