Met the challenge: A 143-year-old legacy

Updated On: 28 March, 2013 10:40 PM IST | | Kanika Sharma

Dr Thomas Campbell, Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York is in Mumbai to deliver a talk about the institution, tomorrow. In an interview with Kanika Sharma, he reveals plans to organise an exhibition on the Deccan, why technology is crucial to museums and the challenges of heading it

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Met the challenge: A 143-year-old legacy

How did the idea of visiting Mumbai at this point germinate, specially considering that it’s your first trip?
We have been negotiating with the Ministry of Culture about a Memorandum of Understanding under which we will embark on a number of projects with the Ministry of Culture and Indian Museums. Among the various provisions is an exchange where conservators from Indian museums will come to the Metropolitan (to learn and exchange). We are also in the process of organising an exhibition on the Deccan for Spring 2015. More broadly, since I became Director five years ago, I have been trying to travel to different parts of the world so I have a better understanding of the context of the various collections that we show.

A man looks at the display in the exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Pic/AFP