MCNY Blog: New York Stories
Iconic photos of a changing city, and commentary on our Collections & Exhibitions from the crew at MCNY.org
The Life Cycle of a Loan
William Auerbach-Levy (1889-1964). George Gershwin at piano. 1926. Museum of the City of New York. 67.109. – Currently on loan to Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY, and traveling to Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH.
Many museums have an active loan program, borrowing from and lending to other organizations. For example, curators for New York at Its Core scoured collections far and wide to supplement the Museum’s rich collections in telling the story of this great city. There is a lot of work over a long period of time involved in making these loans happen. Let’s go behind the scenes to get an overview of the process.
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