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The State of the Museum Field in 2020, as Viewed by Students

By Kristin M. Szylvian

On a day in April 2020, Richard E. Jones—a recent St. John’s University graduate who grew up with a view of New York City’s famous “Museum Mile” from his Harlem neighborhood—looked down the street toward the Metropolitan Museum of Art. …

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