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What It Means to Be a University Museum in the Twenty-First Century

By Amy Gilman

These days, when I stop by the café at the Chazen Museum of Art, I often find myself in conversation with my University of Wisconsin–Madison colleagues—students, staff, and professors from across the campus. I know that these informal …

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