The Private Museum Goes Public: An American Tale of Death and Taxes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

January 01 2024 The Private Museum Goes Public: An American Tale of Death and Taxes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Anne Hilker Anne Hilker Anne K. Hilker After a distinguished legal career in the practice of trusts and estates law, Anne Hilker earned a Ph.D. in the cultural history of the material world from the Bard Graduate Center, New York City, in 2021. This essay is part of her book project on the transfer of private collections to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. An independent scholar, she teaches museum history and an introductory course on art law at Marymount Manhattan College, New York City. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Anne Hilker Anne K. Hilker After a distinguished legal career in the practice of trusts and estates law, Anne Hilker earned a Ph.D. in the cultural history of the material world from the Bard Graduate Center, New York City, in 2021. This essay is part of her book project on the transfer of private collections to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. An independent scholar, she teaches museum history and an introductory course on art law at Marymount Manhattan College, New York City. Online ISSN: 1536-0105 Print ISSN: 1526-3819 © 2024 Grey Room, Inc. and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.2024Grey Room, Inc. and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Grey Room (2024) (94): 88–113. https://doi.org/10.1162/grey_a_00395 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Anne Hilker; The Private Museum Goes Public: An American Tale of Death and Taxes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Grey Room 2024; (94): 88–113. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/grey_a_00395 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsGrey Room Search Advanced Search This content is only available as a PDF.