Is Progress Killing The Boutique Museum?

Can museums based on one person’s vision really survive effectively once that one person is no longer around? The Barnes Museum’s pending move is only the latest in a long line of single-collector museums struggles to stay relevant (and solvent), and one could question whether total reinvention is really an effective tool. “Every museum doesn’t have to be a major tourist attraction, and people who really want to see the Barnes usually can, with some planning. Some museums — the Miho outside Kyoto for one — are valued in part because of the sheer challenge of reaching them, which becomes a sort of pilgrimage.”