The Art History Newsletter

Have It Your Way

by Jon Lackman | 5 October 2006 | Museums

The up-and-coming Max Hollein, now director of the august Städel in Frankfurt, recently discussed his efforts to accommodate today’s broad museum-going public. His institution now offers seven different audio tours: a guide to the highlights, a children’s tour, and tours focused on religious, technical and cultural-history topics. He also dismisses the idea that a modern-art specialist might have problems with the historical component of a museum. (Frankfurter Allgemeine, tageszeitung)