Daniel H. Weiss is president and chief executive officer of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He is the author of In That Time: Michael O’Donnell and the Tragic Era of Vietnam.
“A public-spirited perspective about how a changing world will
benefit from the constancy and adaptability of large
institutions.”—Maxwell L. Anderson, Apollo Magazine
“The considered voice of a man used to making democratic not
autocratic decisions. Museums should be . . . collaborative . . .
places that offer safe curated spaces within which to contemplate
things bigger than ourselves.”—Charlotte Mullins, Country Life
“Why the Museum Matters is an excellent and unflinching assessment
of the current conditions, ambitions, and limitations of the
contemporary American art museum.”—James Cuno, president and CEO,
J. Paul Getty Trust
“Daniel Weiss’s informed and personal account explores inclusivity,
transparency and trust in governance, plurality in universality,
and the value of shared knowledge in the public sphere. The book is
not only a good read, it should matter to all museums and their
communities looking to the future.”—Elizabeth Cropper, dean
emerita, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National
Gallery of Art
“Daniel Weiss is a noted scholar and a gifted leader who brings a
wealth of experience to his understanding of museums. His timely
questions and insights about museums and their opportunities and
responsibilities, makes for an important book.”—Glenn D. Lowry, The
David Rockefeller Director, The Museum of Modern Art
“Daniel Weiss’s language is accessible, but his ideas are complex,
thought provoking, strategic, and encouraging for the museum’s
future. In Weiss’s view, the museum should be challenged, but
ultimately it is resilient, a reflection of that same attribute in
our culture, in our democracy, and, perhaps, also in
ourselves.”—Courtney J. Martin, Paul Mellon Director, Yale Center
for British Art
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