Is Museum Speculation in Art Immoral, Illegal and Insufficiently Fattening?

Authors

Alan L. Feld, Boston Univeristy School of LawFollow
Michael O'Hare

Author granted license

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-1975

ISSN

0027-4089

Publisher

American Association of Museums

Language

en-us

Abstract

As the monetary problems of museums become more desperate, institutions are faced with the necessity of providing services with dwindling funds. The authors suggest, for public discussion, a plan for museums investing in art to realize profits through speculation.

Recommended Citation

Alan L. Feld & Michael O'Hare, Is Museum Speculation in Art Immoral, Illegal and Insufficiently Fattening? , in 53 Museum News 24 (1975).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/faculty_scholarship/3219