The New England magazine . two years hence, of thefirst installation of the galleries on Hunting-ton Avenue. The prominent architectural character-istics of the group which will compose theMuseum of Fine Arts are three. First,,there is the unity of the entire plan, so thatthe separate parts, including the outlyingstructures, are functionally related to eachother and to a central architectural point,—the rotunda on the main or upper floor at thehead of the staircase leading from the mainentrance. Second, each department is amuseum complete within itself. Its ex-hibits may be seen without the ne
The New England magazine . two years hence, of thefirst installation of the galleries on Hunting-ton Avenue. The prominent architectural character-istics of the group which will compose theMuseum of Fine Arts are three. First,,there is the unity of the entire plan, so thatthe separate parts, including the outlyingstructures, are functionally related to eachother and to a central architectural point,—the rotunda on the main or upper floor at thehead of the staircase leading from the mainentrance. Second, each department is amuseum complete within itself. Its ex-hibits may be seen without the necessity ofentering or passing through any other de-partment. Third, the collections of each de-partment are divided into exhibition se-ries and study series, the former con-sisting of objects shown under conditions asfavorable as possible to their display in thegalleries of the main floor, the latter of ob-jects maintained primarily for the benefitof students and investigators on the floor THE NEW MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS 549.
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