We never said that the museum was a failure. The museum is a mag… — The Museum as Large-Room Pinball Machine, Marshall McLuhan, Harley Parker, and Museum Professionals, 1967, full transcript of a seminar at the City Museum of New York, October 9-10, 1967, edited by William Buxton, published by U. of Alberta Press, 2026, p 90

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We never said that the museum was a failure. The museum is a magnificent illustration of our Western bias towards the whole world of artifacts.

The Museum as Large-Room Pinball Machine, Marshall McLuhan, Harley Parker, and Museum Professionals, 1967, full transcript of a seminar at the City Museum of New York, October 9-10, 1967, edited by William Buxton, published by U. of Alberta Press, 2026, p 90

Quote #7315

Year: 1967

Chapters: Visual Space | Discontinuity | Linear and Nonlinear | Literacy

↪ Also at #3542, #3508, #1583