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In Search of Culture: Birth of the Museum of Fine Arts
December 13, 2007
David B. Dearinger curator, paintings, sculpture, Boston Athenaeum
Hina Hirayama associate curator, painting and sculpture, Boston Athenaeum

David Dearinger discusses 19th century British tourists in search of culture in Boston, and Hina Hirayama discusses the Boston Athenaeum and the birth of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

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