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We know all of our ARLIS/NA colleagues will want to join us in
congratulating Milan Hughston on his appointment as the new Chief of Library
and Museum Archives at The Museum of Modern Art, New York.   The full text
of the press release that will shortly be available on MoMA's Web site
follows.

Daniel Starr
Janis Ekdahl

For Immediate Release
June 1999


THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART APPOINTS
A CHIEF OF LIBRARY AND MUSEUM ARCHIVES


Glenn D. Lowry, Director of The Museum of Modern Art, announced the
appointment of Milan R. Hughston to the newly created position of Chief of
Library and Museum Archives effective September 7.  Mr. Hughston, who comes
to MoMA after twenty years at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, Texas,
will lead the centralization of the Museum's research resources, consisting
of the Library and Museum Archives.  He will report to Patterson Sims,
Deputy Director for Education and Research Resources.
Mr. Lowry said: "The Museum has searched widely for an individual to
oversee, consolidate, and re-envision its extraordinary research resources.
In Milan Hughston, we have found a gifted leader and articulate spokesperson
for the Museum's expanding role as the preeminent research facility for
modern art in the world."
Mr. Hughston began his career at the Amon Carter Museum as Assistant
Librarian in 1979, following a period of postgraduate work in Art Gallery
and Museum Studies at the University of Manchester, England.  In 1983, he
was promoted to Associate Librarian, a post he held until 1989, when he was
named Librarian.
Rick Stewart, Director of the Amon Carter Museum, commented: "Milan Hughston
is a consummate art librarian, one of the finest I have ever known.  Over
the past twenty years he has developed the Amon Carter Museum's research
library into one of the finest and most comprehensive American art resource
centers to be found anywhere.  His effective leadership, most recently
demonstrated with the establishment of the Cultural District Library
Consortium, has greatly benefited us all.  Milan is very well-known and
admired in the professional research library community, and our loss will
assuredly be MoMA's gain."
Mr. Hughston organized several exhibitions at the Carter Museum, including
"Stage Folk": Caricatures of the New York Stage by Al Frueh (1997).  He is
the author of numerous articles on art history and museum library science,
topics on which he has also spoken at various professional gatherings.  Mr.
Hughston holds a bachelor's degree in journalism (with honors) and a Master
of Library Science degree, from
The University of Texas at Austin.
Mr. Sims said: "The selection of Milan Hughston gives the Museum a seasoned
librarian with a strong commitment to and knowledge of the benefits and
importance of art museum archives.  While long based in Fort Worth, Hughston
is nationally well respected and has many connections to New York City.
Given the unusually gifted staff already in place, Milan's responsibilities
will focus on the Museum's new scholarly opportunities, the upcoming major
building program, and attracting the additional funding needed for research
support."
        Since it was chartered as an educational institution in 1929, The
Museum of Modern Art has been dedicated to helping people understand and
enjoy the visual arts of our time.  Over 1.8 million people visited the
Museum last year to see its permanent collection as well as to attend
temporary exhibitions, film programs, and special events. Many more are
served by the Museum's traveling exhibitions, its active publishing program,
its Library and Museum Archives, and its educational activities, including
the Museum's award-winning Web site.
The Museum's Library contains approximately 160,000 books and periodicals,
as well as special collections of rare and unique materials, devoted to the
study of modern art.  The Museum Archives holds extensive historical
documentation related to the history of the Museum, as well as primary
source material that complements the mission and interests of the
institution.  In addition, each curatorial department is equipped with a
study center that holds extensive materials on specific mediums.
All these resources are open to students and scholars by appointment and
information about them is accessible through the Museum's Web site, at
www.moma.org, and on DADABASE, the on-line catalogue of MoMA's research
resources.
Mr. Hughston stated: "The story of modern art is reflected in the remarkable
library and Museum Archives collections of MoMA.  It is a great honor and
challenge to be asked to coordinate efforts in creating an ideal paradigm
for the study of modern and contemporary art as the Museum expands.  MoMA's
commitment to the library and the history embodied in its archives has been
evident since the Museum's founding, and I look forward to continuing that
tradition of enhancing access to a collection of
such renown."

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