The new director says he will reduce the number of items on display to give artefacts “space to breathe” Times photographer Katie WilsonHe took the helm of the British Museum with a promise of the most radical overhaul since the mid-19th century of Britain’s most visited attraction. Now Hartwig Fischer has said that those plans are likely to involve reducing how many items go on display. The director of the museum has conceded that sometimes visitors may find it easier to engage with an artefact by giving it, and them, space to breathe. The “less is more” approach is part of plans to introduce thematic permanent collections, such as comparisons of love or faith across cultures and generations, and to use digital technology to control the enormous crowds flocking to see the museum’s contents. There has been criticism from some exhibition designers that contemporary blockbuster shows, such…

Source: The Times September 03, 2017 23:03 UTC