Creating The Bowes Museum: Public collecting, private philanthropy and the art market in the public art museum in Britain and France 1830 - 1900

这个博士研究项目将利用以前未开发的档案材料，现在在鲍斯进行了一项1200万英镑的重大资本投资计划。鲍斯博物馆的档案包括大量的账单、交易商的信件和拍卖目录，以及约翰和乔斯·鲍斯夫妇关于他们在英国和法国的收藏和赞助活动的大量私人信件，以及与博物馆设计和拟议组织有关的文件。预计初步的研究活动还将为2017年鲍斯博物馆开馆125周年的展览、解说材料和宣传活动的发展提供基础。

This PhD research project will utilise previously unexplored archive materials now made available following a major £12 million capital investment programme at the Bowes. The archives at the Bowes include a remarkable collection of bills, dealers' letters and auction catalogues and an extensive range of personal correspondence of John and Joséphine Bowes on their collecting and patronage activities in Britain and France, as well as documents relating to the designs for the museum and its proposed organisation. It is envisaged that the preliminary research activities will also underpin the development of an exhibition and interpretation material and publicity in celebration of the 125th anniversary of the opening of The Bowes Museum in 2017.