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

这一博士研究项目将利用以前未被探索的档案材料，这些材料现在是在鲍斯的一项1200万GB的重大资本投资计划之后提供的。鲍斯博物馆的档案包括大量账单、交易商的信件和拍卖目录，约翰·鲍斯和若泽·芬·鲍斯关于他们在英国和法国的收藏和赞助活动的广泛私人信件，以及与博物馆及其拟议组织的设计有关的文件。预计初步研究活动还将为编制展览和口译材料以及为庆祝2017年鲍斯博物馆开放125周年而进行的宣传工作奠定基础。

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.