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Salzburg Global

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Partner:: Salzburg Global
Location:: Salzburg Global Seminar
Salzburg, Austria
Event Date:: 06.25.07
Speaker:: Neil MacGregor
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Summary: Neil MacGregor delivered this presentation during the board of directors meeting at the Salzburg Global Seminar. A stimulating analysis of several important artifacts, artworks, and collections relating their discovery, display, and preservation, to mankinds' understanding of the world.

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Neil MacGregor

Neil MacGregor is the Director of the British Museum, a position he has held since 2002, where he is credited with â€œâ€¦not only transforming the publicâ€™s view of what the British Museum is for, but also the view of the politicians.â€ (Guardian Unlimited Arts interview, May 2007). Recently, the BBC produced a ten-week series on The Museum and Mr. MacGregor.