A brick-and-mortar presence can be, often is, a crucial part of an art museum's allure. The Guggenheim's mother ship interior is such a thrill that it prepares you to love whatever's on view.
The interiors of the Frick and the Morgan are intimate enough to make you feel proprietarily, and fabulously, at home.
The Rubin Museum of Art, with its suave look, dynamic art collection, and customer amenities like a gift shop and East-West fusion cafe, will transition to being a museum without walls.
It will travel the house collection here and there, maintain a digital presence with the goal of promoting Himalayan culture internationally. It will transition to being, in its own vague words, a museum without walls.
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