We’re All in Danger of Watching Our History Go Up in Flames
Museum security remains a work in progress around the world
Sep 6, 2018 · 4 min read

By Hugh Eakin
Around midday on April 15, 1958, New York’s Museum of Modern Art erupted in flames. The three-alarm fire spread rapidly, threatening the world’s preeminent collection of 20th-century paintings and leaving nearly 200 people…


