EASTERN EUROPE PIECE
June 1st, 2004
BY MARK ROWEDuring the time of the Soviet Union, museums in the satellite states of Eastern Europe routinely kept short working hours, closed without notice and were all too frequently dowdy, musty and inaccessible.With the accession of 10 new states (including eight in eastern Europe), into the European Union, the future for museums from Lithuania to Malta, and from Slovenia to Slovakia is much brighter. For many museums in the countries, EU membership means more interaction with the museum mainstream community, access to funding routes (such as the European ...
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