Greenwich’s Bruce Museum Reopens with a Triumphant Redo

Among the strengths of the American museum system are its variousness and the independence of its thousands of parts. Museums here, unlike in Europe, are almost always freestanding, privately funded nonprofits run by trustees.

American museums, as a totality, cover most aspects of human existence from art to plants, history, dinosaurs, pets, voodoo, sex, and Elvis Presley. And each museum expresses the idiosyncrasies of its region, founders, donors, directors, and curators. The trajectories are endless. That’s one reason why American culture is so dynamic.