The Response of Museum Directors to Suffragettes

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This chapter explores how museum directors reacted to the threat of suffragettes, focusing on the National Portrait Gallery's director. It discusses his differing responses when communicating with the Board of Trustees and his assistant keepers, and also mentions the director's request for wired glass installation as a precaution against suffragette attacks.

In 1913, museums and art galleries in London received a memo from the police. It told them to be careful when they let in visitors – women might try to attack the art.

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