Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Footnotes from the Most Fascination Museums Courtesy Bob Eckstein Bob Eckstein is a prolific cartoonist, illustrator, best-selling author, and humorist who has been contributing to The New Yorker since 2007. He can put a hilarious spin on almost any serious social or political issue. But his latest book, Footnotes from the Most Fascinating Museums: Stories and Memorable Moments from People Who Love Museums (Princeton Architectural Press, 2024), has earned him another descriptor: museum enthusiast and advocate.
The COVID-19 pandemic posed a major threat to museums around the world with people isolating and staying away from indoor spaces. While many important cultural institutions recovered from their financial losses, others are still teetering. Unfortunately, some were forced to close.
What led Eckstein to create an illustrated ode to museums, their visitors, and the people working there? “Waiting out COVID, I learned about how museums were struggling. I figured I could help,” he says. “I also wanted to spend time working on a book I would enjoy.
Since I love art and learning, it seemed like a perfect fit for me, and it was a dream to visit and illustrate all our great museums.” MORE FOR YOU ‘The Acolyte’ Episode 8 Recap And Review: A Dreadful Season Finale And The Cameos Can’t Save It Amazon Prime Day 2024: Our Deals Editors Found The 100 Best Discounts So Far Apple Warns Millions Of iPhone Users—Stop Usin.