Avant-Garde MuseologyThe museum of contemporary art might be the most advanced recording device ever invented. It is a place for the storage of historical grievances and the memory of forgotten artistic experiments, social projects, or errant futures. But in late nineteenth and early twentieth century Russia, this recording device was undertaken by artists and thinkers as a site for experimentation. Arseny Zhilyaevs Avant Garde Museology presents essays documenting the