ABSTRACT Vizcaya was originally the private winter residence of industrialist James Deering and in the course of the last century has known many identities. In Vizcaya’s recent process to refresh our mission and vision, we wondered: What should the role of James Deering be in our new vision? Why does he matter? Why does Vizcaya matter? In exploring Vizcaya’s two founding stories – the story of the founding of the estate and the story of the museum – we envision Deering as a catalyst that enables us to embrace stories of people, place, preservation and innovation through the past, present and future. Through this process, Vizcaya has redefined its role which is to inspire cultural vitality and environmental sustainability and to establish its relevance as a museum in the urban core of twenty-first-century Miami.

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寻求相关性：成为社区场所

摘要 Vizcaya 最初是工业家 James Deering 的私人冬季住宅，在上个世纪的过程中已经知道许多身份。在 Vizcaya 最近更新我们的使命和愿景的过程中，我们想知道：James Deering 在我们的新愿景中应该扮演什么角色？他为什么重要？为什么比斯开很重要？在探索 Vizcaya 的两个创始故事 - 庄园成立的故事和博物馆的故事 - 我们将 Deering 视为一种催化剂，使我们能够通过过去、现在和未来拥抱关于人、地方、保护和创新的故事。通过这个过程，Vizcaya 重新定义了它的角色，即激发文化活力和环境可持续性，并在 21 世纪迈阿密的城市核心建立其作为博物馆的相关性。