Making the Mummies Dance: Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art, by Thomas Hoving (HC, 1993, $3)
"An unforgettable tale of power struggles and one-upmanship, fame, big money, and of course, great art." The author is the former Director of the Met., so he should know.
Look for this book on the new non-fiction table, eventually to be located in the general non-fiction section, avail. 10/5.