Museum News

Welcome to Museum News!  As a museum professional, I enjoy keeping up-to-date on the latest converstations, trends, and controversies in museums, libraries, and other cultural institutions. This is my personal archive for articles I find on the internet.  None of the article belong to me.

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Rediscovering Gems: British Museum exhibition exposes hypocrisy of new loan agreements for looted objects

Rediscovering Gems: British Museum exhibition exposes hypocrisy of new loan agreements for looted objects

The British Museum is celebrating recovered items in its new exhibition, but it continues to refuse to return historically looted items in i

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Rediscovering Gems: British Museum exhibition exposes hypocrisy of new loan agreements for looted objects

Rediscovering Gems: British Museum exhibition exposes hypocrisy of new loan agreements for looted objects

The British Museum is celebrating recovered items in its new exhibition, but it continues to refuse to return historically looted items in i

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Climate activists smash glass protecting Velazquez’s Venus painting in London’s National Gallery | The Seattle Times

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/world/climate-activists-smash-glass-protecting-velazquezs-venus-painting-in-londons-national-gallery/

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UNESCO Has Teamed Up With Interpol to Build a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts

UNESCO Has Teamed Up With Interpol to Build a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts | Artnet News

UNESCO, in collaboration with Interpol, is planning the launch of a $2.5 million virtual museum of stolen cultural objects.

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Report Finds U.S. Museum Workers Face Widespread Precarity – ARTnews.com

68% of the employees surveyed said they have considered leaving the field.

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At the Barnes Foundation, Internal Internships Support Frontline Staff

What can be even better than a museum making a successful hire? Keeping the experienced, well-trained staff it already has. The Alliance’s s

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Secret talks between British Museum and Greece to return Parthenon Marbles in 'advanced stages'

Secret talks between British Museum and Greece to return Parthenon Marbles in 'advanced stages'

If a deal is finalised, the contested sculptures are expected to be returned to Greece in early 2023, and will be displayed at the Acropolis

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NYC Salary Transparency Law Exposes Art World's Lowest Wages

Museums, galleries, and other employers are now obliged to disclose salaries — but that doesn’t mean they’re high.

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Basquiat Paintings Removed From Orlando Museum in F.B.I. Raid

F.B.I. Raids Orlando Museum and Removes Basquiat Paintings

All 25 works in the museum’s Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibition were seized by the F.B.I. An affidavit called into question their origin and th

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Things are gonna keep happening….so…find a way to deal with that…

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#CDC messaging

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https://news.artnet.com/art-world/omicron-staff-shortages-causing-museum-closings-2056168

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Neil Gaiman Calls Out MoMA For Not Crediting DC Comics Artist

Neil Gaiman Calls Out MoMA For Not Crediting DC Comics Artist

Neil Gaiman asks the Museum of Modern Art why it doesn't credit the original artist behind Roy Lichtenstein's famous painting, Drowning Girl

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The Digital Visitor: What we know and what we should measure John Stack, Science Museum Group

Museums are increasingly seeking to reach audiences and deliver their mission through digital channels, this talk considers how best to analyse and measure such digital activity. It will look at audience research approaches and development of KPIs (key performance indicators) and how these can be used to inform the development of a digital content strategy.

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Newark Museum of Art unveils $85M project that includes 2 apartment buildings, retail space

Newark Museum of Art unveils $85M project that includes 2 apartment buildings, retail space

Dubbed Museum Parc the project two apartment buildings - a six story structure with 90 units and an art gallery on the first floor, to be fo

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Dutch Museum: In "World First" Dutch Museum Opens Entire Collection Including Van Gogh, Monet

In World First, Museum Opens Entire Collection Including Van Gogh, Monet

Normally museums exhibit only a small proportion of their collections, but the Boijmans Van Beuningen gallery in Rotterdam will this week be

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Digital Collections Summit

This three day virtual conference will share case studies from museums around the world and highlight how digital is transforming the way in

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Bug Infestations at Museums Surged During Lockdown. Here's How They Are Fighting Back to Defend Their Art From Pesky Critters | Artnet News