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** Museums Once Coated Native Cultural Objects in Toxic Pesticides
The problem was that poisonous objects were being sent back to tribal communities, and many would go back into rituals, coming in close proximity to a person’s skin, eyes, nose, and mouth.
** Museum and gallery virtual tours: How does the experience measure up?
GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums) is one of many sectors that has embraced digital technology during the coronavirus pandemic, using it to help satisfy our desire for real life activities.
** Hawaiian Chief’s Cloak and Helmet Repatriated After 241 Years
New Zealand has formally repatriated an intricately woven ʻahu ʻula (feathered cloak) and a brightly colored mahiole (helmet) that changed hands during a pivotal moment in Hawaiian history.
** “Pay As You Stay” – an alternative pricing model for museums?
In an unorthodox pricing experiment, the Weserburg Museum of Modern Art in Bremen, Germany, temporarily dropped the usual day-rate admission fee and connected prices to the time spent at the museum.
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** Medical error led to painter Raphael's death, study finds
The study by historians at the University of Milan-Bicocca ruled out earlier theories of malaria, typhoid and syphilis, concluding instead that bloodletting, the ancient practice of withdrawing blood as a treatment for disease, would have further weakened Raphael, who was probably suffering from pneumonia.
** France Begins Process Of Returning Looted Artworks To Benin
The objects the law would see deaccessioned from French collections include 26 objects taken from the royal palace of Abomey in 1892, which are currently held at the Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac.
** The Weird Conspiracy Theories Around The Art At Denver’s Airport
When Leo Tanguma painted a series of murals for the Denver International Airport, he had no idea that they would become a lightning rod for conspiracy theories and controversy over the murals’ perceived meaning; despite his attempts to explain the true meaning behind the murals, the firestorm of negative conjecture continues to roll on.
** Courbet’s Most Controversial Paintings: Strange Eroticism, Socialism, and More
To those living in 19th-century France, Gustave Courbet’s pioneering career could be divided into a series of scandals.
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** Imperial War Museums joins Facebook advertising boycott
Imperial War Museums (IWM) has joined an international movement to boycott Facebook and Instagram advertising to highlight the platforms’ role in spreading hate.
** Sharing knowledge in Tahiti: reflections on the chief mourner’s costume
Senior Conservator, Monique Pullan, reflects on her trip to Tahiti to meet communities and exchange knowledge about an incredible Tahitian costume in the British Museum's collection.
** Massachusetts’ Plimoth Plantation Will Change Its Name
Earlier this month, living history museum Plimoth Plantation shared a new logo featuring two words: Plimoth—an alternative spelling of the Massachusetts colony’s name—and Patuxet, the Wampanoag name for the land where English settlers landed in 1620.
** This dinosaur may have shed its feathers like modern songbirds
A patch of three oddly short feathers spotted among the fossilized plumage of Microraptor may be the first evidence of a nonbird dinosaur moulting.
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** The New Must-Have Museum Souvenir: Face Masks
As cultural institutions across Europe reopen, many are selling face coverings featuring their artworks or logos as a way of making some much-needed income. NB: Global Museum's Store also sells a wide selection of art & design masks
** Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art accused of culture of racism
A group of former employees and board members of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art have written a letter charging the museum with promoting a culture of racism and saying formal reports about racial bias and attacks have been ignored.
** Turkey Controversially Converts Hagia Sophia From Museum Into Mosque
Built in the sixth century A.D. as an Eastern Orthodox cathedral, the architectural wonder underwent a brief stint as a Roman Catholic church before becoming a mosque in 1453; more recently, the temple-turned-museum has emerged as a monument to harmony with shared religious significance.
** National Ainu museum opens in Hokkaido after COVID delay
The National Ainu Museum in the Hokkaido town of Shiraoi will only accept 2,000 visitors who made reservations in advance on weekdays and 2,500 on weekend days to keep crowding to a minimum and reduce the risk of coronavirus transmission.
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** Blackbeard likely intentionally grounded Queen Anne's Revenge off NC coast
New research seems to line up with long-held speculation that the pirate Blackbeard may have intentionally run his ship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge, aground off the coast of North Carolina in 1718.
** The anatomy of a great ‘we are reopening’ email
What makes a great ‘we are reopening’ email? Here are some things to aim for, as illustrated by examples including the Natural History Museum.
** Coronavirus lockdown: How to work on Te Papa specimens when shut out of the building
Over lockdown, details of nearly a thousand plant specimens were added to the database, and ten plant families completed – stonecrops, nettles, spurges, sundews, gunneras, oxalis, gooseberries, cucurbits, tamarisks and willows.
** Sensational' Egypt find offers clues in hunt for Cleopatra’s tomb
Although the burial chamber had been undisturbed for 2,000 years, the mummies are in a poor state of preservation because water had seeped through; but crucial evidence reveals they were originally completely covered with gold leaf, a luxury afforded only to those from the top tiers of society.
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** EVA London 2020: Proceedings available online
The EVA London 2020 conference proceedings are available online.
** Reopening Guidance
The Coronavirus Covid-19 NMDC Good Practice Guidelines on the Reopening of Museums after July 4, 2020
** Connecting Culture virtual conference and expo
You are invited to attend Connecting Culture 2020, the free to attend virtual conference and expo helping to kickstart the rebuilding of the worldwide cultural sector
** This Week's Horoscopes
Gemini - The reason for your recent crises of conscience becomes clear this week when you realize the angel from your right shoulder and the devil from your left have been sleeping together for a year now.
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