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** How Artificial Intelligence Could Revolutionize Archival Museum Research

Soon, this tech could enable comparative analyses of millions of distinct specimens from all corners of the globe—a proposition which would previously have demanded an untenable amount of human labour.

** Gifts Tied to Opioid Sales Invite a Question: Should Museums Vet Donors?

To what degree are cultural institutions responsible for vetting every dollar they receive? Can financially strapped arts organizations be picky about a patron’s source of wealth, and if so, where should they draw the line?

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** Detectorists strike gold as British Museum reveals record haul

There were 1,120 treasure finds in 2016, the highest number since the revised Treasure Act came into law 20 years ago.

** Is Leonardo da Vinci’s Record-Setting ‘Salvator Mundi’ Going to the Louvre?

Scoring a loan of “Salvator Mundi” — whose buyer remains unknown and the subject of much speculation — would be a major coup for the Louvre. Indeed, some have even floated the possibility that the mystery buyer is in fact the Louvre’s Emirati sister institution, the just-opened Louvre Abu Dhabi.

** Hadrian's Wall joins forces with China's Great Wall

The Great Wall of China is joining up with its much tinier British counterpart, Hadrian’s Wall, to encourage more tourism and increase the historical and cultural understanding of both great barriers.

** Titian's Madonna di Ca' Pesaro Restored

Titian’s famed Madonna di Ca' Pesaro can once again be admired by visitors to the church of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari in Venice following a painstaking four-year conservation treatment.

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** Mummies and log houses of the dead: Scythian life and death

Bioarchaeologist Eileen Murphy explains how examining the human remains from burials can help us to understand more about the Scythians.

** The Oldest Artist To win The Turner Prize

The Turner prize often manages to delight and exasperate in equal measure, but there was none of the more wacky art that has grabbed headlines in the past: no lights in a room being turned on and off, no debating economics with gallery staff and no giant naked backside.

** Jewish Museum Suspends Curator After Sexual Harassment Allegations Surface

The Jewish Museum in New York has suspended all current projects with curator Jens Hoffmann as a result of sexual harassment allegations brought forward by museum staff members late last week.

** NAACP Tells Trump to Stay Away from Mississippi Museum Opening

President Trump’s statements and policies regarding the protection and enforcement of civil rights have been abysmal, and his attendance is an affront to the veterans of the civil rights movement.

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** Contrary to Cliché, Misery May Inhibit Creativity

While a profound loss at a key developmental stage can compel the sort of self-examination and rebellious spirit that inspires great art, dealing with death as an adult could have very different consequences.

** Sea Level Rise Threatens Thousands of Archaeological Treasure Troves

In the south-eastern United States, a sea level rise of one meter would inundate thousands of archaeological sites, from Native American settlements to early European colonies.

** Met Museum Refuses To Remove Painting

The Metropolitan Museum of Art will not remove a painting that an online petition, launched by New York City entrepreneur, claims “sexualizes” the image of a girl.

** Ashmolean Museum to showcase famous US artists 'unknown' in UK

An exhibition of artists whose works have rarely or never been seen outside the US, dubbed “cool” in the 1920 and 30s when the word signified admirably restrained rather than achingly hip, will open next year at the Ashmolean Museum

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** Louvre Abu Dhabi, an Arabic-Galactic Wonder, Revises Art History

Spread through 23 galleries, the inaugural display of some 600 objects — 300 from French museums, two dozen from Middle Eastern collections and around 230 from the Louvre Abu Dhabi itself — adheres to a textbook timeline.

** Prehistoric Women Had Insanely Strong Arms

The arm bones of women who lived 7,000 years ago show an incredible level of strength - even higher than today's elite athletes.

** Sing Sing prison museum planners target 2025 opening

The prison was the largest of its kind during its early years, has become an iconic name in film and television, and its proximity to New York City has given it greater visibility.

** Two Radically Different Museums Start an Urgent Discussion

Conceived at a tumultuous and deeply divided moment in our nation’s history, 20/20 offers a metaphoric picture of America by mapping the many ways in which artists respond to the social and political conditions that shape our lives.

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** The International Space Station Museum

When it was first unveiled, the idea for the now world-renowned International Space Station Museum (ISSM) emerged as a lightning rod for not only the unresolved issues of our own nation but in fact for many struggles being grappled with around the entire world.

** Emerging Innovations for Biodiversity Data

Second Annual Digital Data in Biodiversity Research Conference

** ICOM-ITC April 2018 workshop

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** 13th Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems and Biota

July 21-23, 2018 in Bonn, Germany

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