Welcome back to GLOBAL MUSEUM, your award-winning & free online compendium, read weekly since 1998 by 8,000+ readers in more than 201 countries. http://www.globalmuseum.org ** Art museum endowments soared in the pandemic. So why sell art to pay the bills? Disappointingly, however, this silver lining has been tarnished by an unconscionable rush to the auction house by numerous museums eager to take advantage of a very bad decision made last year by the Assn. of Art Museum Directors ** China Goes All In To Become “Museum Power” — Opens Five New Museums A Week China is building museums at a frenetic pace; in 2000 it had fewer than 1,200 of them, but by the end of last year there were nearly five times as many. ** How an Art Museum Betrays Its Social Class Bias When I worked as a security guard at the Toledo Museum of Art there was no mechanism by which the frontline staff could help shape the museum's content. ** Interpol launches app to identify stolen art—and it has already been used to discover loot It is also envisaged as a tool for collectors and museums, allowing them to create inventories of their collections. _____________________________________________________________________ ARE YOU ONE OF THE 4,692? 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Join Today at http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Globalmuseum-3968927 ________________________________________________________________________ ** Freed of 1,000 years of grime, this Anglo-Saxon cross looks stunning The cross was cleaned with a porcupine quill — a tool that’s sharp enough to remove the dirt yet soft enough not to damage the metalwork; the decorations took a lot of delicate work, but it was worth it, as the gold leaf and alloy decorations revealed a remarkable picture. ** This Fancy Footwear Craze Created a ‘Plague of Bunions’ in Medieval England During the 14th century, a quirky fashion craze swept Europe’s wealthiest off their feet; rejecting the functional, round-toed footwear of the past, lords and ladies donned crakows, or poulaines—shoes with extraordinarily long toes that tapered to an elegant point. ** Ancient genome analysis has taught scientists 'what it means to be human' A ball of 4,000-year-old hair preserved in arctic permafrost in Greenland and frozen in time tangled around a whalebone comb led to the first ever reconstruction of an ancient human genome a decade ago. ** Inside a radical new NFT exhibition The world’s first physical gallery for NFTs is hosting a new exhibition, curated by a 17-year-old artist, centered on Black creativity and liberation. _______________________________________________________________________________ Become a Facebook Follower - Join 2,593 of us who Like Global Museum on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Global-Museum/129179522574? _______________________________________________________________________________ ** The Lampedusa Cross Acquiring objects that would act as access points to this story is important for the British Museum, but finding something amid the destitution that relates directly to these historical events and can speak to future generations is challenging. ** The Tastemakers of 19th-Century England The Getty recently uncovered a connection that took them on a journey back to Victorian England into the studios and sitting rooms of a close-knit group of young, idealistic artists. ** Talbot photographs given to Bodleian Libraries on long-term loan A collection of images by William Henry Fox Talbot, the inventor of photography, has been placed on long-term loan at the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford following their sale earlier this year to a private collector. ** Why History Museums Are Convening a ‘Civic Season’ Museums and public history organizations strive to use stories of the past to empower people toward creating a better future. _______________________________________________________________________________ Follow Us On Twitter - http://twitter.com/globalmuseum 207.5K Museum News Tweets from around the Globe, 4,720 Followers worldwide and growing ________________________________________________________________________________ ** Illuminating Culture and Nature Equally: Generative Thinking at a Critical Time It remains common to encounter publications and news stories with titles implying broad coverage of the museum sector but which are mostly or only about art museums. ** The 25 Best Children’s Museums in the US These children’s museums come highly reviewed by parents, whether for their interactive exhibits, stroller accessibility, toddler accommodations, or the simple fact that they entertain adults as much as kids. ** Why Free, Miniature Art Galleries Are Popping Up Across the U.S. Inspired by the Little Free Library, which bills itself as the world’s “largest book-sharing movement,” FLAGs encourage visitors to take pint-sized artworks home or leave behind creations of their own. ** Froggyland, The Croatian Taxidermy Museum That May Soon Come To The U.S. Taxidermy was all the rage in the early 20th century, and anthropomorphic displays were a popular way to exhibit the evolving science and art of this practice. ______________________________________________________________________________ Pin Us on Pinterest. Global Museum's Pinterest Boards - Enjoy! 2.45K Pins, 1.81K Followers - http://pinterest.com/globalmuseum/museums/ ______________________________________________________________________________ ** Community rallies round after devastating fire at Scottish Crannog Centre The Scottish Crannog Centre says there has been an “unbelievable” outpouring of support from the local community and heritage sector colleagues since its iconic reconstruction of an Iron Age lake settlement was destroyed by fire. ** Artificial Intelligence Helps Identify Authors of Dead Sea Scrolls Algorithms deduce that the Great Isaiah Scroll was written by two scribes, showing AI can help unravel the mystery of who penned the oldest known manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible. ** Curator Finds A Two-Centimetre Treasure While rummaging through Te Papa's cabinets, curator invertebrates Rodrigo Salvador found a two-centimetre treasure: the shell of an extinct snail from Saint Helena. ** Museum of the Home reopens in east London The £18.1m scheme has restored 300-year-old buildings and added new exhibition spaces. _______________________________________________________________________________ GLOBAL MUSEUM STORE’S GIFTS & GEAR Discounted Gifts & All Sorts of Gear In The Global Museum Store – http://www.zazzle.com/thedigitalconsultant T-Shirts, Cards, Prints, Mugs & More … You Name It, We’ve Got it, You Can Buy It…. For Yourself, Or For The Museum Shop! _______________________________________________________________________________ ** TSB backtracks on closure of world’s first savings bank museum The Savings Banks Museum in Ruthwell, Scotland, has been saved from closure after a community-led campaign. ** Colloquium on Medical Objects We are very happy to introduce to you the latest catalogue of the Association of University Museums in Poland. ** Museums, Mixing and Myths of Origin We invite you to participate in the XXIX Meeting of ICOFOM LAC. ** Guy Who Took Job Making Barrels In 1400s Didn’t Mean For That To Become Family’s Identity For Next 25 Generations Free City of Lubeck, Holy Roman Empire — Apologizing for not thinking five centuries ahead when looking for a job, local townsfolk Eldwin Walfridsson told sources Thursday he did not intend on taking work as a barrel maker in 1471 to become his family’s entire identity for the next 25 generations _______________________________________________________________________________ Global Museum’s Pandemic Resources Section – https://tinyurl.com/museumpandemic Resources & Important links _______________________________________________________________________________ All the latest Museum News, Views & Vacancies plus Bookshop, Museum Store, Resume Postings, Museum Studies Listing & More. 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