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**  British Museum Veteran Curator Fired for Lost and Damaged Items
Peter John Higgs, a prominent curator of Greek antiquities who was employed at the British Museum for three decades, has been identified by British newspapers as the person allegedly responsible for missing, stolen and damaged items from the museum’s collection.

**  Thefts by staff a common problem in UK museums, say experts
A former long-term member of staff at a well-known London museum claimed the sector was “institutionally corrupt”, with the appropriation of certain items considered to be “fair game”. See also 'How easy is it to steal from a museum?'

**  It’s time for museums to focus on volunteering
Museums need to make a genuine commitment to supporting volunteering and making it a key strategic priority.

**  Revealing the Smithsonian’s ‘racial brain collection’
The Smithsonian’s human brains collection was led by Ales Hrdlicka, a museum curator in the 1900s who believed that White people were superior.
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**  Auctioneer who admitted helping make fake Basquiats avoids jail
The investigation into the fake Basquiats is still active, and the identity of Barzman’s alleged co-conspirator, JF, has not been made public.

**  What Today’s Museums Can Learn From Van Gogh
Van Gogh and his cohorts were actively searching for new means to translate modern culture. Why aren’t we taking risks?

**  BRICS documentary highlights member museums
The upcoming production tell the stories of five unique museums in BRICS countries such as the world's first museum dedicated to space culture.

**  Mummified bee discovery in Portugal
Hundreds of mummified bees inside their cocoons have been found on the southwest coast of Portugal, in a new paleontological site.
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**  project8: why it’s an interesting new gallery model
New Melbourne gallery, project8, blends academic research with artist-led curatorial practice, philanthropy and commercial outcomes.

**  Europe's 'first museum dedicated to art by women artists' to open in southern France
Former commodities trader Christian Levett has announced plans to convert his antiquities museum in the south of France into “the first museum in Europe dedicated to art by women artists”.

**  Museum Workers Are Tired of Being Paid in Cultural Cachet — So They’re Unionizing
A major unionization movement is underway at cultural institutions, with workers at over 30 museums across the US currently at various stages of organizing.

**  $4.3m vase recovered in sting after Swiss art museum heist
A sting operation at a London hotel helped authorities recover a 15th-century Chinese vase worth about NZ$4.3 million and break up the criminal ring believed to have stolen the artefact from a Swiss museum.
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**  Ancient Fires Drove Large Mammals Extinct, Study Suggests
Palaeontologists have long tried to understand why once-numerous populations of these and other megafauna vanished across North America toward the end of the last ice age.

**  Auschwitz museum bashes Elon Musk for severely curbing ‘block’ feature on X
A platform that disregards the need to defend the memory of the victims demonstrates a disregard for creating a respectful and empathetic online environment.

**  Natural history museum closes because of chemicals in taxidermy collection
A South Dakota museum has closed after almost 40 years over concerns that the chemicals in its taxidermy collection could endanger visitors and staff.

**  The Lost Script of Rapa Nui
Attempts to decipher the lost script once used by the Rapa Nui of Easter Island leave more questions than answers.
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**  Israel may uproot ancient Christian mosaic, send it to US Evangelical museum
Megiddo Mosaic could be loaned to Museum of the Bible in Washington; some worry it will be used in ideological, rather than archaeological, context

**  Arizona city accused of censorship for postponing museum exhibitions over police brutality print
The city of Mesa, Arizona, has been accused of censorship after postponing the entire autumn exhibitions line-up at the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum over local officials' objections to a single artwork.

**  Do you know Arizona's sharks? - Fish wilder than the 'Meg'
Podcast: Diving both through time and into salt waters to discover the truth about Arizona's sharks — both prehistoric and contemporary.

**  To the South Pole in a farm tractor
On 14 October 1957, a team of Kiwi men set off from New Zealand’s newly built Scott Base, on three modified farm tractors and a Weasel snow vehicle in support of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition’s attempt to cross the Antarctic continent via the South Pole.
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**  Museums and Change: Transforming Our Institutions for the Future
Call for Papers: ICME 2023 Annual Conference
Museum of Ethnography, Budapest, Hungary | 03-07 December 2023

**  Museum Transformations: Pathways to Community Engagement
Sixteenth International Conference on the Inclusive Museum

**  Going Places with Art Fund
Going Places is a new UK-wide programme from Art Fund. Museums and galleries will collaborate with one another, and their local communities, to create new and innovative touring exhibitions.

**  This Week's Horoscopes
Leo: Oh, Leo, this week you'll be the star of the show at the museum. As you walk through the exhibits, you'll unknowingly become the subject of a live art performance. Artists will flock to capture your majestic presence, and visitors will mistake you for an interactive exhibit. Embrace the spotlight, Leo, and remember to strike a pose. Who knows, you might just become the muse for the next big art movement. Read the full horoscopes here.
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