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** Smithsonian reduces hours at zoo and most museums because of Covid-related staff shortages
The new schedule comes after the Smithsonian closed five museums between Christmas and New Year's because of the large number of security, facility and visitor services personnel who were out because of Covid.

**  Lawmakers and leaders push for a national museum of Asian Americans
By recognizing the accomplishments and contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in a dedicated physical space, the US could both inspire younger generations and educate visitors on often-overlooked aspects of its history.

**  7 Trends Defined the Art World in 2021
From Immersive Everything to the rise of Museum Unions, these 7 Trends defined the Art World in 2021—and will shape the year to Come.

**  Thieves Steal Gallery Owner’s Multimillion-Dollar NFT Collection
A phishing scam had drained the gallery owner's Ethereum wallet of 15 NFTs valued at a total of $2.2 million, thief selling off many of the pieces in his collection.
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**  Italy returns Parthenon fragment to Greece amid UK row over marbles
Italy is returning a fragment belonging to the Parthenon’s eastern frieze to Greece in a breakthrough deal that could renew pressure on Britain to repatriate the 2,500-year-old Parthenon marbles removed by Lord Elgin in the early 19th century.

**  Year of the Tiger collectible red packets now available at 35 Singapore museums & Galleries
Year of the Tiger collectible red packet sets will be available at 35 museums, heritage institutions and galleries this Chinese New Year season with each venue offering a unique design

**  Meet the man making millions for Western museums in China
Following his alliance with the British Museum, Yizan He has now secured global licensing rights to sell branded products in partnership with major art institutions worldwide.

**  Seven new museum openings in 2022: from Egypt to South Korea
Despite the challenges, a number of museums are pushing ahead with their (re)openings, some, such as the Grand Egyptian Museum, have been decades in the making and are expected to hold grand inauguration ceremonies, while others are part of strategic expansions and renovation projects.
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**  ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The Ashmolean launches podcast on modern issues facing museums
The University of Oxford’s museum of art and archaeology will explore issues of race, justice, decolonisation, and restitution through the lens of a single object per episode.

**  Jews of Singapore Museum Opens
The Jews of Singapore museum is a permanent exhibition which traces the 200-year history of Jews in Singapore, showcasing their “outsized contributions” to Singapore’s society and economy, as stated in a press release from the Jewish Welfare Board. 

**  Jack Kerouac museum is on the road to reality in Lowell
The church in Lowell, Massachusetts where beat writer Jack Kerouac's funeral was held — and where he was briefly an altar boy — is on the road to becoming the first permanent home for his legacy.

**  Crypto tycoons help drive global art market to record levels in 2021
The global art market performed at record levels in 2021, with billions of dollars being paid for works by impressionist, post-war and contemporary artists, and much of it bought by people whose wealth comes from cryptocurrencies or other technologies.
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**  Guggenheim Museum Establishes Conservation Mentoring Program
In an effort to raise awareness of museum conservation practices, the Guggenheim Museum in New York has promoted one of its long-time conservators and established a new mentoring program.

**  Solving the disappearance of bears and lions with ancient DNA
Researchers suggest a change in climate is the likely cause of the mysterious disappearance of ancient lions and bears from parts of North America for a thousand years or more prior to the last Ice Age.

**  England museum scientists discover more than 550 new species in 2021
More than half of the new species were part of a group of crustaceans called copepods, which accounted for 291 of the discoveries; these shrimp-like animals live in water and provide food for larger animals such as fish.

**  Spectacular Artifacts Found in Two Ancient Shipwrecks
Archaeologists from the Marine Archaeology Unit of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have discovered hundreds of silver and bronze coins, silver and gold rings, rare gems, figurines and bells during the ongoing excavations of two ancient shipwrecks off the coast of Caesarea.
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**  A year-long race to photograph Te Papa's botany collection
Te Papa’s botany collection helps document the diversity of plants in New Zealand; it encompasses seed plants, ferns, lycophytes, bryophytes, seaweeds, and lichenised fungi.

**  UK Emergency funding will not cover loss of Museums' winter income
On the second floor of the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid, not far from Picasso’s huge and ever-livid Guernica, hangs a much smaller but equally eloquent testament to the civilian cost of the Spanish civil war

**  It’s Time for Some Game Theory
In March 2021 the American Historical Review included three video games in its review section, a first for the self-proclaimed “journal of record for the historical profession in the United States.” 

**  A lost library of works by the Brontë sisters was destined for sale. Then Britain rallied
Sir Leonard Blavatnik, the American-British-Ukrainian petrochemical-finance-entertainment mogul, put up half the money to buy it for the public a few weeks ago — with a little help from Prince Charles and thousands of small donations.
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**  Getty Grants for Young Members I ICOM Prague 2022
As part of its inclusive approach confirmed by its Strategic Plan, the International Council of Museums (ICOM) is committed to support approximately 25 young members from preferably Category 3 and 4 Countries to attend the 26th ICOM General Conference that will be held in 20-28 August 2022 in Prague, Czechia
**  Livestreaming for the longer term
Now – with development spurred by the pandemic surge in use of Zoom, Teams and more – alongside real-world visits, schools can book for an hour-long livestream video session led by the museum’s skilled facilitators, exploring how Roald Dahl created his characters.
**  The Past, Present, and Future of Scientific Instrument Studies
XLI Scientific Instrument Symposium, 19 – 23 September 2022
**  Palaeontologists Discover Fossil Evidence Of Career-Oriented Dinosaur Who Froze Eggs
In a first-of-its-kind discovery that suggests not all Cretaceous-period females prioritized the traditional goals of settling down and having children, palaeontologists from Boston University announced Monday they had found fossil evidence of a career-oriented dinosaur who froze her eggs.
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