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** Can AI make art more accessible? One museum models a safe way forward
Some people fear the rise of artificial intelligence could sound a death knell for artists, but this museum is using emerging technology to bring the creative
process to life.
** Final suspect in string of art and memorabilia heists that nabbed works by Pollock and Warhol surrenders
The group was allegedly also responsible for heists from museums as far afield as New Jersey, New York and North Dakota. ?
** How Museums Acquire Antiquities Is Changing
With new rules and new roles, institutions are hoping to avoid the cost and reputational harm of repatriation.
** More Than 1,700 Objects Are Reportedly Missing from England’s Museum Collections
More than 1,700 objects have gone missing from England’s museum collections over the last 20 years, according to a report published by the Guardian.
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** Museum Curation In The Age Of AI
When you try to research technology museums, you get a lot of results about how museums use technology, but not a lot of results about museums that focus on
keeping technology artifacts for the next generations.
** How remnants of the past foster understanding and compassion
Through the lens of a seemingly mundane, though exceptionally large, collection of domestic pottery excavated from the museum garden in the 1990s, it brings
to life the people who lived there over the course of 500 years.
** Feeling climate dread? This Natural History Museum wants to give you hope instead
A new Utah exhibit wants to address the negative emotions around climate change?
** Metropolitan Museum Show Features Publications About Holocaust Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is offering an exhibition of over 25 publications that reproduce art created during the 1933-1945 Holocaust in
Europe or shortly thereafter.
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** Inspiring Museum Showcases Rare Balinese Historical Practice For Tourists?
Located in the heart of Karangasem Regency, the Dukuh Penaban Lontar Library Museum is determined to preserve lontar manuscripts that are hundreds of years
old.
** Art meets nature in drawings pasted on the streets of Paris
Steeven Salvat’s Petite Nature works begin with dried flowers and plants collected from forests and fields around Paris?
** Were the monks on drugs? How The Book of Kells went fully psychedelic
Spirited to Ireland to save it from the Vikings, this wild illumination of the New Testament, full of gilded curls and coils, is one of the most ecstatic
artworks ever – and now it’s gone gloriously immersive.
** The 2,400-Year-Old Palace Where Alexander the Great Was Crowned Reopens in Greece
A coronation site for one of the world’s greatest military leaders is open again.
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** How to make an Iron Age shield (out of bark)
The Enderby Shield is a rare find, made in Britain 2,300 years ago from the bark of a willow tree; by reviving ancient skills and with specialist knowledge,
could we try and make our own?
** British Museums under threat as councils prepare for new wave of austerity
Several UK museums are under threat of closure as a new wave of austerity hits local government.
** The International Spy Museum unveils a new exhibit about James Bond
One of the more popular displays will probably be a snowmobile that appeared in the chase scenes in “Die Another Day,” which visitors will be able to sit on
for photo ops.
** The Disgusting Food Museum
The exhibit has 80 of the world’s most disgusting foods allows adventurous visitors to appreciate the opportunity to smell and taste some of these notorious
foods.
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** Why Are the Noses Broken on So Many Ancient Egyptian Statues?
Scholars interpret this as the looters’ attempt to prevent retaliation by the tomb owner’s soul?
** Giant' predator worms more than half a billion years old discovered in North Greenland
These large worms may be some of the earliest carnivorous animals to have colonized the water column more than 518 million years ago, revealing a past dynasty
of predators that scientists didn't know existed.
** A Cyber attack Hits Software Used by Museums, Causing Online Collections to Go Down
The hack affected institutions including the Rubin Museum and Crystal Bridges Museum.
** The Year in Museums: Controversy, Repatriation and More
Is this the new normal for art museums in the United States and elsewhere? Only 2024 will tell.
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Monday, January 29, 12 p.m.
** 5 Ways to Be More Creative This Year
Is being more creative on your list for 2024? Whether you’ll be journaling, sketching, or kickstarting another creative habit, we know it can be daunting.
** This Week's Horoscopes
Cancer: You will receive a mysterious message from an unknown sender, urging you to "beware the wrath of the cosmic muffin." Take this as a sign to lay off
the late-night snacks.Read the full horoscopes here https://globalmuseum.weebly.com/horoscopes.html.
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