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** Why museums need their own ethics departments

From the case of Python’s bell-krater to the Dana Schutz affair to the debate over Confederate monuments, recent events suggest that museums need to treat research on the ethics of art as integral to their work.

** Ancient glycans may help trace human evolution

Researchers have discovered a new kind of glycan (sugar chain) that survives even in a 4-million-year-old animal fossil from Kenya, under conditions where ancient DNA does not.

** Why we can’t escape the rise of ‘plop art’

Britain is full of bad public art that seems to have no particular reason to be where it is and can give little to its surroundings, let alone inspire or move anyone.

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** Real face of mummified warrior revealed at British Museum

Scythian man’s head goes on display along with scan showing his features, including moustache, pierced ear and long scar.

** As Florida Reeled From Hurricane Irma, Museums were Spared Its Devastating Wrath

Despite the terrifying strength of the storm—which has reportedly killed 40 people and left millions without power—art museums and organizations in Florida seem to have escaped relatively unscathed.

** Museum as Stress Reliever: A Visit to The Rubin

It's great to be reminded of museums’ real purpose - to show us other perspectives on what it means to be human: by showing us the highest expressions of human culture, sometimes reminding us of the worst of where we've been, and offering inspiration for how we can be better.

** Museum Extracts DNA from dried plants with an eraser

Until now, it hasn’t been possible to get the DNA out of a pressed dried plant (herbarium specimen) without destroying part of it by removing a leaf and grinding it up.

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** Melbourne Museum is bringing its treasures to life

Museums Victoria, which includes the Melbourne Museum, Immigration Museum and Scienceworks, are the custodians of 17 million items, from 1,000 year-old artefacts to contemporary objects.

** The marathon's ancient origins

A senior British Museum Curator uncovers the ancient Greek origins of the long-distance endurance race, revealing the original 'marathon runner'.

** Firefighters save the Hermitage’s beloved feline guards

A small fire at the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg raised alarms about the fate of one of its greatest treasures: the beloved Hermitage cats.

** Celebrity art dealer jailed for stealing works worth £500,000

An art dealer who worked and socialised with rock stars, Hollywood A-listers, supermodels and wealthy investors has been jailed for stealing paintings and sculptures over three decades.

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** Museum of vintage mobiles in Slovakia attracts foreign media

Twenty-six year-old online marketing specialist Štefan Polgári from Slovakia began his collection more than two years ago when he bought a stock of old mobile phones online.

** LA/LA – the perfect exhibition for Trump's America

From themes of borders and immigration to its role in a city dealing with conflict between its Latino communities and the art world, this large-scale Los Angeles exhibition could not feel more timely.

** Irma-Proof Armour and Nights at the Museum: Shielding Florida’s Arts

To protect the valuable collection at the Pérez Art Museum Miami, just off Biscayne Bay, an emergency crew of 14 security, operations and engineering staff members began staying overnight in the museum.

** The Frogtown Froggy Museum Is Absolutely Ribbeting

Standing in the middle of a small, cramped room with over 700 frog sculptures, this retired librarian sees the world a little differently than most.

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** The Tomb of a Pharaoh’s Goldsmith Yields Up 3,500-Year-Old Mummies

A drumbeat of Egyptian archaeological discoveries continues, with that country’s Ministry of Antiquities revealing that it has uncovered an ancient tomb belonging to an Egyptian goldsmith named Amenemhat.

** NY museum gets vast collection of Colonial-era artifacts

More than 100,000 artifacts from one of the earliest European settlements in North America are now housed at an upstate New York museum located near where the objects were discovered more than 40 years ago.

** In London’s Garden Museum, Horticulture History Is Told Among Tombs

The Garden Museum in London has reopened, showcase a recreation of a 17th-century curiosity cabinet, horticultural art, and the tombs of the deconsecrated church in which it’s located.

** Malaysian museum event is aiming to land itself in the Malaysia Book of Records

Among the participating museums are the National Museum, the Royal Museum, Lembah Bujang Archaeological Museum, Taiping Museum, and Telekom Museum.

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** Five of the Best Museums for Children in London

Established in a Romanesque cathedral on Cromwell Rd in 1881, the Natural History Museum is divided into four colour-coded zones devoted to different aspects of nature.

** Communicating World Heritage

International Conference - 7-10 October 2017

** International Conference on the Definition of 21st Century Museums

Two days of conferences, round tables and workshops building up the concept of museums under the glance of Latin America and the Caribbean

** The ICOM UK – BC Global Travel Grant Scheme

ICOM UK, with support from the British Council, is offering a number of travel grants to support staff from regional and local UK museums (non-national museums) to travel internationally

** This Week's Horoscopes

Aries - Love has been compared to many, many things, but thanks to your unique outsider’s perspective, you’ll be the first to spot its uncanny resemblance to the international bauxite market

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