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 ** How natural history museums can help fight future pandemics Human activity such as deforestation and intensive farming have brought us close to wild animals and created the perfect conditions for diseases to jump from wildlife to people in what is known as a spill over event. The MOCA mystery: Who will be in charge of L.A.'s beloved art museum? Some said two cooks in the kitchen would inevitably lead to conflict; others questioned whether the unusual structure is something of a smokescreen — if, in fact, MOCA is demoting director Klaus Biesenbach to a role similar to chief curator Benin Bronzes Are Still Being Made Today (Who Knew?) In Benin City, in what was historically the metalworkers’ quarter on and around Igun Street, skilled artists continue to make figures with the traditional techniques used to make the famous Benin Bronzes now in museums in other parts of the world (and gradually being repatriated). European Museum of the Year 2021 and 2020 Awards announced The main award, the European Museum of the Year (Emya), was won by the Naturalis Biodiversity Centre in Leiden, Netherlands, for 2021 and Stapferhaus, Lenzburg, Switzerland, for 2020. _____________________________________________________________________ ARE YOU ONE OF THE 4,682? Our Community on the LinkedIn Platform - Join the Global Museum Social Network – Meet & Make Friends, Share Photos & Videos, Blog, Use the Forum. Become one of our first 5,000 members. Join Today at http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Globalmuseum-3968927 ________________________________________________________________________ ** How is your museum addressing the climate crisis? The climate crisis affects all of us and museums across the world are increasingly aware of their role and responsibilities in this area. ** Culture beats construction in Covid economic recovery, report finds If the federal government had invested the equivalent amount of money into the arts and entertainment sectors as part of its Covid response as it did in a construction recovery scheme, twice as many jobs would have been created over the past 12 months, a report has found. ** The Sweet Old Professor Who Saved Iceland’s Ancient Literary Heritage From Danish Fire Almost all the books in Copenhagen were incinerated; but many of the Icelandic handwritten manuscripts were saved because Arni Magnusson…managed to get the manuscripts out in time. ** Dutch Museum Directors Protest Testing Museum-Goers In an open letter published in the Dutch newspaper NRC, 100 notable cultural figures, including Stedelijk director Rein Wolfs, artist Renzo Martens, Rijksmuseum director Taco Dibbits, and Van Gogh Museum director Emilie Gordenker, wrote that the law would enact too many barriers for museum goers. _______________________________________________________________________________ Become a Facebook Follower - Join 2,595 of us who Like Global Museum on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Global-Museum/129179522574? _______________________________________________________________________________ ** Interpol’s New App Combats Art Crime and Protects Cultural Heritage Amateur sleuths, collectors and dealers can use ID-Art to access the international organization’s database of 52,000 stolen artworks. ** Star Wars X-Wing Starfighter Lands at the Smithsonian As visitors observe the work of museum conservators in the Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar, they may hear the echoing refrain “Use The Force, Luke. Let go!” in the background of the cavernous facility, part of the Udvar-Hazy Centre in Chantilly, Virginia, which recently reopened after being closed due to Covid-19. ** Fetch Your Bags, It’s Time to Visit a Dog Museum Last year was a good one for dog museums; two new spaces devoted to humankind’s best friend opened in Germany and the United States, celebrating dachshunds, poodles, golden retrievers, and the whole gamut. ** The Uffizi is fixing damage to its famous Vasari corridor with memorials of the fatal Mafia 1993 attack The suspended corridor was commissioned by Cosimo I de’ Medici and built by the Renaissance artist and biographer Giorgio Vasari in 1565, allowing the Grand Duke to pass unseen between the Palazzo Pitti and the Palazzo Vecchio. _______________________________________________________________________________ Follow Us On Twitter - http://twitter.com/globalmuseum 207.1K Museum News Tweets from around the Globe, 4,758 Followers worldwide and growing ________________________________________________________________________________ ** Trustee quits Science Museum Group board over ‘retain and explain’ pledge Any requirement which seeks to constrain the independent curatorial and interpretive work of national museums violates the long-established principle of arm’s length bodies. ** Smithsonian Air and Space Museum lands famed aerobatic plane Tucker, known for his fearlessness behind the throttle, pushed the limits of aerobatic flying in the Challenger III, diving low to cut ribbons at high speeds and soaring high enough to seemingly stall the plane, only to tumble earthward. ** South Africa losing cultural landmarks like Apartheid Museum to COVID A pair of boxing gloves worn by Nelson Mandela at the height of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa lie under a thick layer of dust in a darkened room, the silence broken only by the thud of moths nose-diving onto the glass display case. ** Long-lost Viking remains discovered in museum vault More than a century ago, one of the most valuable collections at The National Museum of Denmark – the remains of a Viking believed to be related to Harald Bluetooth – mysteriously vanished. ______________________________________________________________________________ Pin Us on Pinterest. Global Museum's Pinterest Boards - Enjoy! 2.3K Pins, 1.77K Followers - http://pinterest.com/globalmuseum/museums/ ______________________________________________________________________________ ** Newly described horned dinosaur from New Mexico was earliest of its kind Menefeeceratops sealeyi adds important information to scientists’ understanding of the evolution of ceratopsid dinosaurs, which are characterized by horns and frills, along with beaked faces. ** Footfall to Scotland’s visitor attractions fell 63% in 2020 Visitors to the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh – the second most visited free attraction after the Royal Botanic Gardens – fell by 79.9% to 445,217. ** Melting glacier reveals World War I cave shelter and artefacts Researchers have recovered a treasure trove of World War I artefacts from a cave shelter in northern Italy revealed by the melting of a glacier. ** New 20th Century History of Ireland galleries A major new suite of permanent exhibition galleries to interpret the 20th century history of Ireland has been announced at the NMI - Decorative Arts & History, Collins Barracks, Dublin. _______________________________________________________________________________ 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…. 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Demon God – Protector of Egypt Special exhibition at Glyptotek: 20 May - 31 October 2021 ** Call for Submissions: Metropolitan Museum Journal The Editorial Board of the peer-reviewed Metropolitan Museum Journal invites submissions of original research on works of art in the Museum’s collection. ** Historians Confirm Lewis And Clark Set Out On Expedition To Justify Purchase Of Expensive Camping Equipment While many assume they sought to establish a trade route to the Pacific Northwest, recently unearthed journal entries suggest Lewis and Clark had spent a small fortune at a St. Louis outfitter in 1803 and felt foolish not getting any use out of the fancy new gear. _______________________________________________________________________________ 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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