This Week In Global Museum | Celebrating 28 Years Serving The Profession | The #1 Museum Site For Museum News, Museum Jobs, Museum Resources & More! www.globalmuseum.org ** Mütter Museum Is Reviewing Its Collection Of Human Remains And Why That Matters For Disability Representation Because most of the collection represents bodies with impairments, the Mütter has long elicited a complex range of reactions from the Disability community. ** Fossils show Sticking Your Neck Out Could Be Dangerous For nearly two centuries, fossil hunters have mused that the improbably long necks of some ancient marine reptiles made them tempting targets for hungry predators. ** Museum Shows Poetic Resistance Pottery Dave’s earliest surviving jar with a signature and poem dates to 1834, which is also the year South Carolina passed a cruel law against teaching enslaved people to read or write. ** In NYC Protest, Activists Tell Meta to Stop Deleting Art The demonstration was led by the organizers of Don’t Delete Art (DDA), a campaign whose manifesto calls on social media companies to reconsider their existing restrictions on artistic content, review alleged violations, and improve their appeals and notifications process _____________________________________________________________________ 🧑🤝🧑 ARE YOU ONE OF THE 4,732? 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Join Today at http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Globalmuseum-3968927 ________________________________________________________________________ ** Windrush ‘pardner hand’ saving scheme celebrated at Bank of England Museum When people came from the Caribbean last century and were turned away by banks, many relied on communal trust. ** Capturing the Moment review – not a serious exhibition You can’t move for masterpieces – most of them owned by the Taiwanese collector Pierre Chen – but this supposed Tate Modern journey through painting and photography is rambling and at times comically simplistic. ** A Pair of 2,000 Year-Old Roman Children’s Shoes Found in the Ruins of Palmyra, Syria The discovery of 2,000-year-old Roman children’s shoes in the ruins of Palmyra contributes to our understanding of the city’s role in the Roman Empire and offers insights into the material culture and daily lives of its inhabitants. ** Suspects Charged in 20-Year-Old Museum Theft of Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol Artworks Federal charges have been brought against nine people accused of stealing millions of dollars worth of sports memorabilia and fine art, including an Andy Warhol silkscreen and a Jackson Pollock painting. _______________________________________________________________________________ Become a Facebook Follower - Join 2.6K of us who Like Global Museum on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Global-Museum/129179522574? _______________________________________________________________________________ ** The Story of the Famous Photograph of Captain Jonathan Walker’s Branded Hand, ca. 1845 The letters “S.S.,” for slave stealer, were branded on the hand of Captain Jonathan W. Walker, an ardent abolitionist, as shown in this dramatic photograph. ** Van Gogh's Cypresses Therapy Known for his sunflowers, Vincent van Gogh was also drawn to another recurring symbol – one that gave him strength at his lowest moments. ** “Lagerfeld” Saga: Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute Needs a Rewrite In its installation missteps, its awkwardly written labels and, especially, in its reliance on self-interested sponsorship, the show falls short of the high standards expected of other departments at the museum, to which the Costume Institute has often appeared to be exempt. ** The Brooklyn Museum Makes Its Final Contract Offer to Union Employees—and They’re Not Happy About It The bargaining committee at the Brooklyn Museum says the institution’s current offer isn’t competitive with the recent agreements reached by their recently unionized peers. _______________________________________________________________________________ 🐦Follow Us On Twitter - http://twitter.com/globalmuseum 223K Museum News Tweets from around the Globe, 4,698 Followers worldwide and growing 🐘 Having a ‘Musk Moment’? 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Global Museum's Pinterest Boards - Enjoy! 2.6K Pins, 2.7K Followers - http://pinterest.com/globalmuseum/museums/ ______________________________________________________________________________ ** Brontë Parsonage Museum awarded Designation The collection features more than 8,000 items, including handwritten letters, poems and "Little Books"; sketches, drawings and paintings; clothing and jewellery that belonged to Anne, Charlotte and Emily Brontë, their brother Branwell and father Patrick. ** Where did you get THAT? A miscellany of curious acquisitions There can be fascinating stories behind how some objects find themselves as part of the National Museum of Ireland’s collection. ** 6-inch stone penis was used to sharpen weapons in medieval Spain It is an interesting object because it is unusual and because it materializes the symbolic association between violence, weapons and masculinity, an association that we know existed in the Middle Ages and that is present in our culture today. ** Conserving Art While Conserving Energy The Getty launched the Managing Collection Environments Initiative 10 years ago to develop strategies for the sustainable exhibition, transit, and storage of art objects. _______________________________________________________________________________ 🧑🤝🧑 Follow Global Museum on Instagram | 40 Followers and counting! - https://www.instagram.com/globalmuseum6/ 🧑🤝🧑 Global Museum is on TikTok: Follow us here - https://www.tiktok.com/@globalmuseum _______________________________________________________________________________ ** The Power Of Museums November 6th - 9th ** Bronze Patination for Conservators Workshop Applications Open October 24–26, 2023 ** CFP Cultural Pasts – Urban Futures, Barcelona Dates: 15-17 July, 2024 ** This Week's Horoscopes Virgo: Attention to detail will be your greatest ally this week, Virgo. 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