This Week In Global Museum | Celebrating 28 Years Serving The Profession | The #1 Museum Site For Museum News, Museum Jobs, Museum Resources & More! http://www.globalmuseum.org/ ** 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. ____________________________________________________________________ ARE YOU ONE OF THE 4,770? 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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. ______________________________________________________________________________ Become a Facebook Follower - Join 2.6K of us who Like Global Museum on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Global-Museum/129179522574? http://www.facebook.com/pages/Global-Museum/129179522574 _______________________________________________________________________________ ** 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. _______________________________________________________________________________ 🐦Follow Us On X/Twitter - http://twitter.com/globalmuseum 231.2K Museum News Tweets from around the Globe, 4,657 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/ ______________________________________________________________________________ ** 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. ______________________________________________________________________________ Follow Global Museum on Instagram | 50 Followers and counting! - https://www.instagram.com/globalmuseum6/ Global Museum is on TikTok: Follow us here - https://www.tiktok.com/@globalmuseum _______________________________________________________________________________ ** GW Museum and Textile Museum Virtual Program D.C. Mondays: Before the Gilded Age: W. W. Corcoran and the Rise of American Capital and Culture 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." 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