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** The hangover after the museum party: institutions in the US are facing a funding
crisis
As the baby-boomer generation of major donors pulls back or dies off, museums are struggling
to attract their heirs’ interest.
** Architects may boycott British Museum over BP deal
Institution says upcoming redevelopment will have a particular focus on environmental
sustainability
** How London hotel sting caught Swiss museum heist thieves
Dotted across four floors of an elegant 19th-Century townhouse, the museum - also known
as the Baur Foundation - hosts an extensive, world-renowned collection of Chinese and Japanese artefacts.
** Smithsonian Curators Are on the Hunt for Election Memorabilia
For 40 years, curators from the National Museum of American History have gone on the
road to document election cycles.
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** Digital Tools for Authentic Audience Engagement with Your Academic Museum
Academic museums, galleries, and archives share how they use technology to create meaningful
connections with their audiences, on and off campus.
** The British Museum's dye detective: unravelling Myanmar's history
Navigating the fascinating world of dye analysis at the British Museum brings its own
set of challenges.
** Stolen Picasso, Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp Basement After 14 Years
Authorities were tipped off from a source that a Belgian citizen in Namur, the capital
city of the Walloon region, was offering the paintings for sale?.
** Anchorage Museum ‘Pauses’ Controversial Policy Offering Free Admission to Alaska
Natives
The policy, announced on January 3, allowed Alaska Native visitors to self-identity
at the museum’s ticket counter; no proof of tribal enrollment was required to receive complementary admission.
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** Inside the Getty’s rigorous effort to fix a 500-year-old broken masterpiece?
After 2½ years of rigorous, sometimes hair-raising effort, the conservation studio
at the J. Paul Getty Museum has completed work on one of the key treasures of European art in Los Angeles.
** Three U.S. Museums Accused of Hiding Stolen Stain Glass Windows from Rouen Cathedral
According to written testimony, archaeologist and art historian Jean Lafond (who died
in 1975) had inventoried a series of stain glass windows at the Rouen Cathedral in 1911 that, it was later discovered in 1931, were no longer there.
** Why the Mexican Artist Frida Kahlo Is Still a Pop-Cultural Icon Today
Wittman has a long history recovering stolen works and, as a member of the private
sector, teaching the skills required to investigate art-related crime to law enforcement officers and students across the globe.
** Museum Leaders Urge NYC Mayor to Reverse Budget Cuts
“Simply stated — culture delivers,” reads a missive signed by leadership at The Met,
the Studio Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, and more.
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** How Small Galleries Are Getting Their Artists’ Work into Museum Collections
Being featured in a museum show is a significant achievement for any artist.
** 50 Museums To Visit In America
The museums we chose cover a broad range of topics including science, art, pop culture,
history, music, and even cleanliness, but all are similar in that they focus on history and preservation.
** Iowa Museum to Dismantle Art Piece Amid ‘Severe Decay,’ Drawing Scrutiny
The Des Moines Art Center plans to dismantle a 1994 installation that it commissioned
after an internal review concluded that the work is now “unsafe to remain open to the public” and “no longer salvageable” after years of structural decay.
** Pokémon pandemonium: did the Van Gogh Museum play its cards right?
A limited-edition ‘Pikachu With Grey Felt Hat’ trading card drew in a new, younger
audience to the Amsterdam gallery but caused mayhem.
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** Work begins on Ukraine-focused decolonisation guide for museums
Publication aims to help curators better represent and contextualise Ukrainian history.
** Dinosaur Museum looking to purchase a full body cast of Big Al 2, the world’s
most complete allosaurus
In its first four weeks of fundraising, the Big Horn Basin Dinosaur and Geoscience
Museum has raised enough money to purchase a full body cast of Big Al 2, the world’s most complete allosaurus.
** 1,700-year-old metal object — ‘one of archaeology’s great enigmas’ —unearthed
in UK
When a group of amateur archaeologists began exploring an ancient Roman site in the
eastern part of England, they didn’t expect to find anything “spectacular.”
** One Artist’s Colossal Quest to Share Her Love of Roadside Americana
At her quirky outpost in Lucas, Kansas, Erika Nelson displays the world’s largest collection
of the world’s smallest versions of the world’s largest things.
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** INTERCOM Participates In The Director's Forum On Crises In Rabat
The focus is on Crisis management in Earthquake Disasters having in mind recent experiences
in Croatia, Turkey and Morocco.
** Heritage: At the heart of the community
Black Country Living Museum, 13 & 14 June 2024
** This Week's Horoscopes
Pisces, this week, you will feel a deep connection to the ethereal realms, much like
the museum ghost of a past Director, haunting the halls after hours. Embrace your otherworldly nature but remember that sometimes it's okay to come back down to earth. After all, even ghosts need a break from the existential angst of the afterlife.
Read the full horoscopes here.
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