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** To Save Museums, Treat Them Like Highways
Ask any workers in the nonprofit arts sector — maybe after they have had a few drinks — and they will tell
you that arts funding in this country is a mess.
** UK Councils spend 23% less per head on museums than they did 15 years ago
An Arts Council report lays bare the extent of the local authority funding crisis in
England.
** Rare butterfly collection goes on display at Leeds museum
A precious collection of rare butterflies - some more than a century old - is being opened up to visitors in
a behind-the-scenes look at a museum
** National Gallery should scrap 1900 cut-off date, says art expert
"I am against adapting historical works to the current spirit of the times; intervening in the work of an important
artist who can no longer defend himself borders on censorship"
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** Contents of Charles Darwin’s entire personal library revealed for first time
Details of Charles Darwin’s vast personal library, from a paper on epileptic guinea pigs to the Elizabeth Gaskell
novel he adored, are being published in their entirety for the first time.
** UK Public Art Database Will Digitally Record More Than 5,000 Murals, Including
Works By Banksy
Approximately 5,000 murals across the UK will be recorded, photographed, and added to a free public database
as part of a three-year-initiative by the art education charity, Art UK.
** Hundreds of Pro-Palestine Protestors Stage Events at MoMA and Brooklyn Museum
Protestors at MoMA handed out over 1,000 custom-printed mock museum guides calling out the museum’s board of
trustees.
** New exhibition explores the influence of Irish bees on Ireland's culture and environment
The Murmur of Bees includes objects from the Museum’s Natural History and Irish Folklife collections, dating
from the 18th century to the present day.
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** MoMA store recalls popular snow globes over ‘laceration hazard’
To date almost 40 of the cutesy snow globes that were sold last November have either fractured or cracked.
** How a computer analyst deciphered a 140-year-old mysterious coded telegraph from
a dress pocket
A cryptic message from 1888 stumped decoders until a breakthrough revealed its weather-related secrets.
** Sensational Museum project seeks pilot museums to develop new access tools
Initiative aims to put disability at the heart of museums through innovative multisensory practice.
** Why are museums closing their Native American exhibits?
New woke rules make it impossible to display anything connected to indigenous tribes.
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** Stolen Van Gogh Back at Dutch Museum After Being Anonymously Returned
The picture was stolen from the Singer Laren Museum in the Netherlands in 2020, just as the Covid-19 pandemic
prompted stores, galleries, and museums to shut their doors to the public.
** Archaeologists Discover a Medieval Kitchen in a Polish Museum’s Basement
It is believed to be one of the oldest surviving royal kitchens in Poland.
** Looking Ahead, the Centre Pompidou in Paris Announces Closure Plans
The museum’s collections will be shown at institutions in Paris, across France and internationally during the
five-year construction period.
** 10 old shoes found in archaeological excavations from around the world
Shoes can give us an interesting insight into what people used to wear; here are some of the most extraordinary
finds from the archaeological record.
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** Re:Collections programme
AIM has been awarded funded from the Welsh Government Anti-Racist Wales Culture, Heritage and Sport Fund to
support museums to deliver the Culture, Heritage and Sport goals and actions from the Anti-Racist Wales Action Plan (ARWAP) and Programme for Government.
** New Mexico Fossil Is New Tyrannosaurus Species
Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis lived several million years before T. rex and was comparable in size, the researchers
said last month.
** Museums encouraged to apply to acquisitions fund
The V&A manages the fund, which is supported by arts council lottery money.
** 60 Ideas in 60 Minutes: Museum Philanthropy & Membership Post Pandemic
Building museum resilience begins with diversifying revenue sources and creating long-term philanthropic partnerships.
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** Heat Wave Risk Index
Use this free interactive map from FEMA to determine your museum communities’ risk for extreme heat
** Museum Tech 2024
Finding a human-centred approach to digital innovation. Join the Museums Association at Museum Tech 2024, their
annual digital festival for museums, on 17 April.
** This Week's Horoscopes
Taurus: The alignment of the stars suggests that your patience will be tested this month,
Taurus. As you wait for spring to arrive, you may find yourself feeling restless and irritable. Take comfort in the knowledge that the universe has a plan for you, even if that plan seems to involve endless reruns of Superbowl ads and an overindulgence in
cracker biscuits.
Read the full horoscopes here.
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