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** The Met Aims to Get Harlem Right, the Second Time Around
The museum catches up to the vital lessons of the Harlem Renaissance, with its American, European and African
exchanges and its cultural solidarity.
** ‘Dust is everywhere’: rare glimpse of how Michelangelo’s David is kept clean
Florence museum boss compares process to cleaning a bathroom as media are granted privileged access.
** See What Charles Darwin Kept in His ‘Insanely Eclectic’ Personal Library
On the English naturalist’s 215th birthday, more than 9,000 titles from his expansive collection are now accessible
online.
** Citizens’ assemblies aim to make German museums more democratic
Two museums are trialling assemblies to give the public more of a say in shaping their future.
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** National museums to be excluded from law enabling restitution on moral grounds
The UK Government is to exclude national museums and galleries from legislation that would have enabled them
to restitute objects on moral grounds.
** Greeks get shirty over British Museum’s Elgin Marbles fashion show
Perceived insult to the Marbles comes during a stalemate between the museum and Greece over their possible
repatriation.
** UNESCO Reports 341 Cultural Sites in Ukraine Damaged, Puts Recovery Costs at $9
B
341 cultural sites—including 26 religious structures, 150 buildings of historical or artistic importance, 31
museums—across Ukraine have been damaged, and more than 15,000 pieces of Ukrainian fine art and artifacts have been reported as missing.
** Portland Museum of Art to Cut 13 Positions, Citing Pandemic Fallout
The layoffs will include salaried and part-time employees, as museum management is seeking to reduce the nearly
70 percent of its operating budget dedicated to wages.
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** Harvard Museums
Once simple cabinets of curiosity, museums have grown into institutes for preserving, studying, and displaying
science, history, and art.
** Unlocking Knowledge: International Museum Day 2024 Unveils ‘Museums for Education
and Research’
This year’s theme, “Museums for Education and Research,” aims to underscore the significance of museums as
dynamic educational institutions fostering learning, discovery, and cultural understanding.
** British Museum’s Instagram flooded with calls to return Easter Island statue
Chilean social media users target institution, forcing it at one point to close comments on posts.
** Inside the Biggest Art Fraud in History
A decades-long forgery scheme ensnared Canada’s most famous Indigenous artist, a rock musician turned sleuth
and several top museums.
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** Ancient faces brought back to life at Scottish museum
Dramatic reconstructions of local people who lived up to 4,000 years ago will go on display thanks to advanced
DNA techniques.
** A colossal artistic joke – Flaming June at the Royal Academy
At the end of a hugely successful life, which saw him made a Lord shortly before his death, Leighton has a
good laugh at what nudity, the body and sensuality are.
** Decoding Anglo-Saxon art
The intricate designs of Anglo-Saxon brooches, buckles, and other pieces of decorative metalwork are not just
pretty decoration, they have multi-layered symbolic meanings and tell stories.
** The controversial ROM Crystal is about to get a $130 million facelift: here's what
will change
Canada's largest museum is set to undergo a multi-million dollar makeover which it says will "usher in a new
era" for the cultural institution.
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** A Vast Gift of Calder Sculptures Could Change the Seattle Art Museum—and the Surrounding City—Forever
The exhibition and the related gift are also intended to have a long-lasting impact on the museum, with a wide
range of educational programming, research, and public outreach initiatives.
** A lifelong interest in nature leads to thousands of specimens for Te Papa
Research Associate Peter Beveridge has donated over 6,000 specimens to Te Papa, with his first donation more
than 70 years ago.
** A London Holocaust museum that predates WWII turns 90
Founded in 1934 by Alfred Wiener, the museum exposed Nazis, helped the Allies battle them, and led to their
conviction.
** Science in motion: Predicting a dinosaur’s stride
A new Yale-led study combines 3D images and computer animation to visualize the movements of a long-extinct
dinosaur.
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** The View from Here: Sustainability, Community and Knowledge
Commonwealth Association of Museums 2024 Triennial Conference
** Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC) Conference 2024.
May 1-4. San Francisco, CA
** This Week's Horoscopes
Scorpio: Surprise!, you will find yourself in a state of utter disbelief when you win
2 hours of free lobster in the Red Lobster "endless giveaway." Remember, Scorpio, sharing is caring, so don't be shellfish with your crustacean bounty.
Read the full horoscopes here.
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