‘Spreadsheets of empire’: red tape goes back 4,000 years, say scientists after Iraq finds https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/15/stone-tablets-mesopotamia-iraq-red-tape-bureaucracy #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #BritishMuseum #Archaeology #Worldnews #Science #Museums #Culture #Iraq
A Canadian artist has canceled his show, "Since 1957," which was due to open on May 2 in New York, over President Trump's annexation threats. "The United States is no longer a country that Canadians can trust, and I feel it would be unpleasant and wrong to mount a show in the U.S. at this time," Toronto-based Alan Belcher wrote on Facebook. Now, @ArtNews is wondering, is a cultural boycott brewing? This follows Canadian author Louise Penny's cancelation of the U.S. leg of her book tour.
The National Museum of Territory and Sovereignty in Tokyo is set to reopen in mid-April following renovations that include visual technologies aimed at encouraging young people to take an interest in territorial issues. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/10/japan/territory-museum-reopen/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #museums #theater #china #russia #southkorea #northernterritories #takeshima #senkakuislands
This week, the #TRANSMAT team moves to Figueira da Foz for the international conference ‘Decolonizing Museums and Colonial Collections. Towards a Transdisciplinary Agenda and Methods’.
The programme includes keynote speakers Meryem Korun, Mark Thurner, David William Aparecido Ribeiro, and Marta Lourenço.
https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/events/decolonizing-museums-colonial-collections/
Doechii, Michelle Yeoh and Dev Patel at the Louvre Gala https://www.inbella.com/940933/doechii-michelle-yeoh-and-dev-patel-at-the-louvre-gala/ #Anna #CelebritiesTopics #FashionAndApparel #LeGrandDînerDuLouvre #LouvreMuseum #MetGala #museums #ParisFrance #Parties(Social) #Wintour #YourFeedFashion
Our last move (into our current space) began with some #arcade machines moving from one side of Baltimore to the other. Last night we palletized some of our gear in preparation for the move to Pittsburgh. Thanks to @mattgodbolt and @nocturnalplant for their invaluable assistance!
This Week In Global Museum.
A Daunting Museum Mission | Madrid Museum Ordered To Remove Mummy | Guggenheim Tightens Its Belt Again | Museum Investigate Whales Keeping A City Awake | Nailed-Head Rituals & Advocacy With Urgency | More Museum News.
http://www.globalmuseum.org #globalmuseum #museums #museumnews #news #museumjobs #jobs #artgallery
'Prince Eugene as a new Apollo and leader of the Muses' by Carlo Innocenzo Carlone (b.1686–d.1775) on the ceiling of the Marble Hall at Schloss Belvedere Palace in Vienna, Austria
Justice in the archives. Any takers?
(we're "Explore Your Archive", a campaign to share stories from archives on monthly themes) https://www.exploreyourarchive.org/ )
#arhicves #archivists #justice #history #histodons #GLAM #galleries #libraries #museums @histodons @archivistodon @academicchatter
New #openAccess special collection from the Open Library of Humanities, 'Cultural Heritage Data for Research: Opening Museum Collections, Project Data and Digital Images for Research, Query and Discovery' : https://olh.openlibhums.org/collections/905/ #GLAM #museums #collectionsAsData
Magnetic tape recordings used in videotapes and cassette tapes, which were popular up to the 2000s, are at risk of being lost as the tapes deteriorate and replay equipment are no longer produced. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/03/japan/society/magnetic-tapes-2025-problem/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #digitalization #museums #yokkaichi #mie #cassettes
The annual number of visitors to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, which shows how the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing devastated the city of Hiroshima, has exceeded 2 million for the first time. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/03/japan/hiroshima-museum-visitors/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hiroshima #nihonhidankyo #atomicbombings #nuclearweapons #wwii #nobelprize #museums
'Toughest time ever' for small museums as visitor numbers fall and costs rise.
People say they value local museums but often don't back that up by visiting - putting many in a perilous financial situation, says a charity.
https://news.sky.com/story/toughest-time-ever-for-small-museums-as-visitor-numbers-fall-and-costs-rise-13318580 #museums
This Week In Global Museum.
Munich Museums Hold Nazi-Looted Art? | £20m For English Civic Museums | Trump’s Arts Takeover Straight From The Dictator Playbook | Art Adviser, Friend & Thief | Musk’s Thoughtless Crusade Closes Iconic Massachusetts Museum | More Museum News.
http://www.globalmuseum.org #museums #globalmuseum #museumnews #news #museumjobs #jobs #artgallery
standing Buddha sculpture, southern Cambodian, mid-7th century
#art #arts #arthistory #spiritual #spirituality #nature #yoga #meditation #naturelover #southeastasia #naturelovers #artgallery #buddha #buddhist ##artgalleries #khmer #cambodia #artist #artists #inspiration #artwork #artnet #history #museum #museums #artmuseum #relax #relaxing #calm #calming
A nearly-infinite virtual museum of "all things", powered by Wikipedia, created by Maya Claire.
"Every exhibit in the museum corresponds to a Wikipedia article. The walls of the exhibit are covered in images and text from the article, and hallways lead out to other exhibits based on the article's links."
#CulturalHeritage #GLAM #museums #collections #Yale
'In 2023, Yale launched LUX: Yale Collections Discovery, a groundbreaking research platform that allows people to search across the university’s vast museum, library, and archival collections from their laptops.
Now the data framework behind LUX has been made available to any cultural heritage institution worldwide seeking to make its collections more open to researchers and the public. '
https://news.yale.edu/2025/02/24/breaking-digital-siloes-share-cultural-heritage-collections
