New Museology in China: Three Independent Exhibitions Tuesday 6 Jun 2023, 13:00 – 14:30 (UK time) The term “New Museology” refers to a shift in the critical discourses in curatorial practices and museum management across the globe. It is also the guiding principle behind a small exhibition brand “Not Too Important, Yet”, based in Beijing […]
Museums are advised that the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero are advising non-domestic customers that they are eligible for the higher level of support under the Energy Bill Discount Scheme (known as Energy and Trade Intensive Industries (ETII). This includes museums, libraries and archives, historical sites and buildings, and zoos. Please see this attached letter. […]
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The ICOM Working Group on Collections in Storage is working on an exciting and ambitious project to find out more about museums’ storage facilities and reserve collections. The Working Group has produced a global survey on collections in storage, which was launched by the ICOM President on 4 April. The aim of the survey is […]
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Museums are the link between the past and the future. ICOM ICEE invite you to join us in Medellin, Colombia for the International Committee for Exhibition Exchange’s annual conference, Momentum: New Narratives for New Futures, taking place 29 October – 2 November 2023. This conference will provide a space for big conversations,expansive questions, and new ideas. With […]
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My name is Imogen. I’m a MA Museum Studies student at UCL looking to start a career in the museum sector, particularly collections management. I’m using the time I have before I graduate to explore other career paths in the museums, to ensure I don’t miss out on falling in love with a position I […]
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This article was first published on the ICOM website. While traveling the world, we are frequently struck by the grandeur of museums that display the history and cultural legacy of entire nations. These establishments feature collections of invaluable artefacts and treasures that narrate the tales of our ancestors. In the midst of these imposing museums, […]
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Art Fund are delighted to announce the five outstanding museums that have been shortlisted for this year’s prize: The Burrell Collection, Glasgow, Scotland Leighton House, London, England The MAC, Belfast, Northern Ireland Natural History Museum, London, England Scapa Flow Museum, Stromness, Scotland […]
This article was first published by The Guardian. Leading art museums are reassessing their works after a Belgian journalist traced how a fascist sympathiser acquired a Jewish dealer’s collection. In August 1940, Samuel Hartveld and his wife, Clara Meiboom, boarded the SS Exeter ocean liner in Lisbon, bound for New York. Aged 62, Hartveld, a […]
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This article was first published by Museums + Heritage. A new programme has been announced which will financially support museums in creating community cohesion in 27 areas of England. The Association of Independent Museums’s (AIM) Connected Communities programme has been created to increase community wellbeing in disadvantaged areas of England. It is funded by the […]
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