The best new museums in the world: 2023 Hot List

This article was first published by CONDÉ NAST TRAVELLER. Nothing makes us more excited to get up and go than putting together our annual Hot List, now in its 27th year. This curated collection of the world’s best new hotels, cruises, restaurants, destinations, and transportation projects is a labour of love for our global team, […]

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Fri 28 April deadline to apply for the ICOM UK Committee

This year, due to natural rotation, a number of positions are becoming vacant on the Board of Trustees of ICOM UK (ICOM UK Committee).  We are therefore inviting nominations from the ICOM UK membership. We are looking to add to the existing mix of skills on our dynamic and ambitious Committee, and applications are particularly […]

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Curating the war: exhibiting objects left by Russian soldiers in Ukraine

This article was first published by The Guardian. National Museum of History of Ukraine swaps ancient history displays for depictions of horrors of war through artefacts retrieved from formerly occupied areas. On 24 February 2022, the day Russia mounted its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Oleksandr Lukianov went to work – but it was anything but a […]

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Destruction of indigenous peoples’ heritage in Uruguay denounced

This article was first published by Lavanguardia. Uruguayan archaeologists are warning about the spoiling of the heritage of the country’s native peoples, dating back some 5,000 years, in which, so far, it has been possible to verify the unearthing of human remains and two “Indian hills” that have been half collapsed. ‌ […]

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Abandon ship: does this symbol of slavery shame Manchester and its football clubs?

This article was first published by The Guardian. Manchester is home to some of the world’s great poets, musicians, scientists, artists, inventors and football clubs. It is famous for solidarity, innovation, resistance and reinvention. Yet the city still chooses to use the three-masted ship as its totem. It is not enough to say that slavery had […]

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Italy planning five-figure fines for monument and art vandalism

This article was first published by Euronews. Italy has announced that it will push for a law imposing five-figure fines on vandals who damage monuments or other cultural sites, to help pay for the repairs and clean-up. At a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday 11 April, the government approved proposed legislation championed by the culture minister […]

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Art Newspaper Podcast: Expo and the Chicago scene; Northern Ireland’s museums; Sarah Bernhardt in Paris

This article was first published by The Art Newspaper. From breaking news and insider insights to exhibitions and events around the world, the team at The Art Newspaper picks apart the art world’s big stories with the help of special guests. An award-winning podcast hosted by Ben Luke, The Week in Art is sponsored by […]

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London’s Huntarian Museum to re-open next month

This article was first published by ianVisits Closed for the past six years, one of London’s more interesting museums will reopen in May as a free to visit medical museum. The Hunterian Museum, based at the Royal College of Surgeons of England in central London includes the display of over 2,000 anatomical preparations made by the […]

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