This article was first published by Hyperallergic. A new report published by the ICOM International Committee for Museum Management (INTERCOM) and the International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art (CIMAM) suggests that museums in Central and Southeastern Europe are subject to dangerously high levels of political meddling and influence. The report’s findings will help set […]
This article was first published by WHYY. Visiting a museum can have measurable mental health benefits, according to researchers at the University of Pennsylvania. Penn’s Positive Psychology Center has been analyzing a wide swath of psychological research associated with arts and culture, showing museums – in particular art museums – are good at reducing anxiety […]
Head of Visual Arts, BarbicanSalary Range – £66,400 to £75,880 (Including London Weighting)Job Type: Permanent, Full TimeApplication Deadline: Tue 12 July 2022, 12pmFor more information visit https://www.barbican.org.uk/our-story/our-people/careers/head-of-visual-arts As a uniquely important arts and learning centre, the Barbican presents artistic experiences across music, theatre, dance, visual arts and cinema that variously entertain, enable, enrich and educate our […]
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At Collections Trust we believe that cataloguing should be an open ended, inclusive, and flexible activity. But how can we make this a reality? Building on forthcoming changes to the relevant parts of Spectrum, our conference theme this year is Rethinking Cataloguing. Follow this link for the latest information about the conference programme. Date: Thursday 6 October 2022Time: 09:30–17:00Venue: Millennium […]
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This article was first published by Colleen Dillenschneider. Recovery is generally going smoothly for the exhibit-based cultural industry (e.g., museums, zoos, aquariums, gardens, etc.). Though neither exhibit-based nor performance-based institutions are set to completely recover from the effects of the pandemic by the end of 2022 on the whole, intentions to visit are still generally going […]
This article was first published by the Museums Association. Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky has called for Russia to be expelled from Unesco after Russian forces set fire to a 17th-century wooden monastery in war-torn eastern Ukraine. The site, a type of monastery known as a lavra that features clusters of cells for hermits, was one […]
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National Museums Liverpool are partnering with Bottoming, the LGBTQ+ mental health podcast, to bring visitors a new audio exploration of some of the hidden stories behind key objects in our collections – available at Museum of Liverpool from 21 June. Following the reopening of the Wondrous Place gallery which saw many more LGBTQ+ objects go […]
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On the 6th June the ivory ban came into force. The Ivory Act 2018 prohibits dealing in ivory items unless they meet one of five narrow and carefully defined exemptions and are either registered or have an exemption certificate. The UK Government launched the ivory digital service on 24 February 2022. This service allows people […]
At the beginning of the war the State Archival Service of Ukraine (the government agency that implements archival policy) was careful with the idea of collection evacuation and it started this process slowly. For occupied or bombed regions it was dangerous both for people and for the collections. So, until now just the reading rooms […]
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