This article was first published by BBC News. Paper hearts, scraps of fabric and faded ribbons are some of the mementos that weave together the stories of abandoned babies and children who were taken in by the Bloomsbury Foundling Hospital. The notes and tokens were part of the admission process at the central London institution, […]
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This article was first published by Arts Council England. Arts Council England has published a report documenting the current challenges and opportunities experienced by creative and cultural practitioners in England. This report is based on a study of freelance workers in the creative and cultural sector in England. It was carried out by independent researchers at […]
As part of our Your Local Museum project, Honouring the Ancient Dead (HAD) are compiling the first comprehensive on-line database of the ancestors and their bodily evidence in the UK, particularly focusing on those of British provenance falling outside of the scope of the Human Tissue Act. This ground breaking initiative, designed to inform and […]
This article was first published by the Smithsonian Magazine. The Dutch government has sent 288 artifacts stolen from Indonesia during the archipelago’s colonial era, among them weapons, coins, jewelry and textiles, back to their home country. “These objects should never have been here,” says Eppo Bruins, the Dutch minister of education, culture and science, per […]
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This article was first published by ICOMOS-UK. ICOMOS-UK has launched a photography competition as a celebration of built heritage and living heritage traditions around the world, as seen by you through the lens! Have you visited an amazing heritage site recently or snapped an image of traditional craft or living heritage traditions? Why not enter […]
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This article was first published by the Twentieth Century Society. The closure of Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station on 30 September signalled the historic end of coal in the UK’s power network, and led to a huge surge of interest in C20’s campaign to save a set of Cooling Towers. Twentieth Century Society’s new campaign page lists […]
This article was first published by the Council for British Archaeology. The council has created a Youth Advisory Board Toolkit to help embed young people’s voices across the Council for British Archaeology (CBA). Developed in partnership with Participation People and funded by Historic England, this toolkit is designed to support the goals of our Youth […]
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The Standing Committee of Ethics (ETHCOM) sends their gratitude for all who participated in the global webinar on the Revision of ICOM Code of Ethics on 16th September 2024. For those unable to attend, this webinar launched the next phase of the ICOM Code of Ethics revision, explained the revision process and presented the first draft of the revised […]
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This article was first published by The Art Newspaper. It seems every day there is a new story about an antiquity making its way from a museum back to its place of origin. In New York alone, major institutions like the Metropolitan Museum of Art routinely stage official repatriation ceremonies, proudly inviting members of the […]
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