ICOM UK and V&A Culture in Crisis are pleased to announce the second webinar in the new series, Preserving the Past: Strategies for Heritage in Crisis. The second webinar – on the theme of Water and Flooding – will take place at 15:00 BST on Friday 19 July 2024. Hosted by Maria Blyzinsky (Trustee at […]
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This article was first published by BBC News. The Tower of London’s World Heritage status is under “real threat” from the City of London Corporation’s draft policies for tall buildings, Historic England has warned. The heritage watchdog said the draft City Plan 2040 was “unsound in its current form” due to its wider heritage impacts. […]
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This article was first published by The Connexion. The countdown has started for the reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral, which has undergone five years of reconstruction work after a fire partially destroyed the iconic building in April 2019, causing its roof to collapse. The number of visitors is expected to skyrocket when the cathedral reopens to […]
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This article was first published by Artnews. Indiana’s Valparaiso University has closed its Brauer Museum of Art and dismissed its director, Jonathan Canning, amid a controversy over plans to sell key works of art from its collection. The moves were announced late last week by Valparaiso University as part of an “administrative restructuring” meant to address the […]
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This article was first published by Blue Shield International. Blue Shield International, together with Swansea University and Newcastle University, has developed a brief 4-part video series for humanitarian actors to: Each video in this series is presented by a different person connected to Blue Shield from around the world, showing the global impact of this […]
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This article was first published by the Irish Times. The Natural History Museum in Dublin – fondly known as the Dead Zoo to generations of Irish people – is to close in September to allow for a major refurbishment that is likely to last several years. While the doors will shut, many of the most […]
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This article was first published by University of Cambridge’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. On the afternoon of Saturday 8 June, MAA staff arrived in Entebbe airport with 39 artefacts from the communities and kingdoms of Uganda that have been in the collections in Cambridge for a century or more. These artefacts have been placed […]
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This article was first published by ICOM. In the past year, with the contribution of the expert group established in 2023, ICOM has intensified its efforts toward decolonisation, reflecting a broader movement within the museum sector to address historical injustices and promote inclusivity. ICOM’s latest activities underscore this commitment through a series of strategic initiatives. […]
This article was first published by ICOM’s Committee for Conservation. The six-month initiative aims to enhance the management of collections in Africa by focusing on three key topics: Conservation, Risk Assessment, and Documentation. The programme will bring together a large consortium of ICOM Committees and members to provide an African perspective on these crucial areas through interviews and […]
