The Met Appoints Head of Provenance Research

This article was published by The Met. The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced the appointment of a Head of Provenance Research, a new position within the Director’s Office created to coordinate such research efforts across the Museum. Lucian Simmons, who most recently served as Vice Chairman and Worldwide Head of the Restitution Department and Senior […]

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Dr Guislain Museum in Ghent is organising a Spring School in Cultural Heritage and Wellbeing

This article was first published by the Dr Guislain Museum. In June 2024, the Dr. Guislain Museum in Ghent will team up with City Museum Tilburg, Textile Museum and Arts & Sciences University College London. Together they’ll deliver the International Spring School Cultural Heritage & Wellbeing: Textile Cities from Monday 3 until Friday 7 Juni […]

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The Society of Antiquaries of London secures its future at Burlington House

This article was first published by The Society of Antiquaries of London. After successful talks with The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, the Society of Antiquaries of London and the other Learned Societies of Burlington House have been granted a 999-year leasehold agreement. This agreement will allow them to protect the scientific and […]

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British Museum told of unexploded bomb risk on Bloomsbury site amid energy centre plans

This article was first published by The Standard. The British Museum has been warned there is a “medium risk” of unexploded Second World War bombs on its Bloomsbury site. It comes after the museum carried out a survey as it prepares to build a new energy centre which aims to deliver a more efficient heating system for the sprawling […]

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Techniques for supporting young people’s wellbeing during heritage projects

This article was first published by the Heritage Fund. When the Heritage Fund launched its £10million pilot programme to make heritage relevant to young people in 2016, it had multiple aims. Most important among them: providing experiences of heritage for people aged 11–25 in a range of engaging and creative ways. It was crucial for […]

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‘What If Women Ruled the World?’: Female artists take centre stage at Athens museum

This article was first published by EuroNews. Female artists take centre stage at Athens museum. Spanning the entirety of 2024, this ambitious project features solo exhibitions, special projects, and large-scale installations by women artists and those who identify as female. The next instalment of ‘What If Women Ruled the World?’, which commenced in December last […]

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Calling for Recruitment: ICOM UK Student and Emerging Professionals

ICOM UK Student and Emerging Professionals Working Group is a project initiated from the meeting ‘Career challenges facing Students and Early Career Professionals’ in ICOM UK’s 2022 Working Internationally Conference ‘Cynefin: Museum Practice for Future Generations’, in which challenges and psychological discrepancies many students and emerging professionals face when they first enter the cultural sector. Since April 2022, we […]

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Gibraltar to welcome major art museum – the first to open in British Overseas Territory

This article was first published by ArtForum. Fortress House, a new private contemporary art museum, is set to debut in Gibraltar in autumn 2025. The institution will be the first major art museum to open in the tiny British Overseas Territory, located at the tip of the Iberian Peninsula, and will house a collection of […]

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