This article was first published by the Art Newspaper. Museums in the US and beyond are neglecting members of a rapidly expanding demographic who also historically have been the sector’s biggest donors. You can think of the recent history of art museums as a series of expansions that opened museum doors ever wider. Since the 1970s, […]
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This article was first published by Museums+Heritage. The Scottish Government has accepted the recommendations of an independent steering group which was set up to advise how empire, colonialism and historic slavery can be addressed using museum collections and spaces. The Empire, Slavery and Scotland’s Museums (ESSM) Steering Group first published six recommendations in 2022, for […]
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This article was first published by the Guardian. Germany and France will jointly spend €2.1m (£1.8m) to further research the provenance of African heritage objects in their national museums’ collections, which could prepare the ground for their eventual return. A three-year fund, with contributions of €360,000 a year by each country, was launched in Berlin […]
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The UK national committee of Blue Shield has launched a new website. Blue Shield International was founded in 1996 to protect the world’s cultural and natural heritage, tangible and intangible, in the event of armed conflict, natural- or human-made disaster. The role of national committees is to consider the impact of such threats in their […]
This article was first published by the Guardian. The international court of justice (ICJ) in The Hague has begun hearing arguments alleging that Israel is committing genocide in its war in Gaza. South Africa, which has brought the case to the UN’s top court, is asking the ICJ to act urgently ‘to protect against further, […]
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This article was first published by the US Department of State. The U.S. Department of State’s Cultural Heritage Center leads the United States cultural heritage diplomacy efforts through grants and exchanges that protect and preserve culture worldwide. Disrupting trafficking is an important part of these efforts. In London last autumn, they brought together global leaders […]
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This article was first published by Anadolu Agency News. The head of Gaza municipality said Wednesday that Israel destroyed the “Central Archives” which contained thousands of historical documents dating more than 150 years. “Targeting the Central Archives poses a great danger to the city, as it contains thousands of historically valuable documents for the community,” […]
This article was first published by BBC news. A historic collection of ancient treasures has been returned to Ukraine, after a nearly 10-year dispute over its ownership with Russia, Kyiv says. It says 565 items – including Scythian and Sarmatian jewellery, and sculptures – are back from the Netherlands. The collection, mostly from Crimean museums, […]
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Join us at the Ulster Museum in Belfast for the 2024 ICOM UK Conference – Common Ground: the role of museums in divided communities. The conference programme includes two keynote speeches by: Maeve McLaughlin Maeve is the Bloody Sunday Trust manager, director of the Derry Model project, former Sinn Fein MLA and Councillor, and long […]
