This article was first published by the BBC. The British Museum will put 10 items stolen from its collection on show later this month. The Roman gems, to be featured in an exhibition Rediscovering Gems, include a cameo with a bust of Cupid from the 1st or 2nd Century AD. In August, the museum announced […]
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This article was first published by Devon & Cornwall police. Officers are trying to identify a group of people in connection with a nighthawking incident in Totnes, Devon. It is believed that on Sunday 28 January, around six people went onto a protected site at Berry Pomeroy Castle with a metal detector and may have […]
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This article was first published by the French Ministry of Culture. Thanks to the Regional Museum Acquisition Fund (FRAM), the Bayeux Museum acquired a Victorian replica of the Bayeux Tapestry from the private collection of Charlie Watts (former Rolling Stones drummer). The museum has acquired the full-size Victorian replica of the Bayeux tapestry for £16,000. […]
This article was first published by the Art Newspaper. The 20th-century displays in the London institution’s Rooms Through Time galleries are being overhauled to reflect the diverse communities of Hoxton, the historic core of east London and one of the UK’s most gentrified areas When The Rooms Through Time reopen next summer, they will be […]
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This article was first published by the BBC. The first in a series of pop-up museums has been set up in Portsmouth, ahead of the 80th anniversary of D-Day. The exhibitions in libraries and shopping centres tell the story of the huge military operation to liberate Nazi-occupied Europe in 1944. The pop-up museums will tell […]
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This article was first published by the Daily Sabah. The cost of admission to major museums in Berlin is rising, mirroring the upward trend in prices for various commodities such as a packet of rice or a tank of petrol. Inflation in Germany, like many other European countries, remained high in 2023 after reaching a […]
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This article was first published by the Collections Trust. Collection overviews are an incredibly useful starting point for anyone who wants to navigate the nation’s museum holdings. A good overview describes the scope and significance of a collection, noting strengths and highlights, in just a few paragraphs. In the archival world, such ‘finding aids’ are […]
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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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