Washington Post: Another art museum chief quits as Russia pressures cultural institutions

Posted on March 28, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

Washington Post: Another art museum chief quits as Russia pressures cultural institutions. “The director, Marina Loshak, insisted Tuesday that her resignation after a decade in the post was voluntary. But her departure is the latest example of turnover in the leadership of Russian cultural institutions amid wartime demands from the government that art exhibitions reflect patriotic, national values.”

Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation: IPLC Launches the Historical Representation at American House Museums Web Archive

Posted on March 26, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation: IPLC Launches the Historical Representation at American House Museums Web Archive. “The Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation is pleased to announce the launch of the Historical Representation at American House Museums Web Archive, curated by librarians, library workers, and professors at Columbia University and Johns Hopkins University. House museums have been a key component of historic preservation in America since the mid 19th century.”

Smithsonian: Global Natural History Initiative Builds Groundbreaking Database To Address 21st-Century Challenges

Posted on March 24, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

Smithsonian: Global Natural History Initiative Builds Groundbreaking Database To Address 21st-Century Challenges. “A group of natural history museums, organized by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., the American Museum of Natural History Museum in New York City and the Natural History Museum in London, has mapped the total collections from 73 of the world’s largest natural history museums in 28 countries.”

International Consortium of Investigative Journalists: More than 1000 artifacts in Metropolitan Museum of Art catalog linked to alleged looting and trafficking figures

Posted on March 20, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

International Consortium of Investigative Journalists: More than 1000 artifacts in Metropolitan Museum of Art catalog linked to alleged looting and trafficking figures. “In the antiquities trade, the Met’s reputation has begun to erode. Over the last two years, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and its media partners have reported on the Met’s acquisition practices — often in relation to a trove of items obtained from Cambodia in an era when that country’s cultural heritage was sold off wholesale to the highest bidder.”

Staatliche Museen zu Berlin: New Online Platform on Throwaway Culture with Objects from the Museum Europäischer Kulturen

Posted on March 4, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

Staatliche Museen zu Berlin: New Online Platform on Throwaway Culture with Objects from the Museum Europäischer Kulturen. “The multilingual and interactive online platform Throwaway: The History of a Modern Crisis is now available. It offers object biographies for over seventy digitalised objects for the collections of participating museums, audiovisual stories from Europe on the topic of rubbish, blog posts, photo reportages, live event broadcasts and podcasts on many different activities and events.”

Smithsonian: National Museum of the American Latino Opens Latino Museum Studies Program for Undergraduate Students Nationwide

Posted on March 2, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

Smithsonian: National Museum of the American Latino Opens Latino Museum Studies Program for Undergraduate Students Nationwide. “Latino Museum Studies Program internships offer hands-on learning opportunities for non-curatorial roles in the arts and humanities, including museum conservation, collections management, museum education, digital culture, exhibition design and exhibition fabrication and production. Interns receive a stipend, housing and round-trip travel to Washington, D.C.”

‘Treasures of Artsakh’: Virtual exhibition showcases Artsakh’s spiritual and material heritage (Panorama)

Posted on February 23, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

Panorama (Armenia): ‘Treasures of Artsakh’: Virtual exhibition showcases Artsakh’s spiritual and material heritage. “An online exhibition titled ‘Treasures of Artsakh’, jointly organized by [The Armenian Museum of America and The History Museum of Armenia], aims to showcase the spiritual and material heritage of Artsakh during the ancient, medieval, and modern periods, spanning millennia of Armenian history.”

Drexel University: Drexel Launches Digital Database, Making Atwater Kent Collection Available to the Public

Posted on February 16, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

Drexel University: Drexel Launches Digital Database, Making Atwater Kent Collection Available to the Public. “The Atwater Kent Collection includes an extraordinary assemblage of some 130,000 historic artifacts and archival materials relating to Philadelphia and American history…. With the help of grant funding, the new online database debuts with over 1,000 objects on virtual display.”

Philly Voice: Museum of the American Revolution to digitize document archive of Black and Native American soldiers

Posted on February 13, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

Philly Voice: Museum of the American Revolution to digitize document archive of Black and Native American soldiers. “The Museum of the American Revolution is working to digitize a collection of nearly 200 rare documents detailing the names of Black and Native American soldiers who served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Through a partnership with Ancestry, the popular genealogy website, the Patriots of Color archive will be fully digitized and made available online at no cost to the public, museum officials announced on Friday.”

Tech Xplore: Teenagers want interactive technology in museums, research finds

Posted on February 7, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

Tech Xplore: Teenagers want interactive technology in museums, research finds. “New research from the Interactive Technologies Institute (ITI) in Portugal has revealed that teenagers are not big fans of museums but are keen on interactive technology during their visits. Working with the Natural History Museum of Funchal, the research team conducted participatory design sessions with 155 teens aged 15 to 19, to better understand what would make for a great museum experience for them.”

Curbed NY: I’ll Miss You, Design Bots

Posted on February 4, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

Curbed NY: I’ll Miss You, Design Bots. “Twitter bots like @slam_decorative crawl public records and public collections, tweeting historic, anarchic, and beautiful images and text into your everyday feed. They provide an escape from the influencers, an escape from the algorithm, an escape from 2023 — or they will until February 9.”

Big Issue: The UK has 2,500 museums, but not one dedicated to Black British history. That could soon change

Posted on January 29, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

Big Issue: The UK has 2,500 museums, but not one dedicated to Black British history. That could soon change. “If you’re looking to learn more about the storied history of the pencil, there’s a dedicated museum located just off the A66. Those curious about lawnmowers can make their way to Southport for a journey of discovery at the British Lawnmower Museum. In fact, the more than 2,500 museums in the UK cover a dizzying range of topics, from wide-ranging history to esoteric household items. But among that vast number there is no museum devoted to telling the story of Black British history. A group of campaigners is on a mission to change that.”

Museums Association: Honouring the Ancient Dead completes database of ancient human remains

Posted on January 18, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

Museums Association: Honouring the Ancient Dead completes database of ancient human remains. “Honouring the Ancient Dead (HAD) has completed the first major edition of its Your Local Museum database, which brings together records of ancient human remains held in more than 300 museums. Each entry records how many ancestral remains the museum has in its collection, whether any are on display and what policies the museum may have for their care.” This resource focuses on Great Britain.

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