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Yes, the Show Has Drawn Raves. But Some of the Objects Are Not Real. When the New York Historical realized that sunlight in its new wing would potentially damage some items on display, it scrambled to reproduce or remove them. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/arts/design/new-york-historical-show-reproductions.html #globalmuseum #museums #conservation

Trump orders signs outside Smithsonian history museum to correct what he calls 'inaccurate information'. President Donald Trump directed federal officials on Friday to ‌install signs outside the Smithsonian's flagship National Museum of American History to reflect his administration's criticism of how the institution portrays the United States. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-signs-executive-order-related-smithsonian-institution-white-house-says-2026-07-24/ #globalmuseum #museums #Trump

Art gallery. A little sketch from a recent trip to Toronto's AGO. #grickledoodle #art #museums #gallery #drawing #pencil #funny #humor

Milwaukee Museum Returns Pots by Enslaved Artist David Drake to Family https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/arts/design/milwaukee-museum-returns-pots-by-enslaved-artist-david-drake-to-family.html #Art #History #Museums

Museum Regrets Hosting 9/11 Event Airing Conspiracy Theories https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/arts/design/el-museo-del-barrio-9-11-conspiracy-theories.html #Arts #Museums #Conspiracy

British Museum bans visitors from photographing Bayeux Tapestry https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmd79p4z98lzo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss #Culture #Museums #UKNews

Taryn Simon's Guggenheim exhibition: a detective story where the injustice is systemic and no individual is to blame https://hyperallergic.com/no-one-is-accountable-in-taryn-simons-detective-story/ Hyperallergic reviews Taryn Simon's ambitious Guggenheim exhibition, finding a body of work that implicates systems rather than individuals in the production of injustice - a position the critic finds #culture #art #museums

European museums currently have 179.000 Mastodon followers in total 📈 Source: The cool https://mastodon-listen.playground.54gradsoftware.de/museum-EUROPA #museums

Lonnie G. Bunch III, Departing Smithsonian Secretary, Faced 'Mounting Pressure Campaign' https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/arts/design/smithsonian-lonnie-bunch-departure-reaction.html #Arts #Museums #Politics

UK PM Burnham reverses his call for the British Museum to return the Parthenon Marbles — Greece reacts sharply https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/andy-burnham-reverses-call-return-parthenon-marbles-1234796603/ The Greek government first formally requested the marbles’ restitution in 1983, which the British Museum has consistently rejected. #culture #museums #uk

This is a Ruckers mother-and-child virginal—a 17th-century keyboard instrument with a second, smaller instrument built into it, tuned an octave higher. The “child” could be pulled out to play duets or set on top of the “mother” to add a jangly, buzzing color to the main sound—a Renaissance-era layering trick, centuries before mixing desks. Antwerp instrument makers were doing this in the 1600s. @BrianRoemmele #globalmuseum #museums #musicalinstruments

Danish Military Museum Sends Soviet Armoured Vehicles to Ukraine. A Danish military museum has sent a BMP-1 and MT-LB to Ukraine after repeated requests from Kiev, with additional museum vehicles potentially to follow. https://voennoedelo.com/en/posts/id18697-danish-museum-sends-soviet-armoured-vehicles-to-ukraine #globalmuseum #museums #Ukraine #UkraineWar

One Problem With Attacking the Smithsonian? Americans Like It. Coming after a history museum may not be the base-galvanizing issue Trump thinks it is. https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/08/smithsonian-trump-trust/688165/ #globalmuseum #museums #Smithsonian #Trump

⭐ JOB POSTING⭐ Director of Curatorial Affairs. Southern Utah Museum of Art. This position serves a dual role supporting both the Southern Utah Museum of Art (SUMA) and the Department of Filmmaking, Art, & Design (FAD) at Southern Utah University. 👇 https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/suu/jobs/5414433/director-curatorial-affairs-southern-utah-museum-of-art #globalmuseum #museumjobs #museums

#unions #museums #GLAM #EricCarle 'Members of the union would include staff in collections, development, marketing, bookshop, education and guest services. The museum was founded by Eric and Barbara Carle in 2002.' https://gazettenet.com/2026/08/03/workers-at-eric-carle-museum-petition-to-form-a-union/

After Claiming 'Bias' at Smithsonian, Trump Officials Stage Patriotic Exhibition https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/arts/design/trump-exhibition-patriotism.html #Arts #Politics #Museums

For Museum Boss Who Became a Trump Target, It's Déjà Vu All Over Again https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/arts/design/trump-smithsonian-museums-sajet-hartig.html #Politics #Museums #History

For Museum Boss Who Became a Trump Target, It's Déjà Vu All Over Again https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/arts/design/trump-smithsonian-museums-sajet-hartig.html #Arts #Museums #Politics

For Museum Boss Who Became a Trump Target, It's Déjà Vu All Over Again https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/arts/design/trump-smithsonian-museums-sajet-hartig.html #Politics #Museums #History

Long-Delayed Guggenheim Abu Dhabi to Open in December https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/arts/design/guggenheim-abu-dhabi-opening-december.html #Arts #Architecture #Museums