#gallerieslibrariesarchivesmuseumsglam — Public Fediverse posts

Hromadske: Ukrainian Olympian’s ‘Helmet of Memory’ to become online museum for athletes killed in Russia’s war. “The helmet that Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych wore to honor athletes killed in Russia’s war – and that led to him being barred from competing at the 2026 Winter Olympics – will become the centerpiece of an online museum telling the stories of the 22 people […]

Hromadske: Ukrainian Olympian’s ‘Helmet of Memory’ to become online museum for athletes killed in Russia’s war. “The helmet that Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych wore to honor athletes killed in Russia’s war – and that led to him being barred from competing at the 2026 Winter Olympics – will become the centerpiece of an online museum telling the stories of the 22 people […]

Hromadske: Ukrainian Olympian’s ‘Helmet of Memory’ to become online museum for athletes killed in Russia’s war. “The helmet that Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych wore to honor athletes killed in Russia’s war – and that led to him being barred from competing at the 2026 Winter Olympics – will become the centerpiece of an online museum telling the stories of the 22 people […]

Hromadske: Ukrainian Olympian’s ‘Helmet of Memory’ to become online museum for athletes killed in Russia’s war. “The helmet that Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych wore to honor athletes killed in Russia’s war – and that led to him being barred from competing at the 2026 Winter Olympics – will become the centerpiece of an online museum telling the stories of the 22 people […]

Hromadske: Ukrainian Olympian’s ‘Helmet of Memory’ to become online museum for athletes killed in Russia’s war. “The helmet that Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych wore to honor athletes killed in Russia’s war – and that led to him being barred from competing at the 2026 Winter Olympics – will become the centerpiece of an online museum telling the stories of the 22 people […]

New York Times: English Museum to Repatriate Colonial-Era Human Remains. “After years of negotiations, a British museum has agreed to return a colonial-era collection of human remains to the Indigenous Naga people of the Indian subcontinent, Naga representatives said on Saturday. The partial remains — a warrior’s cranium, a woman’s skull, a young person’s jaw and many others — have […]

New York Times: English Museum to Repatriate Colonial-Era Human Remains. “After years of negotiations, a British museum has agreed to return a colonial-era collection of human remains to the Indigenous Naga people of the Indian subcontinent, Naga representatives said on Saturday. The partial remains — a warrior’s cranium, a woman’s skull, a young person’s jaw and many others — have […]

New York Times: English Museum to Repatriate Colonial-Era Human Remains. “After years of negotiations, a British museum has agreed to return a colonial-era collection of human remains to the Indigenous Naga people of the Indian subcontinent, Naga representatives said on Saturday. The partial remains — a warrior’s cranium, a woman’s skull, a young person’s jaw and many others — have […]

New York Times: English Museum to Repatriate Colonial-Era Human Remains. “After years of negotiations, a British museum has agreed to return a colonial-era collection of human remains to the Indigenous Naga people of the Indian subcontinent, Naga representatives said on Saturday. The partial remains — a warrior’s cranium, a woman’s skull, a young person’s jaw and many others — have […]

New York Times: English Museum to Repatriate Colonial-Era Human Remains. “After years of negotiations, a British museum has agreed to return a colonial-era collection of human remains to the Indigenous Naga people of the Indian subcontinent, Naga representatives said on Saturday. The partial remains — a warrior’s cranium, a woman’s skull, a young person’s jaw and many others — have […]

Discovered on LinkedIn: the Indigenous Collections Care Guide. “The Indigenous Collections Care Guide provides a framework to respect and recenter collections stewardship practices around the needs and knowledge of Native American and Indigenous community members.”

Discovered on LinkedIn: the Indigenous Collections Care Guide. “The Indigenous Collections Care Guide provides a framework to respect and recenter collections stewardship practices around the needs and knowledge of Native American and Indigenous community members.”

Discovered on LinkedIn: the Indigenous Collections Care Guide. “The Indigenous Collections Care Guide provides a framework to respect and recenter collections stewardship practices around the needs and knowledge of Native American and Indigenous community members.”

Discovered on LinkedIn: the Indigenous Collections Care Guide. “The Indigenous Collections Care Guide provides a framework to respect and recenter collections stewardship practices around the needs and knowledge of Native American and Indigenous community members.”

Discovered on LinkedIn: the Indigenous Collections Care Guide. “The Indigenous Collections Care Guide provides a framework to respect and recenter collections stewardship practices around the needs and knowledge of Native American and Indigenous community members.”

Adirondack Explorer: The Wild Center commits to net zero emissions, a first of its kind. “The Wild Center has become the first cultural institution in the world to commit to achieving net zero carbon emissions. In collaboration with Global Network for Zero, the Tupper Lake natural history museum moved to align its climate-centered values with its actions and outputs.”

The Tribune (India): Charkha, century-old charpai: Punjab village boy turns small room at home into museum. “A charkha (spinning wheel), a century-old charpai (a form of bed predominantly used in rural areas) and age-old coins are some of the contents that can be found in a room at Harnampura village in Sahnewal. The room belongs to Harman, a BA final-year student at a college in Doraha. He has […]

National Library of Argentina, and machine-translated from Spanish: Digital newspaper archive: free access to collections of newspapers and periodicals of provincial or local circulation. “Continuing the review and analysis process regarding access to digital collections, initiated months ago, the Mariano Moreno National Library has decided to provide free access to the issues of some local and […]

Museums Association: National Library of Wales launches Culture and Climate Cymru resource. “The National Library of Wales has launched Culture and Climate Cymru, a new website and networking platform to help Wales’s culture and heritage sector respond to the climate crisis.”

The Statesman: Bengal’s revolutionary legacy finds a digital home in BRIL Virtual Museum. “Seeking to preserve Bengal’s revolutionary legacy in an engaging and accessible format, banker and researcher Boddhisatya Tarafdar has launched the Bengal Revolution for India’s Liberation (BRIL) Virtual Museum, a digital archive that traces the state’s defining role in India’s fight against […]

Government of India: Digital Transformation Of Museums And Cultural Institutions. “The Ministry of Culture is taking different initiatives in digital archiving and collection management to preserve our cultural assets through digitization with JATAN software, developed by C-DAC, Pune, for digitization of museum collections and archival resources. A national digital repository has been created […]

I know I’m putting way too many things in this section today, but it’s not my fault I’m finding good stuff. Portland Press Herald: Portland’s Umbrella Cover Museum turns 30. “Nancy 3. Hoffman thinks her Umbrella Cover Museum has survived and thrived all these years because “people love and need whimsy and surprise.” The walls and ceiling of the small space on Peaks Island are covered with […]

I know I’m putting way too many things in this section today, but it’s not my fault I’m finding good stuff. Portland Press Herald: Portland’s Umbrella Cover Museum turns 30. “Nancy 3. Hoffman thinks her Umbrella Cover Museum has survived and thrived all these years because “people love and need whimsy and surprise.” The walls and ceiling of the small space on Peaks Island are covered with […]

I know I’m putting way too many things in this section today, but it’s not my fault I’m finding good stuff. Portland Press Herald: Portland’s Umbrella Cover Museum turns 30. “Nancy 3. Hoffman thinks her Umbrella Cover Museum has survived and thrived all these years because “people love and need whimsy and surprise.” The walls and ceiling of the small space on Peaks Island are covered with […]

I know I’m putting way too many things in this section today, but it’s not my fault I’m finding good stuff. Portland Press Herald: Portland’s Umbrella Cover Museum turns 30. “Nancy 3. Hoffman thinks her Umbrella Cover Museum has survived and thrived all these years because “people love and need whimsy and surprise.” The walls and ceiling of the small space on Peaks Island are covered with […]

I know I’m putting way too many things in this section today, but it’s not my fault I’m finding good stuff. Portland Press Herald: Portland’s Umbrella Cover Museum turns 30. “Nancy 3. Hoffman thinks her Umbrella Cover Museum has survived and thrived all these years because “people love and need whimsy and surprise.” The walls and ceiling of the small space on Peaks Island are covered with […]

New York Times: Trump Orders Warnings Placed at ‘Inaccurate’ Smithsonian History Museum. This link goes to a gift article. “President Trump on Friday ordered warning signs and exhibits installed outside the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History to alert the public that the museum does not, in his view, accurately reflect American history.”

Reuters: US history museum head says patriotism is at its best when it is ‘not instructed but inspired’. “The director of the Smithsonian Institution’s ​National Museum of American History, which has been under attack from President Donald ‌Trump’s White House, said on Tuesday the museum is at its most powerful when patriotism is ‘not instructed but inspired.'”

Washington Post: Rare documents signed by Lincoln removed from D.C. memorial after heat exposure. This is a Yahoo-syndicated version of the article and is not paywalled. “The historic 160-year-old antislavery documents on loan for a new exhibit under the Lincoln Memorial were removed Thursday after they were exposed to unsafe temperatures, said a spokesperson for philanthropist Kenneth C. […]

Wyoming State Library: The Plains to Peaks Collective Launches a New Discovery Platform. “The Colorado State Library, in partnership with the Wyoming State Library, is excited to announce the launch of a brand-new Plains to Peaks Collective site (plains2peaks.org) for searching historic collections across Colorado and Wyoming.”

Scientific American: Wordle, but for art history—Anthropeum turns the Met Museum into an online game. “Armchair art historians, rejoice: there’s a free online daily game just for you. Called Anthropeum, the game involves guessing where and when various artifacts from New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art come from.”

Scientific American: History depends on records that weren’t built to last. “Chat apps, email, and cloud files have become the primary record of how power is exercised. Archivists are trying to preserve them before formats go dark or messages disappear without a trace.”

NBC DFW: Dallas Asian American Historical Society finds home for archive at library. “After years of collecting stories often left out of the history books, the Dallas Asian American Historical Society has found a permanent home to preserve them. The organization announced this month that it is partnering with the Dallas Public Library to house its growing collection of artifacts, photographs, […]

WGRZ: Comedian Mel Brooks donates career archives to National Comedy Center. “The career of Mel Brooks will be preserved in Jamestown. The National Comedy Center announced Wednesday the museum will be home to the legendary comedian and satirist’s career archive. The set is made up of 150,000 creative & production documents and 5,000 photos, some of which have never been seen by the public.”

Dallas Observer: African American Museum Unveils First of Many Big Upgrades in Multiyear Plan. “The lab’s new digitization equipment will allow the museum to establish an online archive — a years-long process key to making the museum’s cultural artifacts and primary source materials more accessible. The new lab will also feature an observation window so visitors can witness the […]

The Chosun Daily: Seoul Museums Unveil K-Culture Programs for BTS. “Museums, art galleries, and libraries are presenting a rich array of ‘K-Culture Programs’ in line with the BTS comeback concert held at Gwanghwamun, Seoul. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on the 19th, ‘To allow global visitors to Korea to deeply experience Korean culture, special programs will be […]