#gallerieslibrariesarchivesmuseumsglam — Public Fediverse posts

Scottish Council on Archives: Scottish Council on Archives Launches Two New Toolkits. “The Deposited Collections Online Toolkit provides practical guidance, model agreements, case studies, and advocacy materials to support archivists and archive holders in managing deposited and loaned collections…. The Accessible Records Management Online Toolkit offers plain-language guidance, templates, […]

Scottish Council on Archives: Scottish Council on Archives Launches Two New Toolkits. “The Deposited Collections Online Toolkit provides practical guidance, model agreements, case studies, and advocacy materials to support archivists and archive holders in managing deposited and loaned collections…. The Accessible Records Management Online Toolkit offers plain-language guidance, templates, […]

Vintage Aviation News: RAF Museum Launches Red Arrows Challenge to Support Preservation and Education. “The RAF Museum has launched the Red Arrows Challenge, a nationwide fundraising event running from Aug. 1 to Oct. 3. Participants can walk, run, or cycle at their own pace while supporting the museum’s preservation and education work, with commemorative rewards, fundraising prizes, and a […]

Vintage Aviation News: RAF Museum Launches Red Arrows Challenge to Support Preservation and Education. “The RAF Museum has launched the Red Arrows Challenge, a nationwide fundraising event running from Aug. 1 to Oct. 3. Participants can walk, run, or cycle at their own pace while supporting the museum’s preservation and education work, with commemorative rewards, fundraising prizes, and a […]

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 […]

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 […]

Daily Hampshire Gazette: Emily Dickinson Museum tour guides negotiate first union contract a year after Amherst vote. “A year after voting to unionize, part-time tour guides and educators at the Emily Dickinson Museum, who throughout the spring, summer and fall are leading visitors through the historic homes and grounds that inspired the 19th century poet, are in the midst of negotiating their […]

Daily Hampshire Gazette: Emily Dickinson Museum tour guides negotiate first union contract a year after Amherst vote. “A year after voting to unionize, part-time tour guides and educators at the Emily Dickinson Museum, who throughout the spring, summer and fall are leading visitors through the historic homes and grounds that inspired the 19th century poet, are in the midst of negotiating their […]

KRQE: Turquoise Museum to open virtual exhibit, close Albuquerque location. “The Turquoise Museum announced Thursday that they will be closing their doors in downtown Albuquerque, and instead, opening a virtual exhibit. The museum says they will not be renewing their lease at the downtown castle when it expires in 2028.”

KRQE: Turquoise Museum to open virtual exhibit, close Albuquerque location. “The Turquoise Museum announced Thursday that they will be closing their doors in downtown Albuquerque, and instead, opening a virtual exhibit. The museum says they will not be renewing their lease at the downtown castle when it expires in 2028.”

Heritage Fund: Taking experiences with historic collections outside the archive’s walls. “Creating an archive about the fights for disability rights means thinking differently from the start. When we began creating the National Disability Movement Archive and Collection (NDMAC), we knew that preserving history was only part of the job. We also needed to think about how that history and […]

Heritage Fund: Taking experiences with historic collections outside the archive’s walls. “Creating an archive about the fights for disability rights means thinking differently from the start. When we began creating the National Disability Movement Archive and Collection (NDMAC), we knew that preserving history was only part of the job. We also needed to think about how that history and […]

Hartford Business: Music archive with 3 million recordings picks CT as permanent home. “The Archive of Contemporary Music, a nonprofit repository of more than 3 million sound recordings that was forced out of New York City by soaring rents, has purchased a commercial building in Ridgefield where it plans to open a public archive and cultural destination by 2028.”

Hartford Business: Music archive with 3 million recordings picks CT as permanent home. “The Archive of Contemporary Music, a nonprofit repository of more than 3 million sound recordings that was forced out of New York City by soaring rents, has purchased a commercial building in Ridgefield where it plans to open a public archive and cultural destination by 2028.”

Arab News: Mini op-ed: Middle East museums are compelling platforms for dialogue. “The region’s most ambitious museums did not inherit the Louvre model. They were built in the age of the smartphone, algorithmic content, and generative technologies. As a result, they have quietly resisted assuming the role of their older counterparts. Rather than asserting their authority over visitors, they […]

Arab News: Mini op-ed: Middle East museums are compelling platforms for dialogue. “The region’s most ambitious museums did not inherit the Louvre model. They were built in the age of the smartphone, algorithmic content, and generative technologies. As a result, they have quietly resisted assuming the role of their older counterparts. Rather than asserting their authority over visitors, they […]

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 […]

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 […]

Daily Hampshire Gazette: Workers at Eric Carle Museum petition to form a union. “A union representing workers at museum, universities, publishing houses and nonprofits in New York and New England is petitioning the National Labor Relations Board to allow 36 full- and part-time workers at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art to vote on forming a union. The petition from Local 2110 of the […]

Daily Hampshire Gazette: Workers at Eric Carle Museum petition to form a union. “A union representing workers at museum, universities, publishing houses and nonprofits in New York and New England is petitioning the National Labor Relations Board to allow 36 full- and part-time workers at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art to vote on forming a union. The petition from Local 2110 of the […]

Unseen Japan: Hihōkan: Japan’s Vanishing Roadside Sex Museums, and the Tokyo Bar Keeping Them Alive. “Japan gets a lot of attention for its annual fertility festivals, such as the Kanamara Matsuri (Festival of the Steel Phallus – ouch). A lesser-known phenomenon, though, is the 秘宝館 (hihōkan), or roadside sex museums. Unfortunately, there’s a reason you don’t hear much about […]

Unseen Japan: Hihōkan: Japan’s Vanishing Roadside Sex Museums, and the Tokyo Bar Keeping Them Alive. “Japan gets a lot of attention for its annual fertility festivals, such as the Kanamara Matsuri (Festival of the Steel Phallus – ouch). A lesser-known phenomenon, though, is the 秘宝館 (hihōkan), or roadside sex museums. Unfortunately, there’s a reason you don’t hear much about […]

New York Times: For Museum Boss Who Became a Trump Target, It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again. This link goes to a gift article. “Kim Sajet left as director of the National Portrait Gallery when she found herself in the White House cross hairs. Now she’s watching another Smithsonian chief go through it.”

New York Times: For Museum Boss Who Became a Trump Target, It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again. This link goes to a gift article. “Kim Sajet left as director of the National Portrait Gallery when she found herself in the White House cross hairs. Now she’s watching another Smithsonian chief go through it.”

Ars Technica: With help from data, art museums are reframing the visitor experience. “Museums take this educational role seriously, and many institutions understand the need to sustain and broaden their appeal…. To aid this transition, museums and other cultural institutions are increasingly using data to inform decisions about how to present the works they house.”

Ars Technica: With help from data, art museums are reframing the visitor experience. “Museums take this educational role seriously, and many institutions understand the need to sustain and broaden their appeal…. To aid this transition, museums and other cultural institutions are increasingly using data to inform decisions about how to present the works they house.”

New Bedford Light: Whaling Museum goes viral for ‘worst aquarium ever’ T-shirts, totes. “New Bedford is considered the home of whaling’s history in America — and now, home to the worst aquarium ever. In 2020, a Google user left a one-star review of the New Bedford Whaling Museum coining that phrase. Last fall, the museum began selling shirts and hoodies with the review on the back and a […]

New Bedford Light: Whaling Museum goes viral for ‘worst aquarium ever’ T-shirts, totes. “New Bedford is considered the home of whaling’s history in America — and now, home to the worst aquarium ever. In 2020, a Google user left a one-star review of the New Bedford Whaling Museum coining that phrase. Last fall, the museum began selling shirts and hoodies with the review on the back and a […]

The Herald (Scotland): Glasgow Life and Creative Scotland join forces on arts centre archive. “Last-ditch talks are underway to secure the future of a vast cultural collection spanning half a century which charts the history of two of Glasgow’s best-known arts institutions. The Scottish Government’s arts agency is in talks with Glasgow Life, which runs museums, galleries and cultural venues […]

The Herald (Scotland): Glasgow Life and Creative Scotland join forces on arts centre archive. “Last-ditch talks are underway to secure the future of a vast cultural collection spanning half a century which charts the history of two of Glasgow’s best-known arts institutions. The Scottish Government’s arts agency is in talks with Glasgow Life, which runs museums, galleries and cultural venues […]

University of Hawaii: UH digital exhibit connects Asia-Pacific through shared cultural stories. “An ancient glass shard. A mural painted thousands of miles from home. A ceremonial headband passed through generations. These objects tell stories that stretch across generations and oceans in The Ocean That Remembers, a new digital exhibition created through the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s […]

University of Hawaii: UH digital exhibit connects Asia-Pacific through shared cultural stories. “An ancient glass shard. A mural painted thousands of miles from home. A ceremonial headband passed through generations. These objects tell stories that stretch across generations and oceans in The Ocean That Remembers, a new digital exhibition created through the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s […]

Connecticut State Library: Connecticut Institutions Win $750,000 National Grant to Preserve the State’s Revolutionary War Records. “Led by the State Library, a team of Connecticut institutions will conserve, organize, and digitize thousands of pages and objects from Connecticut’s history, then make them freely available online through the Connecticut Digital Archive (CTDA), the Digital […]

Connecticut State Library: Connecticut Institutions Win $750,000 National Grant to Preserve the State’s Revolutionary War Records. “Led by the State Library, a team of Connecticut institutions will conserve, organize, and digitize thousands of pages and objects from Connecticut’s history, then make them freely available online through the Connecticut Digital Archive (CTDA), the Digital […]

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 […]

TechCrunch: Librarians are hosting viral ‘Avoiding AI’ workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech. “AI naysayers know that this technology is far broader than just chatbots and deepfake apps. [Hannah] Cyrus mentioned how useful optical character recognition is for scanning old documents at the library. But for her and the people who go to her workshops, the anti-AI movement isn’t […]

TechCrunch: Librarians are hosting viral ‘Avoiding AI’ workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech. “AI naysayers know that this technology is far broader than just chatbots and deepfake apps. [Hannah] Cyrus mentioned how useful optical character recognition is for scanning old documents at the library. But for her and the people who go to her workshops, the anti-AI movement isn’t […]

Rijksmuseum: Rijksmuseum launches new research into underrepresented histories with support from Baker McKenzie. “The Rijksmuseum will conduct new research into historically underrepresented subjects, including queer history. The museum’s collection, which spans from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, forms the basis for this work. The Rijksmuseum carries out research to gain new insights, […]

Rijksmuseum: Rijksmuseum launches new research into underrepresented histories with support from Baker McKenzie. “The Rijksmuseum will conduct new research into historically underrepresented subjects, including queer history. The museum’s collection, which spans from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, forms the basis for this work. The Rijksmuseum carries out research to gain new insights, […]

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.”

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.”

Mountain View Voice: Mountain View’s Computer History Museum receives $14 million donation. “The Computer History Museum in Mountain View has received two gifts totaling roughly $14 million to renovate its computer graphics gallery and preserve the collection of Autodesk co-founder John W. Walker.”

Mountain View Voice: Mountain View’s Computer History Museum receives $14 million donation. “The Computer History Museum in Mountain View has received two gifts totaling roughly $14 million to renovate its computer graphics gallery and preserve the collection of Autodesk co-founder John W. Walker.”

Patch: Free Online Archive Of West Hartford History Launched. “The Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society houses extensive collections documenting the life and work of lexicographer Noah Webster, as well as the history of West Hartford from its beginnings as a rural farming community to its development into a modern suburban town.”

Patch: Free Online Archive Of West Hartford History Launched. “The Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society houses extensive collections documenting the life and work of lexicographer Noah Webster, as well as the history of West Hartford from its beginnings as a rural farming community to its development into a modern suburban town.”

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.'”

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.'”

VT Digger: At Vermont’s Estey Organ Museum, many donations total $10. Then came one so big, it paid off the mortgage.. “Volunteers at this town’s Estey Organ Museum are used to a symphony of sounds at the former home of the world’s largest manufacturer of pump and pipe instruments….But everybody went silent when peers at the local historical society, having recently banked several […]

VT Digger: At Vermont’s Estey Organ Museum, many donations total $10. Then came one so big, it paid off the mortgage.. “Volunteers at this town’s Estey Organ Museum are used to a symphony of sounds at the former home of the world’s largest manufacturer of pump and pipe instruments….But everybody went silent when peers at the local historical society, having recently banked several […]

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. […]

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. […]

KSBY: Santa Barbara Airport launches “Library on the Fly”. “Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) and the Santa Barbara Public Library (SBPL) have partnered to launch Library on the Fly, a free book exchange located inside the airport terminal. The program encourages passengers to take a book to read while traveling or donate one they’ve already finished, creating an easy way to share stories with fellow […]

KSBY: Santa Barbara Airport launches “Library on the Fly”. “Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) and the Santa Barbara Public Library (SBPL) have partnered to launch Library on the Fly, a free book exchange located inside the airport terminal. The program encourages passengers to take a book to read while traveling or donate one they’ve already finished, creating an easy way to share stories with fellow […]

Spotted in my RSS feeds: ReciproCard. From the FAQ: “ReciproCard is a discovery engine that helps you figure out exactly how many library cards you qualify for. By mapping overlapping networks and reciprocal agreements across the country, we help you get more library cards so you can skip the wait for popular titles and unlock more free ebooks and audiobooks on the Libby app.”

Spotted in my RSS feeds: ReciproCard. From the FAQ: “ReciproCard is a discovery engine that helps you figure out exactly how many library cards you qualify for. By mapping overlapping networks and reciprocal agreements across the country, we help you get more library cards so you can skip the wait for popular titles and unlock more free ebooks and audiobooks on the Libby app.”

ArtForum: ICOM Formally Adopts New Code Of Ethics For Museums. “Following a vote on June 25, the International Council of Museums (ICOM) adopted a new Code of Ethics to guide the activities of museums globally. The vote, which passed by a margin of 85.9% in favor, was held at ICOM’s 41st Ordinary General Assembly in Paris. ICOM is a non-governmental body that establishes standards of […]

ArtForum: ICOM Formally Adopts New Code Of Ethics For Museums. “Following a vote on June 25, the International Council of Museums (ICOM) adopted a new Code of Ethics to guide the activities of museums globally. The vote, which passed by a margin of 85.9% in favor, was held at ICOM’s 41st Ordinary General Assembly in Paris. ICOM is a non-governmental body that establishes standards of […]

Winterthur Museum: Explore the New Winterthur Museum Collections Database. “We’re excited to introduce a redesigned Winterthur Museum Collections Database, making it easier than ever to explore our extraordinary collections from anywhere. The new site offers improved stability and accessibility, and is mobile-friendly, creating a faster, more intuitive experience for researchers, students, […]

Winterthur Museum: Explore the New Winterthur Museum Collections Database. “We’re excited to introduce a redesigned Winterthur Museum Collections Database, making it easier than ever to explore our extraordinary collections from anywhere. The new site offers improved stability and accessibility, and is mobile-friendly, creating a faster, more intuitive experience for researchers, students, […]