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BBC: Why museum’s last mummy has been taken off display. “The mummified body of an ancient Egyptian woman has been removed from a museum exhibition after more than 200 years on display as part of efforts to respect “the wishes of the dead”, curators have said.”

Spoon & Tamago: Tadao Ando Designed & Donated a Floating Library that Delivers Books to Children. “Cutting through the white-capped waves of the Seto Inland Sea is a one-of-kind ‘floating library’. This is Hon no Mori-go (ほんのもり号) created to give children living on remote islands the opportunity to discover books and nurture their creativity. Inside the ship are shelves lined with […]

Courthouse News: California museum sued over Renaissance painting looted by Nazis. “The Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California, faces a new lawsuit to recover a pair of life-size Renaissance paintings confiscated by the Nazis when the Jewish owners had to flee the Netherlands in 1940.”

Courthouse News: California museum sued over Renaissance painting looted by Nazis. “The Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California, faces a new lawsuit to recover a pair of life-size Renaissance paintings confiscated by the Nazis when the Jewish owners had to flee the Netherlands in 1940.”

Courthouse News: California museum sued over Renaissance painting looted by Nazis. “The Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California, faces a new lawsuit to recover a pair of life-size Renaissance paintings confiscated by the Nazis when the Jewish owners had to flee the Netherlands in 1940.”

Courthouse News: California museum sued over Renaissance painting looted by Nazis. “The Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California, faces a new lawsuit to recover a pair of life-size Renaissance paintings confiscated by the Nazis when the Jewish owners had to flee the Netherlands in 1940.”

Courthouse News: California museum sued over Renaissance painting looted by Nazis. “The Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California, faces a new lawsuit to recover a pair of life-size Renaissance paintings confiscated by the Nazis when the Jewish owners had to flee the Netherlands in 1940.”

Unsplash: The Met is now on Unsplash. “The Met launch includes 1000 images, and highlights a range of its museums and archives, each bringing a completely different lens on art history, costume and textile history and cultures. These 10 collections span some of hundreds of the institution’s most iconic departments and artists.”

Unsplash: The Met is now on Unsplash. “The Met launch includes 1000 images, and highlights a range of its museums and archives, each bringing a completely different lens on art history, costume and textile history and cultures. These 10 collections span some of hundreds of the institution’s most iconic departments and artists.”

Infovaticana: The Vatican Library and Apostolic Archive will have a new building inside Vatican City. “Pope Leo XIV has ordered the construction of a new building within Vatican City primarily intended to expand the spaces of the Vatican Apostolic Library and the Vatican Apostolic Archive, after the growth of their collections has rendered the currently available facilities insufficient.”

PBS News Hour: Descendants of enslaved potter David Drake work to reclaim ancestor’s art. “The descendants David Drake, known as Dave the Potter, have traced their lineage back to the once-enslaved potter and launched an effort to reclaim his work. So far, the family has recovered six pieces of Drake’s highly valued glazed stoneware, and they’re working with museums to bring even more back into […]

International Consortium of Investigative Journalists: Despite years of confiscations, the Met still holds hundreds of pieces linked to alleged trafficking and looting figures. “Even after authorities seized more than $95 million worth of antiquities from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in recent years, the institution still holds hundreds more pieces linked to alleged looting and […]

Raclin Murphy Museum of Art: Raclin Murphy Museum of Art launches a new free Digital Guide to the Museum’s collections. “The Raclin Murphy Museum of Art is delighted to launch a new digital guide in partnership with Bloomberg Connects, the free arts and culture app…. With origins dating to 1875, the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art (formerly Snite Museum of Art) is one of the oldest and most […]

Allegheny College: Art Digitization Project Sends Students on an Exploration of the Erie Art Museum’s History. “Two Allegheny College students spent the summer in Erie, but forwent Presque Isle views for a dive into an art collection over 8,000 works deep. Through June and July, Angelee Bawek ’27 and Owen Ranus ’27 conducted a community-based research project digitizing works at the Erie […]