#gallerieslibrariesarchivesmuseumsglam — Public Fediverse posts

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.”

American Libraries: Dismantling Disinformation. “Library workers are well aware of the effects of book bans and censorship. Propaganda and disinformation are the flipside of the same coin. Understanding the complex relationships among these interrelated processes is more critical than ever, especially as libraries explore possible solutions and responses. The following books show how […]

American Libraries: Dismantling Disinformation. “Library workers are well aware of the effects of book bans and censorship. Propaganda and disinformation are the flipside of the same coin. Understanding the complex relationships among these interrelated processes is more critical than ever, especially as libraries explore possible solutions and responses. The following books show how […]

American Libraries: Dismantling Disinformation. “Library workers are well aware of the effects of book bans and censorship. Propaganda and disinformation are the flipside of the same coin. Understanding the complex relationships among these interrelated processes is more critical than ever, especially as libraries explore possible solutions and responses. The following books show how […]

American Libraries: Dismantling Disinformation. “Library workers are well aware of the effects of book bans and censorship. Propaganda and disinformation are the flipside of the same coin. Understanding the complex relationships among these interrelated processes is more critical than ever, especially as libraries explore possible solutions and responses. The following books show how […]

American Libraries: Dismantling Disinformation. “Library workers are well aware of the effects of book bans and censorship. Propaganda and disinformation are the flipside of the same coin. Understanding the complex relationships among these interrelated processes is more critical than ever, especially as libraries explore possible solutions and responses. The following books show how […]

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 […]

Hagley Museum: Hagley Acquires Business Records of New York City Tailor. “Hagley Library recently acquired the Kozinn + Sons Merchant Tailors records, now open for research thanks to archival processing intern Darby Ronning. For over a century, Kozinn + Sons was a New York City–based tailored clothing company led by three generations of the Kozinn family. Kozinn FamilyFounded in 1913 as the […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.”

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.”

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.”

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, […]

Spotted in my Calishat Snaps: Ex Situ. I would guess from from the GitHub page that it launched 3-4 months ago. Also from the Github page: “Museums across Europe and North America hold hundreds of thousands of artifacts whose provenance — where they came from, under what circumstances — remains buried in institutional databases, invisible to researchers and the public. Ex Situ makes this […]

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.”

Washington Blade: Fighting ‘Rainbow Panic’ in museums. “Please know the LGBTQ community will remember the hard truths we learned this past year — that we and our histories were expendable. If we can be cast aside, hidden, or disowned, whose histories are safe? How can (and can we) rebuild trust in the institutions that failed us this past year?”

Leamington Observer: British Motor Museum image archive to become more accessible. “The project, running from spring 2026 to early 2027, will provide unprecedented access for visually impaired visitors to a historically significant collection of 20th century photographic negatives. This digital accessibility project will produce digital twins of a currently inaccessible collection using […]

Artnet: A New Landmark Survey Aims to Bring Transparency to Museum Collecting Practices. “Next week, the Penn Cultural Heritage Center (PennCHC) at the University of Pennsylvania‘s Penn Museum will launch a first-of-its-kind survey exploring the collecting practices in place at museums and libraries across America.”

Artforum: 85% of All US Museums Need Repairs, Study Finds. “According to a survey conducted in March by the US Government Accountability Office, a whopping 85% of all museums in the United States are in need of repair; even more dire, 77% of US museums have at least one structural issue that puts their collections at risk, according to The Art Newspaper.”

Georgia O’Keeffe Museum: Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Launches Access O’Keeffe, a Groundbreaking Digital Catalogue Raisonné. “Access O’Keeffe provides an accessible, dynamic platform to explore the inspiring life and art of Georgia O’Keeffe as a user-friendly, searchable website with high-resolution images, visual descriptions, exhibition histories, archival materials, and research data […]

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 […]