#gallerieslibrariesarchivesmuseumsglam_ — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #gallerieslibrariesarchivesmuseumsglam_, aggregated by home.social.
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Southern Methodist University: From rails to revolutions: New windows into the past in digital collections. “What do a sugar railway in Cuba, U.S. soldiers hunting Pancho Villa, and a priest blessing a taxi in Mexico have in common? They’re all part of a fascinating array of newly digitized materials now available in SMU’s Digital Collections.”
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Earthbound Report: The Green Libraries Manifesto. “It’s Green Libraries Week this week, an event that is organised by the library association CILIP. There are a handful of events across the UK, looking at the role that libraries play in climate change. They are also encouraging libraries to sign up to their manifesto.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/03/earthbound-report-the-green-libraries-manifesto/
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Diesachsen: Cameroonian cultural heritage to be researched. “Around 500 cultural objects from Cameroon are being researched in German museums. The aim is to reconstruct their history together with experts from Cameroon. Together with the Linden Museum in Stuttgart, the German Lost Art Foundation wants to continue researching Cameroonian cultural heritage in Germany.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/01/diesachsen-cameroonian-cultural-heritage-to-be-researched/
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BK Reader: Brooklyn’s Fight Against Book Bans Reaches National Milestone. “Books Unbanned, the Brooklyn Public Library initiative launched in 2022 to give young people access to books affected by censorship, has hit a major milestone: cardholders have borrowed over one million e-books.”
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BK Reader: Brooklyn’s Fight Against Book Bans Reaches National Milestone. “Books Unbanned, the Brooklyn Public Library initiative launched in 2022 to give young people access to books affected by censorship, has hit a major milestone: cardholders have borrowed over one million e-books.”
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BK Reader: Brooklyn’s Fight Against Book Bans Reaches National Milestone. “Books Unbanned, the Brooklyn Public Library initiative launched in 2022 to give young people access to books affected by censorship, has hit a major milestone: cardholders have borrowed over one million e-books.”
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BK Reader: Brooklyn’s Fight Against Book Bans Reaches National Milestone. “Books Unbanned, the Brooklyn Public Library initiative launched in 2022 to give young people access to books affected by censorship, has hit a major milestone: cardholders have borrowed over one million e-books.”
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BK Reader: Brooklyn’s Fight Against Book Bans Reaches National Milestone. “Books Unbanned, the Brooklyn Public Library initiative launched in 2022 to give young people access to books affected by censorship, has hit a major milestone: cardholders have borrowed over one million e-books.”
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Rubryka: Solutions from Ukraine: Krushelnytska Museum digitizes 500 exhibits, unveils innovative digital platform for Ukrainian museums. “The Solomiia Krushelnytska Music and Memorial Museum in Lviv, at 23 S. Krushelnytska Street, has unveiled an innovative digital platform for Ukrainian museums, with the first 500 items from its collection now available for public viewing and study.”
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New York Times: Amid the A.I. Deluge, What Counts as Art? Ask the Curators. This link goes to a gift article. “With the rise of artificial intelligence, machines are increasingly engaged in the creative process, raising the question: What is art if the human hand is no longer involved?… In response, major art museums are wrestling with what, within the kaleidoscope, counts as art, and are […]
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International Business Times: Paris Louvre Heist Lays Bare Museum Security Complaints. “How could robbers with power tools break in and steal crowns and sapphire and emerald necklaces? And how can a museum spanning 73,000 square metres and housing around 35,000 works of art be secured? The government said authorities had already begun reviewing security at the vast Paris venue before the heist. […]
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Liverpool John Moores University: Introducing the Unity Theatre Archive Project. “Hi everyone, my name is Megan and I’ve recently joined LJMU’s Special Collections and Archives as the Unity Theatre Project Archivist. Over the next year I’ll be cataloguing the papers of the Unity Theatre as part of its Heritage Lottery funded project, ‘A Radical Reimagining.’”
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Associated Press: Hair museum filled with century-old mementos closes its doors, scattering contents around the nation. “For about 30 years, this hair art collection in the Kansas City suburb of Independence attracted an eclectic group of gawkers that included the likes of heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne. But the museum’s namesake, Leila Cohoon, died last November at the age of 92. Now her […]
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Daily Tar Heel: UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’. “The UNC School of Data Science and Society and the School of Information and Library Science will be consolidating into a new school focused on artificial intelligence.” Disgusting.
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Nation Cymru: Thousands of images from Amgueddfa Cymru now available to access online. “Amgueddfa Cymru has released over 2000 images into the public domain making them freely available on a new platform. It puts Wales at the forefront of open access and on par with global museums such as the Natural History Museum, Smithsonian, Rijksmuseum, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.”
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ArchDaily: Reclaiming the Narrative: A New Generation of Museums in West Africa. “Although varying in purpose and form, they have some common goals: addressing the need for restitution of many artifacts taken during colonialism and mostly kept in European museums; and defining a museum with local identity as opposed to a non-contextual import.”
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The Register: Ransomware attack linked to museum break-in and theft of golden exhibits. “Dozens of French museums fell victim to a ransomware attack in August 2024, and the nation’s Natural History Museum copped another attack in July 2025…. Last week the Museum discovered that thieves had broken into its minerals display section by using an angle grinder to cut through a door, before […]
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UNESCO: UNESCO launches the World’s First Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects at a global scale at MONDIACULT 2025. “Three years after its announcement at MONDIACULT 2022, UNESCO is launching an innovative initiative: the Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects. This global platform harnesses cutting-edge digital technology to raise awareness of the illicit trafficking of cultural property, one of […]
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Times-Colonist: A ‘magnificent obsession’: Maritime Museum acquires virtual encyclopedia of nautical history. “The Nauticapedia’s vessel databases, articles, reference tables and images attract four million web hits from 130 countries annually. [John] MacFarlane recently donated the comprehensive resource, including all of its rights and contents, to the Maritime Museum of B.C. to be the […]
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AFP: Viking ships make final high-risk voyage to new Oslo home. “The first to relocate is the Oseberg, which on Wednesday slowly made its way from its current location in the old Viking Ship Museum, arriving intact a newly built addition that will house the national treasures in optimal conditions. The extremely fragile oak hull inched forward so slowly its movement was almost undetectable to […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/11/afp-viking-ships-make-final-high-risk-voyage-to-new-oslo-home/
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New York Times: A World Reshaped by A.I. Needs Museums More Than Ever. This link goes to a gift article. “It remains an open question which trend will ultimately seem the anomalous one. Is it the idea that the art museum as we’ve understood it is under genuine existential threat, a relic of a battered Enlightenment worldview? Or is it the decision by so many museums in a period of extreme […]
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Dallas Morning News: African American Museum in Dallas gets $3 million to digitize 50-year-old collection. “The African American Museum in Dallas has secured $3 million to preserve and digitize its 50-year-old collection. The museum announced the donation from the Texas Historical Commission on Tuesday.”
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Odessa Journal: In Mykolaiv, 300 exhibits from the collections of two museums will be digitized. “The digital collection will include items from the funds of the Mykolaiv Regional Art Museum named after Vereshchagin and the Mykolaiv Regional Museum of Local History. According to the MY ART Platform, the collection features 20th-century paintings by famous Ukrainian artists such as Oleksandr […]
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Minna Takala: New Archetype for Museums. “The most obvious new aspect of the Storehouse is that it is totally transparent, exposing the collection of 250,000 objects to public viewing. The building is literally a warehouse (like Amazon) where you can walk inside the corridors like in an IKEA store to see the objects placed on shelves.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/21/minna-takala-new-archetype-for-museums/
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Hindustan Times: Initiative launched to compile comprehensive national-level database of public libraries: Govt to LS. “The government, through the Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation under the Ministry of Culture, has recently launched a significant initiative to compile and maintain a comprehensive, ‘national-level dynamic database’ of public libraries across the country, Parliament was […]
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Romania Journal: ISVOR Announces the Launch of the “Museum of Whistles of the World” Project. “The Museum of Whistles of the World aims to build a dynamic cultural ecosystem in which the Romanian whistle is revalued in dialogue with the universal whistle — not as a relic, but as a living, expressive, and relevant language. Bringing together researchers, artists, craftsmen, teachers, and […]
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Museums + Heritage Advisor: Museum Data Service secures new funding to expand collections database. “The Museum Data Service has received three years of funding worth £800,000 from the Arts and Humanities Research Council to continue developing digital infrastructure that connects object records across UK museums. The joint venture between the University of Leicester, Art UK and Collections […]
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New York Times: A Bid to Undo a Colonial-Era Wrong Touches a People’s Old Wounds. This link goes to a gift article. “First it was the British. Then the Christian missionaries. Then the Indian state they had never asked to be a part of. For centuries, the Indigenous Naga people of the Indian subcontinent have struggled to preserve their culture against external forces. Now, Nagas are trying to […]
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Internet Archive Blog: IFLA Signs Statement Supporting Digital Rights of Memory Institutions. “…the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)—the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services—has signed the Statement on Four Digital Rights of Memory Institutions, joining more than 130 signatories from around the […]
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KQED: SF-Based Internet Archive Is Now a Federal Depository Library. What Does That Mean?. “The San Francisco-based Internet Archive now has federal depository status, joining a network of over 1,100 libraries that archive government documents and make them accessible to the public — even as ongoing legal challenges pose an existential threat to the organization.”
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Digital Preservation Coalition: Digital Preservation at the National Museum of Australia: Introducing the Changeable and Digital Team. “This month marks the first-year anniversary for the Changeable and Digital team at the National Museum of Australia (NMA). The team are now embedded in the Collections Platform Business Unit within the Growth and Engagement Division. Digital collections […]
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arXiv: Archiverse: an Approach for Immersive Cultural Heritage. “Visualization of material culture exemplified by archaeological sites and architecture can be particularly useful when only ruins or archaeological remains survive. However, these advancements also bring significant challenges, especially in the area of transdisciplinary cooperation between specialists from many, often distant, […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/29/archiverse-an-approach-for-immersive-cultural-heritage-arxiv/
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Architectural Record: David Chipperfield’s River & Rowing Museum Will Close in September. “Citing financial pressures, the David Chipperfield–designed River & Rowing Museum in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, announced earlier this month that it will permanently close its doors on September 21 and seek new homes for its roughly 35,000-item collections.”
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PIX 11: American Museum of Natural History offers free membership to SNAP beneficiaries. “A new museum membership level called Discoverer has launched for beneficiaries of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)…. The Discoverer membership includes general Museum admission as well as admission to one ticketed exhibition. Cardholders are also able to bring up to four guests on […]
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Internet Archive Blogs: Librarians Convene to Develop Strategies for Documenting Their Community’s Digital Heritage. “Made possible in part with support from the Mellon Foundation, the meetings allowed librarians from across the country to discuss shared challenges and opportunities around documenting, preserving, and sharing the unique culture and digital heritage of their communities.”
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ynet News: Bringing the museum into your living room. “Many science and natural history museums around the world offer free virtual tours — just a click away on your computer. These experiences can offer hours of curiosity and enjoyment, whether you’re exploring on your own or as a shared family activity. These are some of the best you can find.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/13/ynet-news-bringing-the-museum-into-your-living-room/
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RÚV: Museum dedicated to the Icelandic Sheepdog opens in North Iceland. “Evelyn Ýr Kuhne, a cultural studies expert from Skagafjörður, decided it was time to introduce the Icelandic Sheepdog to a wider audience. That’s why she opened a museum devoted entirely to this exceptional breed. In its first month, it was visited by numerous groups of tourists from both Iceland and abroad.”
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The Art Newspaper: Why the new EU law aimed at stopping antiquities trafficking may hamper museum loans . “A sweeping EU law designed to prevent the trafficking of looted antiquities that takes effect on 28 June may have a negative side-effect for museums by hampering loans from private collectors outside the EU, despite a partial exemption for temporary exhibitions, museum directors and […]
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Chicago Sun-Times: Griffin MSI lets online visitors experience 1893 World’s Fair — and more . “The free searchable database will feature 7,000 pieces from the museum’s 35,000-item collection. Images that are being uploaded encompass far more than pieces from the 1893 World’s Fair.”
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The Baltic Times: Online Museum of Traditional Art of Ukraine – KROVETS has resumed its work at krovets.ua. “The platform KROVETS offers users unique access to over 3,800 digitized exhibits of Ukrainian traditional art. These relate to numerous samples of clothing, ceramics, embroidery and other household items that reflect the richness of Ukrainian culture. The online museum provides an […]
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404 Media: AI Scraping Bots Are Breaking Open Libraries, Archives, and Museums. “AI bots that scrape the internet for training data are hammering the servers of libraries, archives, museums, and galleries, and are in some cases knocking their collections offline, according to a new survey published today.” As you might imagine this drives me absolutely WILD.
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PC Gamer: Relooted is a high-tech heist game about reclaiming African artifacts from Western collections, which are said to hold ‘90% of sub-Saharan African cultural heritage’. “Relooted is set in a near future where a new international treaty stipulates that all African artifacts on public display in Western museums must be returned to their country of origin. … You’ll coordinate a crew of […]
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Washington Secretary of State: Washington State Library’s Research Library, Washington Talking Book & Braille Library Closed to Public Due to Budget Shortfall. ” The Washington State Library (WSL) announced program closures for their research library and the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library and a restriction of services at those locations after funds to keep them open were not […]
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Your Story: The role of digital museums in rediscovering Indian craftsmanship . “Due to low demand and limited market access, 70% of traditional artists are searching for alternative sources of income, according to a 2018 survey conducted by the Crafts Council of India. Digital museums—online institutions that use technology to preserve and present cultural material—are a useful tool to […]
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UC Davis Library: Landmark Research Project Sheds New Light on the Future of Digital Books. “A landmark research project led by the University of California Libraries provides new insight into what students, faculty and researchers want to be able to do with digital books, and how libraries, publishers and distributors of digital books can better meet those needs within the parameters of U.S. […]
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The Sun (Turks and Caicos Islands): Solar initiative powers cultural heritage at Junkanoo Museum. “The Junkanoo Museum, a vital cultural institution in Providenciales, has taken a significant step toward sustainability by installing an off-grid solar power system, reducing operational costs while preserving and showcasing the islands’ rich cultural heritage.”
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Houston Chronicle: Texas bill threatens $500,000 daily fines for museums displaying ‘obscene’ art. “A new bill introduced in the Texas legislature could fine museums $500,000 per day if they display ‘obscene’ works of art, months after GOP officials sought to remove photographs involving nude children from a museum in Fort Worth.”
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The Conversation: Museums have tons of data, and AI could make it more accessible − but standardizing and organizing it across fields won’t be easy. “AI tools can do amazing things, such as make 3D models of digitized versions of the items in museum collections, but only if there’s enough well-organized data about that item available. To see how AI can help museum collections, my team […]
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Boston Globe: BPL will use AI to expand digital collection. “With help from the Institutional Data initiative at Harvard Law School Library, the Boston Library is using AI technology to make the materials available online and in the form of public domain data collections, which can be used to train future or existing AI models.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/20/boston-globe-bpl-will-use-ai-to-expand-digital-collection/
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Duke University Libraries: New Records in the CDA!. “We’re very excited to announce that a new batch of conservation records has just been made publicly available in the [Conservation Documentation Archive]! With the addition of this batch, we have a total of 1,788 records preserved in the collection to date. The latest group of records date from 2017 through 2020.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/15/duke-university-libraries-new-records-in-the-cda/