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⭐ HUMOUR SPOT⭐
On the subject of education
Rowan Atkinson & Mel Smith
#globalmuseum #humour #humor

⭐ JOB POSTING⭐
Exhibition Designer/Preparator.
The Weatherspoon Art Museum.
UNC Greensboro – Greensboro, NC.
This position supports the Weatherspoon Art Museum’s priorities through the timely and thorough completion of all aspects of collections care and exhibition installation.
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https://spartantalent.uncg.edu/postings/35699 #globalmuseum #museumjobs #museums

Working on a new museum, renovation, expansion, or other major facilities project? Join fellow museum professionals for an informal space to swap ideas, share challenges, and learn from colleagues who get it.

Starting September 8 at 2 p.m. EST
Meets every other month throughout the academic year!

Come when your schedule and project allow. No pressure, just good conversation and shared expertise.

Interested in joining? Email [email protected]
#globalmuseum #museums

Discovered in a Cardboard Box, Months After Thieves Snuck Into a Museum and Whisked Them Away Into the Night.
The artworks by Cézanne, Renoir and Matisse disappeared in a three-minute heist earlier this year. Now, police have arrested five suspects in connection with the burglary in northern Italy.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/stolen-masterpieces-worth-10-million-discovered-in-a-cardboard-box-months-after-thieves-snuck-into-a-museum-and-whisked-them-away-into-the-night-180989358/ #globalmuseum #museums #artheist #crime

Giraffe and Bovine Petroglyphs, Neolithic Period (c. 8000 BP), Wadi Mathendous, Libya.
@archaeologyart #globalmuseum #Neolithic #archaeology #animals

Ever heard traditional Gaelic Irish music sung by an a cappella group like this?

This is Ceann Dubh Dilis (My Sweet, Dark-Haired Love), arranged by Michael McGlynn and performed by the Russian group Spokanki.

https://www.instagram.com/spokanki/?hl=en

@FigsFromPlums #globalmuseum #music #Gaelic #acappella

What’s the Best 🏛️ Emoji? Antiquities Curators Have Thoughts.
In a series of recent social media posts, curators at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles are rating the best variations on art-adjacent emojis.
https://archive.ph/DY2qE #globalmuseum #museums #Emoji

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/style/emoji-getty-museum-instagram.html

Have you ever seen a glass squid? Their bodies are mostly see-through, helping them hide from predators, except for their opaque eyes. However, a light-producing organ below their eyes emits flashes, mimicking sunlight from above to camouflage them from threats lurking below.
@AMNH #globalmuseum #squid

Mount Etna in Sicily is one of Europe’s most active volcanoes, but local artisans have found an incredible way to turn its volcanic material into art.
Molten volcanic rock can be collected from lava flows, shaped, molded, and cooled into unique objects. Jewelry, decorative pieces, tables, and other handcrafted items can all be made using material connected to the volcano.
And because every lava flow forms differently, no two pieces are exactly alike.
@hypersociety_ #globalmuseum

A Roman brick from Caesarea in modern-day Algeria holds something incredible. A worker left a handprint in the wet clay nearly 2,000 years ago. Even the worker’s fingerprints can still be seen.
The brick is now kept at the Cherchell Archaeological Museum. It gives us a rare connection to an ordinary person who lived during Roman times.
#globalmuseum #museums #Roman #archaeology

Spate of museum heists in Europe highlights ‘changing tactics’ of crime gangs.
High-value artefacts have been stolen from regional museums in Italy and France in recent weeks.
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https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2026/08/spate-of-museum-heists-in-europe-highlights-changing-tactics-of-crime-gangs/

#globalmuseum #museums #artheist #artcrime #crime

"I Play The Piano And I Know Things" - Mug.
https://www.teepublic.com/mug/58606328-i-play-the-piano-and-i-know-things #globalmuseum #coffee #mugs #piano #music

🔊 Turn up your speakers!🔊

One of the great voices from the Sixties - British singer Dusty Springfield.
"Peroxide blonde bouffant/beehive hairstyle, heavy makeup (thick black eyeliner and eye shadow) and evening gowns"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusty_Springfield #music #globalmuseum #popmusic #Sixties

This vintage illustration demonstrates how to perform a two-person stage elephant costume, a classic theatrical illusion from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
@vault_editions #globalmuseum #theatre #history

The Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art welcomes applications for pre-doctoral, post-doctoral, mid-career, and non-residential doctoral dissertation completion fellowships.
Application deadline: Thursday, October 15, 2026, 5 pm ET
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https://www.metmuseum.org/opportunities/fellowships/leonard-a-lauder-fellowships-in-modern-art #globalmuseum #museums #MetMuseum #fellowships

The Art of Looking: Artemisia Gentileschi
Join the National Gallery of Art online for The Art of Looking, their interactive conversation series. This week, they’re discussing an important new addition to their galleries: Artemisia Gentileschi’s Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy.
Friday, August 21, 1:00 p.m.
Virtual
Free registration required.
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https://www.nga.gov/calendar/art-looking-artemisia-gentileschi-mary-magdalene-ecstasy?evd=202608211700&utm_source=globalmuseum #globalmuseum #art

AI Watermarking and Transparency Laws.
Claude is the first major LLM to legally watermark text generated by, or edited with, their tools. Open AI (ChatGPT) is to follow suit in the coming weeks, amongst most other providers:

https://www.lexacademic.com/blog/the-stamp-of-shame-what-claudes-new-legal-watermark-means-for-your-research/ #globalmuseum #AI #academia

Thieves steal 4 Renaissance artworks in a Sicilian museum heist during an Italian holiday.
Thieves stole four works attributed to Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina worth millions of euros from the regional museum in the city of Messina in Sicily while crowds gathered across town for the traditional Assumption holiday celebrations, cultural officials and Italian media said Sunday.
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/italy/thieves-steal-4-renaissance-artworks-sicilian-museum-heis-rcna592796 #globalmuseum #museums #arttheft #crime #art

A Baby Dinosaur Fossil in China Just Revealed a Body Feature No Dinosaur Was Known to Have.
A fossil found in China just revealed a dinosaur feature no scientist has ever documented before. What it was used for is still a mystery, but the leading theories are stranger than you'd expect.
https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/08/baby-dinosaur-fossil-new-body-feature/ #globalmuseum #dinosaurs #fossils

In 1944, four-year-old Jane received a rare party invitation, but her only formal dress no longer fit. Because clothing coupons were strictly rationed during the war, her mother, Elizabeth, had no way to buy a new one.

Determined not to let Jane miss the event, Elizabeth spent the night sewing. She gathered all the fabric scraps she had stored away—floral cottons, plain swatches, and small patterned prints—and stitched them together, square by square.
@histories_arch
#globalmuseum #costume

“You’ve made a rookie error there mate. Always do them skin side down.” - 15th century, Kraków, MNK 3025 I, p. 460
@MedMilMedicine #globalmuseum #medieval #humour #humor #manuscripts

‘Once I started zooming in, I never stopped’: the mesmerising art of macro photography.
“The power of macro photography is that the curiosity you had as a kid still sparks. It’s like a whole new world, and you don’t even have to go that far for it. These are creatures that we live with. Maybe we should treat them better.”
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/15/once-i-started-zooming-in-i-never-stopped-the-mesmerising-art-of-macro-photography #globalmuseum #insects #photography #macrophotography

The Gallery Guide Guide.
Molleen Theodore & Sydney Skelton Simon, Ph.D.
The Yale University Art Gallery's student guide program. Available as a free PDF.
Documents the values and history of their nearly 30-year-old program, and lays out the nuts and bolts of how it is structured.
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https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/2024-04/2024_Gallery%20Guide%20Guide.pdf #globalmuseum #museums #artgalleries #docents #guides

Reimagining the Saint Etheldreda Panels: Conservation, Scholarship and Display.
A Society of Antiquaries of London
Lunchtime Lecture.
Tuesday, 15 September 2026, 1:00pm – 2:00pm.
FREE.
The event will be live-streamed on Zoom (if you register)
https://www.sal.org.uk/events/reimagining-saint-etheldreda/ #Globalmuseum #Conservation #lectures

The Imperial War Museum will mark 25 years since 9/11 with new displays and programming.
Photography installation, events and publication will recognise the global impact and legacy of the attacks.
https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2026/08/iwm-to-mark-25-years-since-9-11-with-new-displays-and-programming/ #globalmuseum #museums #nineeleven

Rare Egyptian treasures make US debut at San Francisco museum.
The exhibition features six sections exploring Egyptian society, government and religion. Visitors can view artifacts that museum officials say offer a rare look at discoveries from ancient Egypt, including objects unearthed by archaeologists and items made of gold from tombs
https://abc7ny.com/story/rare-egyptian-treasures-make-us-debut-san-franciscos-de-young-museum/19672816/
#globalmuseum #museums #exhibitions

World's youngest museum curator, 11, was led by a love of fossils.
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Anderson Taylor, who has become the Guinness World Record holder for youngest male museum curator. He opened a natural history museum at age 9.
https://www.npr.org/2026/08/13/nx-s1-5929197/worlds-youngest-museum-curator-11-was-led-by-a-love-of-fossils #globalmuseum #museums #curator

The museum behind the museum: A look inside Smithsonian's support center.
Possibly the gem of the center is the U.S. Antarctic Meteorite Collection, which is made up of large metal containers filled with nitrogen gas that maintain a cold temperature
https://wjla.com/features/dmv-250/smithsonian-museum-support-center-suitland-whale-bones-baleen-antarctic-meteorites-meteorite-collection-conservation #globalmuseum #museums #Smithsonian #collections

Changing tactics, changing targets: the evolving nature of museum heists.
This report outlines these changing tactics and targets, with examples showcasing how criminals increasingly use violent methods and which types of artefacts they target. By analysing recent cases and trends, the report highlights the evolving nature of museum thefts and their implications for European security.
https://www.europol.europa.eu/publications-events/publications/changing-tactics-changing-targets-evolving-nature-of-museum-heists #globalmuseum #Europol #museums

This historic photograph shows the Danish-French Impressionist master Camille Pissarro with his wife Julie and two of their children, Paul-Émile and Jeanne, in their garden at Éragny-sur-Epte around 1897. #victorianchaps #retro #artists #belleepoque #vintage #globalmuseum #art #Pissaro