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Smithsonian races to finalise site for national Latino museum – The Art Newspaper

The Smithsonian Institution’s board of regents will meet later this month to discuss housing the new…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Artsanddesign #Arts #ArtsandIndustriesBuilding #ArtsAndDesign #DC #Design #donaldtrump #Entertainment #Museums&Heritage #nationalmall #NationalMuseumoftheAmericanLatino #SmithsonianInstitution #USPolitics #Washington
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/821503/

Municipal Dreams: A Good Home Needed Urgently for One of the Most Significant Libraries of Housing and Planning in the Country. “The trustees of the Octavia Hill Birthplace Museum are disposing of its Harry Simpson Memorial Library in September, next month. The collection comprises the largest discrete library dedicated to housing and planning. The museum is located in Wisbech in the north of […]

Treasures from the National Museum of Ireland are taking centre stage in Celtic Art Across the Ages at Harvard Art Museums, the first major exhibition in the United States dedicated to #Celtic art. Featuring remarkable objects such as the Somerset Hoard from Co. Galway, the exhibition showcases the creativity, craftsmanship and cultural connections of Iron Age Ireland within a wider European story that spans over 2,500 years.
https://www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collections-Research/Irish-Antiquities-Division-Collections/Irish-Antiquities-Articles/All-in-a-Days-work/Blowing-our-own-trumpet?utm_source=globalmuseum
#globalmuseum #museums #exhibitions

Florida opens first jellyfish museum in the U.S.
The facility, opened by Ukrainian refugees Alex and Yana Yanovsky, features more than 20 species of the aquatic creatures.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/2026/08/20/first-jellyfish-museum-united-states-opens-florida/
#globalmuseum #museums #jellyfish

#1371 Taryn Harris (ed) - The Royal Institution of Cornwall Newsletter 54. Royal lnstitution of Cornwall, Truro, October 2013.

#Cornwall #RoyalInstitutionOfCornwall #Archaeology #Museums #Archives #BookOfTheDay

A spectacular new museum dedicated to whales is opening in Europe next year.
Whale blood in jars, gothic-arch rib bones and a soundscape room that vibrates in your chest? Sounds like a whale of a time
https://www.timeout.com/news/new-whale-museum-norway-081926 #globalmuseum #museums #whales #Norway

Packing a party into a single cabinet. This hand-cranked Barrel Organ from Germany’s Black Forest set more than a dozen dancing figures in motion, all in sync with its music. Made between 1820 and 1840, it’s proof that mechanical entertainment has always had a flair for the dramatic.

The Guinness Conservator Jere Ryder for demonstrates this mechanical musical instrument.
#MechanicalMonday #GuinnessCollection #morrismuseum #globalmuseum #museums

The Guardian view on the export of fossils: they deserve national treasure status | Editorial
By Editorial

Scientific specimens are being sold to foreign museums or snapped up by the super-rich. They should have the same legal protections as works of art

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/21/the-guardian-view-on-the-export-of-fossils-they-deserve-national-treasure-status

#Fossils #NaturalHistoryMuseum #Culture #Museums #JurassicPark #TheGuardian #Editorial

'The Penitent Magdalen' by Georges de La Tour (1640)

#art #arts #artist #artists #artwork #museum #museums #artmuseum #artmuseums #artlover #artlovers #spiritual #spirituality #realism #artnet #painting #paintings

The National Archives is experimenting with a compelling model for AI in museums: machine learning was applied to two million digitized records to make the collection explorable through visitors’ individual interests. The result combines curatorial knowledge with personalized discovery, while raising exactly the institutional questions that matter: privacy, accessibility, security, infrastructure and public trust.

#AI #Museums #DigitalHeritage

https://www.aam-us.org/2026/08/17/mining-the-national-archives-new-exhibition-sparks-personalized-discovery-with-ai/

‘She had this divine calling’: the incredible and transporting art of Minnie Evans
By Veronica Esposito

Just over 50 years after she was one of the first Black artists to have a solo show at the Whitney, the museum gathers some of her most remarkable paintings for a new exhibition

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/aug/21/minnie-evans-whitney-museum-outsider-artist

#Art #Exhibitions #Artanddesign #Painting #Culture #Museums #NewYork #TheGuardian #VeronicaEsposito

Durham art gallery opens with works by Tracey Emin and Steve McQueen
By Mark Brown North of England correspondent

The Light aims to bring art of international significance to north-east England

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/aug/21/durham-art-gallery-opens-with-works-by-tracey-emin-and-steve-mcqueen

#Museums #Exhibitions #Artanddesign #NorthofEngland #Culture #UKnews #Heritage #Art #CountyDurham #TheGuardian #MarkBrownNorthofEnglandcorrespondent

Durham art gallery opens with works by Tracey Emin and Steve McQueen https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/aug/21/durham-art-gallery-opens-with-works-by-tracey-emin-and-steve-mcqueen #Museums #Exhibitions #ArtAndDesign #NorthOfEngland #Culture #UkNews #Heritage #Art #CountyDurham

⭐ 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

Is the Smithsonian Really Trying to Destroy America?

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-lede/is-the-smithsonian-really-trying-to-destroy-america

Associated Press: Florida’s Jellyfish Museum is dedicated solely to the mesmerizing floating predators. “The private Jellyfish Museum in Pompano Beach, Florida, just north of Fort Lauderdale, is believed to be the first museum in the United States dedicated solely to the translucent invertebrates, and one of the few such spaces in the world, according to the city and the museum’s founders. […]

Finishing touches being prepared on new exhibition marking 30 years since demolition of Ravenscraig towers

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/in-your-area/lanarkshire/finishing-touches-being-prepared-new-37572218

Sydney’s A$915m Powerhouse Parramatta museum announces opening date and plans for ambitious space-themed exhibition https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/08/20/sydneys-915m-powerhouse-parramatta-museum-announces-opening-date-and-plans-for-ambitious-space-themed-exhibition?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Museums #Australia

As the number of people with firsthand experience of World War II declines rapidly in Japan, the postwar generation is taking up the storyteller mantle to preserve memories of the time. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/20/japan/society/japan-wwii-next-generation-storytellers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #wwii #museums #history

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

‘Jim Crow must go’: the artists and everyday heroes who fought injustice – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/aug/19/turn-the-volume-up-nasher-museum-of-art #ArtAndDesign #Exhibitions #Culture #BlackUsCulture #Museums #Photography #Painting #MartinLutherKing #Art #CivilRightsMovement #Activism

Italian Police Recover Stolen Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse Artworks Worth Millions

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/italian-police-recover-stolen-renoir-cezanne-and-matisse-artworks-worth-millions/

‘Jim Crow must go’: the artists and everyday heroes who fought injustice – in pictures
By Curated by Briana Ellis-Gibbs

Turn the Volume Up! at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University highlights the activism of everyday people who have confronted injustice. New York’s mayor, Zohran Mamdani, quoting the Bronx rapper KRS-One’s song Turn the Volume Up during his election-day victory speech inspired the name of the exhibit. Featuring work by artists such as Kara Walker, Carrie Mae Weems and the Guerrilla Girls, the show examines how protests and collective action can create and inspire social change. Turn the Volume Up! opens on 27 August and runs through 11 July 2027

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/aug/19/turn-the-volume-up-nasher-museum-of-art

#Artanddesign #Exhibitions #Culture #BlackUSculture #Museums #Photography #Painting #MartinLutherKing #Art #Civilrightsmovement #Activism #TheGuardian #CuratedbyBrianaEllisGibbs

We had a conversation here a little while ago about how museums engage with the communities whose artefacts are in their holdings. Here’s my friend Andy who helped return an item from the Smithsonian to Kawacatoose First Nation.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/teepee-cover-repatriated-9.7311155

#decolonizingmuseums #museums

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 […]