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Portland
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
1 day ago

10 Questions: Oregon Historical Society's Kerry Tymchuk weighs in on state history, 250th anniversary issues * Oregon ArtsWatch

The 250th anniversary of the United States' founding is a significant opportunity for reflection and commemoration for all Americans.
#uk-museums
London
fromianVisits
1 day ago

The case for keeping museums free - even if you never visit

Reintroducing entry charges at UK museums could harm cultural diversity and economic benefits derived from free access.
London
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

The UK's free-to-access museums are the envy of the world. Charging for entry would be a big mistake | Karin Hindsbo

The UK made national museums free, increasing accessibility and audience engagement significantly.
Philosophy
fromApaonline
12 hours ago

Promoting Civic Friendship: The Transformative Power of Public Spaces

The neighborhood in Lisbon faces challenges due to population growth, infrastructure strain, and a need for community-driven solutions like SAAL.
Media industry
fromNieman Lab
1 day ago

How newsrooms are bringing their archives to life

News organizations are repurposing archives to create new stories and engage audiences, moving beyond simple reprints.
fromFortune
14 hours ago

One fan secretly recorded 10,000 concerts over 40 years. Now volunteers are racing to save the tapes before they disintegrate | Fortune

The growing Aadam Jacobs Collection is an internet treasure trove for music lovers, especially for fans of indie and punk rock during the 1980s through the early 2000s.
NYC music
fromMedievalists.net
1 day ago

Norway Invests Millions to Preserve Medieval Sites - Medievalists.net

"The ruins from the Middle Ages are part of our common history. With these grants, we are strengthening the work that makes it possible to preserve them, not only as historical traces, but also as living sources of knowledge for both researchers, craftsmen and local communities."
History
Digital life
fromdiacritical
1 day ago

From Messages to Conversations: AI Agents are Changing how we Find Culture

Automated web traffic has surged, with AI bots now significantly outnumbering human visitors, impacting arts organizations and cultural discovery.
Upper West Side
fromWest Side Rag
1 day ago

Upper West Side Historical Photo Challenge No. 24

The photo challenge invites participants to identify a historical image of the Upper West Side, revealing its significance and history.
#legion-of-honor
fromFuncheap
3 days ago
San Francisco

Free "Legion of Honor" Museum Day for Bay Area Residents (Every Saturday)

Every Saturday, Bay Area residents can enjoy free general admission to the Legion of Honor's permanent galleries with advanced tickets.
fromFuncheap
3 days ago
San Francisco

Free "Legion of Honor" Museum Day for Bay Area Residents (Every Saturday)

Every Saturday, Bay Area residents can enjoy free general admission to the Legion of Honor's permanent galleries with advanced ticket reservations.
San Francisco
fromFuncheap
3 days ago

Free "Legion of Honor" Museum Day for Bay Area Residents (Every Saturday)

Every Saturday, Bay Area residents can enjoy free general admission to the Legion of Honor's permanent galleries with advanced tickets.
San Francisco
fromFuncheap
3 days ago

Free "Legion of Honor" Museum Day for Bay Area Residents (Every Saturday)

Every Saturday, Bay Area residents can enjoy free general admission to the Legion of Honor's permanent galleries with advanced ticket reservations.
Design
fromArchDaily
5 days ago

Cultural Centers Beyond the Building: 6 Unbuilt Projects Integrating Landscape

Cultural centers are evolving to reflect diverse architectural explorations and redefine public institutions' roles in various contexts.
London food
fromwww.bbc.com
4 days ago

Modern revival planned for historic street market

Plans to revitalize Kingston Ancient Market include new stalls, a central piazza, and improved facilities to enhance community engagement.
Renovation
fromianVisits
1 week ago

Visiting Bourne Hall museum

Bourne Hall, designed to resemble a flying saucer, serves as a local library and museum showcasing Epsom's history.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
11 hours ago

Dice Are 6,000 Years Older Than Previously Believed, Study Says

More than 600 two-sided dice crafted by Native Americans have been identified, dating back over 12,000 years, predating known dice from the Bronze Age.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

On the shoulders of giants: roaming among England's famous chalk figures

The Long Man may be Anglo-Saxon in origin; the shape is similar to the design on a buckle discovered in Kent in 1964 by the archaeologist Sonia Chadwick Hawkes, which probably represents the god Odin (or Woden).
History
Arts
fromBOOOOOOOM!
9 hours ago

Two Free Events to Check out This Weekend at Capture

Michelle Sound will lead a talk and tour of her exhibition at Ceremonial / Art, focusing on her recent practice and commissioned project.
fromBrooklyn Paper
6 days ago

From happy hours to orchestra concerts, Brooklyn Museum unveils April lineup of community programming * Brooklyn Paper

April's lineup at the Brooklyn Museum includes programs around 'Seydou Keïta: A Tactile Lens,' designed for accessibility and interactivity, featuring stroller tours for caregivers and infants.
Brooklyn
London
fromianVisits
6 days ago

Tickets Alert: Tours of the Postal Museum's archive

The Postal Museum offers tours of its Debden warehouse showcasing postal artefacts and history.
fromNature
2 days ago

How DNA forensics is transforming studies of ancient manuscripts

"It had its own biography, its own deep history. It seemed like an archaeological site between covers," recalls Stinson, who is now a medievalist at North Carolina State University in Raleigh.
History
#heritage-preservation
fromArchDaily
1 month ago
World news

World Monuments Fund Backs 21 Locally Led Heritage Projects Addressing Climate Risks and Indigenous Knowledge Loss

fromArchDaily
1 month ago
World news

World Monuments Fund Backs 21 Locally Led Heritage Projects Addressing Climate Risks and Indigenous Knowledge Loss

London
fromTime Out London
1 week ago

This beloved east London museum will reopen after years of closure

Vestry House museum in Walthamstow will reopen in autumn 2026 after renovations, featuring new exhibitions and a historical police cell.
fromMedievalists.net
5 days ago

Game On! Medieval Pastimes Featured in New Exhibition at the Aga Khan Museum - Medievalists.net

"Games have long brought people together across cultures and centuries, creating shared experiences that connect us beyond borders, languages, and differences. Whether played on boards, performed through physical skill, explored via the spoken or written word, or navigated in digital worlds, games carry educational, symbolic, and social roles that shape how we learn, connect, and make meaning through play."
History
History
fromMedievalists.net
1 week ago

Medieval "Giant" with Trepanned Skull Discovered in Mass Grave - Medievalists.net

A 9th-century mass grave in England reveals remains of young men, suggesting violent conflict during the Viking conquest of East Anglia.
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 weeks ago

Tax Airbnbs, not visitors': How readers think UK museums could be better funded

UK museums face financial pressure from reduced government funding and pandemic effects, sparking debate between maintaining free access and implementing tourist charges to sustain operations.
Portland
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
3 weeks ago

News & notes: Maryhill Museum opens, remembering Mulugeta Seraw and more * Oregon ArtsWatch

Maryhill Museum of Art reopened for its 2026 season, marking 100 years since Queen Marie of Romania dedicated the clifftop mansion-turned-museum in 1926.
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Archiving the Technosphere: How Museum Architecture Mediates Human-Made Systems

The contemporary technology museum has emerged as a performative participant in the systems it seeks to document. The architecture of these institutions has become increasingly fluid and bold, often mirroring the velocity and complexity of the systems it houses. They operate as mediators between the human, the ecological, and the technological realms, transforming from encyclopedic warehouses into active educational engines.
Science
#historic-preservation
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
6 days ago

Unesco grants enhanced protection to 39 Lebanese heritage sites as war escalates

The designation prohibits the sites from being targeted or used for military purposes, with violations potentially constituting serious breaches of the 1954 Hague Convention and grounds for criminal responsibility.
Arts
History
fromArchDaily
2 weeks ago

Deir ez-Zor: Raising Hope Through Heritage Documentation

Deir ez-Zor, a historic city in Syria, faces ongoing challenges from war and natural disasters, yet aims for revitalization through heritage preservation.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 week ago

UK Museums Hold Over 260,000 Human Remains, Report Finds

UK museums hold over 263,000 human remains, with significant collections from former British colonies, raising ethical concerns.
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
1 week ago

Comment | Museums must be the leaders in a moral revolution

Bregman claims, 'Today the whole of Europe risks turning into one big Venice, a beautiful open-air museum. A great destination for Chinese and American tourists. A place to admire what was once the centre of the world.' This statement encapsulates the concern that Europe is losing its cultural significance.
Arts
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
4 weeks ago

Mummies and other human remains held in UK museums raise serious ethical questions, warn scholars

The significant number of ancestors held in UK museums is extremely distressing and symbolic of the colonial origins of these collections. We hope that the responses gathered by The Guardian will be shared with the relevant communities to support them in bringing their ancestors home.
London
Arts
fromABC7 San Francisco
2 weeks ago

Expert team works to prepare ancient Etruscan exhibit this summer at Legion of Honor

Art conservators at the DeYoung Museum are restoring ancient Etruscan artifacts using modern technology for an upcoming exhibit.
Arts
fromArtnet News
3 weeks ago

Archaeologists Identify Lost Medieval Village in Polish Forest | Artnet News

Researchers in Poland have located Stolzenberg, a lost medieval village in Pomerania, using metal detection and geophysical surveys that revealed 1,500 surface anomalies including coins and building remnants.
Business
fromFast Company
2 months ago

Navigating the ghosts of cultures past

Organizational culture constantly changes; leaders must discern which legacy cultural elements to retain and which to remove while balancing enduring beliefs with adaptive practices.
US politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

Inside the hunt for British Museum's missing treasures

The Independent funds on-the-ground, paywall-free investigative reporting while a six-person British Museum team celebrates breakthroughs in tracing missing Greek and Roman treasures with a golden bell.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
3 weeks ago

Meet the Woman Who Made Museums More Accessible

Lorena Bradford, the National Gallery of Art's first head of Accessible Programs, transformed museum accessibility by creating intentional programs for disabled visitors, including ASL tours, memory loss programs, and medical student training initiatives.
UX design
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Virtual Museums: A Closer Look at This Exit Strategy

Virtual museums improve access but cannot fully replicate physical presence, and they pose accessibility, preservation, and trust challenges.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago

The surprising way a professor & her students are preserving centuries of LGBTQ+ history - LGBTQ Nation

UC Berkeley professor Juana María Rodríguez teaches a Wikipedia course that preserves and expands LGBTQ+ history by creating and editing niche entries to counter contributor bias.
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

The Real Fight for the Smithsonian

"The object of the Museum is to acquire power," announces a crusty old archaeologist in Penelope Fitzgerald's 1977 satire, The Golden Child. It isn't a goal he respects. He wants the museum where he's settled into semiretirement to genuinely devote itself to educating its visitors. Instead, he correctly charges, its curators act like a pack of Gollums, hoarding "the art and treasures of the earth" for their own self-aggrandizement and pleasure.
Books
Remodel
fromArchDaily
2 months ago

Forum, Depot, Maze: Toward a Plural Ecology of Museums

Museums should shift from fixed, authoritative narratives to porous spatial ecologies that grant visitors greater agency and make process and back-of-house visible.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
3 weeks ago

The Tender Work of Preserving Renee Good's Memorial

A traveling photographer has abandoned his cross-country project to become the archivist of a memorial site honoring a poet killed by federal immigration agents, documenting hundreds of objects left by mourners.
#heritage
History
fromMedievalists.net
1 month ago

Dreaming of Owning a Medieval Artefact? Here's Your Chance - Medievalists.net

TimeLine Auctions' March 3 online sale features hundreds of medieval historical objects including a 13th-century Limoges cross, 1224 Chinese armor, Viking silver mount, and Anglo-Saxon brooch.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Archaeology against the clock: the race to salvage fragments of early Brisbane

In a white and sterile office that could belong to any one of the warehouses that dot this industrial strip between Brisbane's airport and horse-racing precinct, a young woman is engrossed in a puzzle. Only this puzzle comprises, perhaps, three different sets, each almost (but not quite) identical to the other and none likely to be completed. Emily Totivan wears blue plastic gloves. She is an archaeology student helping to catalogue artefacts.
Science
#british-museum
Remodel
fromArchDaily
2 months ago

Heritage After Failure: What We Will Keep From Today's Architectural Mistakes

Failure and shortcomings often become central to architectural heritage as preservation results from evolving interpretations rather than original merit.
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Shaping Architectural Continuity: 25 Revitalization Projects Across Historic, Industrial, and Natural Sites

Heritage sites constitute complex spatial archives in which architecture, history, and collective memory converge. They encompass a wide spectrum of contexts-from archaeological remains, ancient and historic townscapes, UNESCO-listed landscapes, to early modern civic structures and industrial infrastructures. Yet these environments confront challenges: climate change, urban transformation, disaster, shifting social needs, and the gradual erosion of material fabric. Revitalization and restoration projects respond to these conditions by positioning architectural and spatial practice as an active mediator between preservation and the contemporary topologies.
Renovation
Brooklyn
fromBrooklyn Eagle
2 months ago

Marcia Ely, director of public programs at the Center for Brooklyn History, brings popular live programs to the 163-year-old institution

Marcia Ely applies television storytelling and casting techniques to design public programs that make the Center for Brooklyn History accessible and relevant to Brooklyn residents.
UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Sifting through the Roman rubbish of 'the London lasagne'

London's archaeology reveals layered remains from prehistory to Victorian times, including rare Roman frescoes, a mausoleum, a luxurious villa, and early theatres.
UK news
fromianVisits
1 month ago

Newham to get its museum back after 30 years with new heritage centre

Newham will open the Heritage Centre in Canning Town's Grade II-listed Old Library to house archives and display its museum collection after a £2.7m grant.
History
fromwww.ianvisits.co.uk
2 months ago

Archaeologists uncover Victorian children's schoolwork in east London

Victorian East Londoners, including children, left material traces—school slates, marbles—and the dockside community accessed imported luxuries such as Chateau Margaux wine seals.
History
fromNature
1 month ago

An ancient Roman game board's secrets are revealed - with AI's help

An ancient Roman object from the southern Netherlands most likely functioned as a blocking board game, indicating such games existed in Europe earlier than believed.
History
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

The Power of Private Museums

Belzoni, Mississippi, known as the 'Catfish Capital', was the site of a civil‑rights‑era lynching of Reverend George Lee after he registered Black voters.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

A Plea to Museum Leaders

Museums should voluntarily recognize workers' unions to avoid forced elections, fear-mongering, and union-busting tactics.
Arts
fromianVisits
2 months ago

Why the most interesting things in museums are sometimes the ones that aren't there

Absence of displayed objects and apology labels often draws visitor attention, provoking curiosity and stories while also disappointing those seeking specific artifacts.
Arts
fromTime Out London
2 months ago

This underrated, tiny west London museum is celebrating its 100th birthday with a blockbuster year of exhibitions in 2026

Leighton House celebrates its 100th year with exhibitions and workshops showcasing its history, international influences, Arab Hall origins, and restored collections.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

When Artists Lose Their Archives

An artist lost a storage unit and later discovered parts of their work were sold online without notification, stripping authorship and meaning.
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

Request for Proposals: Operator for the Harlem African Burial Ground Cultural Education Center

For two centuries, from the mid-1600s to the mid-1800s, free and enslaved New Yorkers of African descent were buried at the Harlem African Burial Ground. Over time, the history of this site was lost - erased by the subsequent redevelopment of the land. Today, the Harlem African Burial Ground project is a community-driven vision to honor and memorialize this historic site with a new outdoor memorial and indoor cultural education center, while also addressing affordable housing and jobs needs in the East Harlem community.
Arts
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