In a March 14, 2012 photo, David Pilgrim, the founder and curator who started building the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia, adjusts a display at the museum in Big Rapids, Mich. The museum says it has amassed the nation’s largest public collection of artifacts spanning the segregation era, from Reconstruction until the civil rights [...]
The expanded second iteration of the Google Art Project was unveiled last week. Photo by: Google Art Project/Yale Center for British Art, New Haven By Roberta Smith from The New York Times I don’t know how many wonders of the world there are by now, but it is possible that the Google Art Project will [...]
Manual of Museum Planning Sustainable Space, Facilities, and Operations Third Edition As museums have taken on more complex roles in their communities and the number of museum stakeholders has increased to include a greater array of people, effective museum planning is more important than ever. The Manual of Museum Planning has become the definitive text [...]
Antonio Manfredi looks at an artwork by French artist Severine Bourguignon burning during a protest. Photo from ABC From Yahoo News An Italian museum has begun burning its collection of contemporary artworks to protest against harsh budget cuts that have left many cultural institutions out of pocket. The Casoria Contemporary Art Museum near Naples held [...]
From Merinews LOUVRE OF Paris, which houses “Mona Lisa”, tops the list with about 8.9 million visitors last year. Other nine top museums of the world listed are: Metropolitan Museum of Art (Washington DC), British Museum (London), National Gallery (London), Tate Modern (London), National Gallery of Art (Washington DC), National Palace Museum (Taipei), Centre [...]
From Dezeen a visitor’s centre with an ornate herringbone facade by Bernard Tschumi Architects opens this weekend on an archaeological site in central France. The cylindrical centre occupies the same position held by the Roman army during a historic battle against the Gauls over 2000 years ago and its wooden exterior references the timber fortifications [...]
We are delighted to announce the launching of 5 books in the Onmuseums Book Series! 1. Deborah Tranter, Museums and Communities: Changing Dynamics. An analysis of the Cobb+Co Museum in Toowoomba, Queensland 1987–2010, Chicago & Melbourne: Onmuseums Series, Common Ground Publishing, 2012. 2. Rae Sheridan, International Heritage Instruments and Climate Change. Read full article at [...]
We are delighted to announce the launching of 5 books in the Onmuseums Book Series! 1. Deborah Tranter, Museums and Communities: Changing Dynamics. An analysis of the Cobb+Co Museum in Toowoomba, Queensland 1987–2010, Chicago & Melbourne: Onmuseums Series, Common Ground Publishing, 2012. 2. Rae Sheridan, International Heritage Instruments and Climate Change. Read full article at [...]
From Popular Archaeology Despite the recent verdict of Judge Aharon Farkash of the Jerusalem District Court acquitting accused Israeli forgers Oded Golan and Robert Deutsch, the jury is still very much out on the actual authenticity of the subject antiquities they were accused of forging. After a seven-year trial with 120 sessions where the judge [...]
By James Panero from The New Criterion What’s a museum? Lately, it seems, the answer is whatever we want. Today’s museums can be tourist attractions, department stores, civic centers, town squares, catalysts of urban renewal, food courts, licensing brands, showcases for contemporary architecture, social clubs, LEED-certified environmentally conscious facilities, and franchise opportunities. A “well-run museum [...]