The degree to which the Acropolis Museum is designed to shame the British Museum is spectacular
museums  history  Greece  UK  theft 
yesterday by andrewducker
US campaign group sues Smithsonian over return of Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
Nigeria  museums  slavery  usa  theft  history  viaDanielDWilliam 
december 2022 by andrewducker
Scotland agrees to return totem pole stolen from First Nation village in Canada after nearly a century on display in Edinburgh
Scotland  Canada  museums 
december 2022 by andrewducker
British Museum chair George Osborne suggests looted objects could be loaned back to their countries of origin
UK  museums  theft 
november 2022 by andrewducker
National Galleries of Scotland issues closure warning over growing cash crisis
museums  scotland  doom 
october 2022 by andrewducker
You shouldn't wear white gloves when handling old books and manuscripts
books  history  materials  museums 
march 2022 by andrewducker
The seamstress who conserves brutality
genocide  materials  clothing  history  museums 
february 2021 by andrewducker
What it takes to dismantle and move a 40-foot whale skeleton
whale  museums 
november 2020 by andrewducker
China is stealing back its looted heritage
art  theft  history  museums  China 
september 2019 by andrewducker
'Not everything was looted': British Museum to fight critics
history  museums  uk 
october 2018 by andrewducker
National Museum of Scotland collections now available through Google's "Arts and Culture" experience
museums  scotland  google 
march 2018 by andrewducker
The Jaffer-Humphreys Test: A Bechdel for the Museum World
women  museums  art  history 
january 2018 by andrewducker
What it's like working behind the scenes at an anatomy museum
history  edinburgh  bodies  museums 
december 2016 by andrewducker
155-year old mouse trap claims its latest victim
history  museums  mice 
february 2016 by andrewducker
The snail that took a four year nap in the British Museum
snails  museums  UK  history  nature 
july 2015 by andrewducker
Art Makes You Smart
art  thinking  intelligence  museums 
november 2013 by andrewducker
Science Museum, Natural History Museum and Wikimedia UK to jointly appoint Wikimedian in Residence
uk  museums  wikipedia 
february 2013 by andrewducker
When will experiences replace movie theaters?
I think people enjoy passive entertainment a lot, so I don't
expect movies to go anywhere. It would be nice to see more
"experiences", but I suspect that their cost is going to remain a chunk
higher than a movie ticket.
movies  experience  life  fun  museums  culture 
february 2012 by andrewducker
With Irreverence and an iPod, Recreating the Museum Tour
Homebrew Museum tours - download the MP3 and get a far more interesting take o nthe museum as you wander around it...
art  MP3  tour  museums 
may 2005 by andrewducker

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