Rare Bible Returned To Canterbury Cathedral Library After 500 Years
A 13th century bible, one of a handful of books which survived intact when the library of Canterbury Cathedral was broken up at the time of the Reformation, is back in the building after almost 500 years.
More Museums Look To Diversify Curatorial Ranks
Eager to attract a broader cross-section of visitors at a time when the country’s demographics are changing — and, in New York, facing an ultimatum linking city funding to inclusion plans — a growing number of museums are addressing diversity with new …
Archaeologists Turn Detectives And Trace Looted Artifacts To Iraq
The eight small pieces had no documentation of any kind to help the police, but the museum experts could literally read their origin. They included cone-shaped ceramics with cuneiform inscriptions identifying the site as Tello, ancient Girsu in southern Iraq, one of the oldest cities on earth recorded in the earliest form of true written […]
Does The American Museum World Take Too Hard A Line On Deaccessioning?
The case of the Berkshire Museum “raises an existential question for museums as a whole: should an institution be allowed to die on the vine to preserve collections? … Are we as a field saying that museums are ethically bound to continue ‘business as usual’ and never change their missions?” Bob Beatty surveys the dilemma […]
Frida Kahlo Exhibition In Hungary Criticized For ‘Promoting Communism’
A right-wing pro-government newspaper has criticized a hugely popular exhibition of her work at the Hungarian National Gallery in Budapest
Destroyed Artwork Listing Refugee Deaths Is Back On View
The project, titled The List and produced by artist Banu Cennetoğlu, displays the names of 34,361 migrants attempting to reach Europe who have died en route since 1993. The work was torn down by vandals late last month from its outdoor display at the Liverpool Biennial; it was reinstalled this past Monday (August 5), though […]
Archaeologists Turn Detectives And Trace Looted Artifacts To Iraq
The eight small pieces had no documentation of any kind to help the police, but the museum experts could literally read their origin. They included cone-shaped ceramics with cuneiform inscriptions identifying the site as Tello, ancient Girsu in southern Iraq, one of the oldest cities on earth recorded in the earliest form of true written […]
