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Author: Museum Ethics

War, Looting and Repatriation 

Quai Branly to send fragment of feather belt worn by first King of Tahiti back to Polynesia

December 5, 2019December 5, 2019 Museum Ethics

Rediscovered maro ‘ura will go on show at Museum of Tahiti and the Islands on long-term loan from 2021

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Social Issues 

UN condemns threats against Kyrgyz museum director who staged feminist art exhibition

December 5, 2019December 5, 2019 Museum Ethics

Government fired director whose museum hosted a ‘Feminnale’ that included performance work highlighting plight of sex workers

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Fine Art War, Looting and Repatriation 

South American galleries face down turmoil

December 5, 2019December 5, 2019 Museum Ethics

Civil unrest and economic shifts have Latin American dealers doubling down on Miami’s international market

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Cultural Heritage Museums 

Yuz Museum and Lacma confident they can show Middle Eastern art in China—despite crackdown on Islam

December 4, 2019December 5, 2019 Museum Ethics

Joint exhibition programme under way between Shanghai and Los Angeles will soon involve Qatar Museums

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Museums Social Issues 

Why museum partnerships between China and the West are booming

December 4, 2019December 5, 2019 Museum Ethics

Cultural institutions have embraced mutual benefits of collaboration, despite challenges of communication and censorship

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News Social Issues 

Art activists anger Holocaust survivors with Berlin monument containing ashes

December 3, 2019December 5, 2019 Museum Ethics

Centre for Political Beauty says action targets conservatives open to allying with far right

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News Social Issues 

Michael Rakowitz wants to pause his video work at MoMA PS1 as a protest against museum’s ties to ‘toxic philanthropy’

December 2, 2019December 5, 2019 Museum Ethics

‘It’s censorship’, the artist says of curators’ denials to suspend work that is part of show on the artistic legacy of the Gulf War

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War, Looting and Repatriation 

‘A major step forward for Britain’s colonial museums’: Manchester Museum returns objects to Indigenous Australians

November 21, 2019November 21, 2019 Museum Ethics

Move might pave the way for repatriation of sacred artefacts from other UK institutions

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Museums 

Rio Art Museum could close due to lack of federal funding

November 13, 2019November 14, 2019 Museum Ethics

Two directors left the museum last week, and 126 employees have received a dismissal notice

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Collections Museums 

Moving to the suburbs: vast museum collections centre destined for ‘New Moscow’

November 13, 2019November 14, 2019 Museum Ethics

State Tretyakov Gallery among 23 Russian museums planning to store and show works near former killing field Kommunarka

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Video: Making Public History

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06aZjsMIWg4

Video: Rethinking the Newark Museum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXiInvhk-qs

Video: Decolonizing the Museum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDJ72fpZQ94

Events

Photo of Bob Beatty
“Making Public History” Lecture & Discussion
Thursday, September 26, 2019 6:30pm
SHU Arts & Sciences Building
Seton Hall University, 400 South Orange Ave.
South Orange

Seton Hall’s Museum Professions Program and the Institute of Museum Ethics, in partnership with the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums, present a free public lecture and discussion “The Challenges and Opportunities of Making Public History.”

IME Blog

Black Panther and the Ethics of Representation in Museums
IME Blog 

Black Panther and the Ethics of Representation in Museums

April 1, 2019October 10, 2019 Hannah Gaston 0

Black Panther and the Ethics of Representation in Museums By: Hannah Gaston Who has seen Black Panther? Better question, who

Lobbying and Museum Ethics:  A Surprisingly Good Marriage
IME Blog 

Lobbying and Museum Ethics: A Surprisingly Good Marriage

October 26, 2011October 10, 2019 Kelsey 0
Museum Internships: Today and Tomorrow
IME Blog 

Museum Internships: Today and Tomorrow

June 22, 2011October 3, 2019 Tom McGee 0
Opposing Viewpoints: Looting and Criminal Sentencing in the Four Corners
IME Blog 

Opposing Viewpoints: Looting and Criminal Sentencing in the Four Corners

May 5, 2011April 1, 2019 Tom McGee 0

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