Education Vs. Shock Value: Displaying Human Remains
“Does the educational benefit of human remains outweigh the rights of the dead?” -Julie R. Deathridge
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Black Panther and the Ethics of Representation in Museums
Black Panther and the Ethics of Representation in Museums
By Hannah Gaston
Lobbying and Museum Ethics: A Surprisingly Good Marriage
Lobbying and Museum Ethics: A Surprisingly Good Marriage Bonnie Wilson For many, the word “lobbyist” does not carry with it
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Museum Internships: Today and Tomorrow
Sally Yerkovich, Director of the Institute of Museum Ethics,, writes a review of an session at the American Association of Museums annual meeting regarding museum internships.
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Opposing Viewpoints: Looting and Criminal Sentencing in the Four Corners
The Butler Wash Ruins near Blanding, UT. More and more of the Four Corners antiquities cases are entering the sentencing
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Museum Ethics Q & A: Museum Ethics and Board of Directors Fundraising
A recent New York Times article noted the very large donations ($10 million!) expected of donors to Manhattan’s large museums. Museums need the money, but: how should museums strike a balance between their need for board members with different skills (fundraising, professional services, publicity, mission-related), and broadly represent the community, when the expectations of donations are so high? How can museums create a Board of Directors with members that can help achieve success on many levels, not just financial? Is it ethical to stack a Board with members that will raise the most money or plan the best parties?
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Conference Review: Responsibility for Accessibility: 2010 International Pacific Rim Conference on Disabilities
A conference and lecture review on the Responsibility for Accessibility. Reid discusses the responsibility of museums to their visitors and how museum professionals respond to this challenge.
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Book Review: Art/Museums: International Relations Where We Least Expect It
A book review of Art/Museums: International Relations Where We Least Expect It by Christine Sylvester. The book engages many well-known complex current events within the art world which Sylvester interprets with fresh insight.
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Museum Ethics Q & A: Questionable Provenance
Q: Should museums treat recently created objects with questionable provenance any differently than they do older objects with questionable provenance? Submitted
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Museum Ethics Q & A: Open Storage
Q: Museums have increasingly turned to open storage as a means to display parts of their collection which would normally
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