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Archaeology, Artifacts & Antiquities News 

Surprise! Charity Buys 21 Sacred Katsinam for Hopi at Auction in Paris

December 18, 2013April 10, 2017 Elizabeth Sirhall 0 Comments American, media, native american, paris, press, private collections, staff
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OPINION: The Great Giveback

January 28, 2013April 10, 2017 Kelsey 0 Comments American, antiquities, archaeology, books, boston, cambodia, collecting, egypt, event, future, germany, getty museum, greece, italy, looted antiquities, looted art, looting, marion true, media, Metropolitan Museum, michael padgett, museum of fine art, museums, New York, opening, ownership, plunder, press, private collections, programs, repatriation, staff, turkey, war
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Imperiled Legacy for African Art

August 7, 2012April 10, 2017 Kelsey 0 Comments American, antiquities, archaeology, attack, books, boston, documents, ethics, event, france, historical, history, internet, looting, Metropolitan Museum, mission, museum of fine art, museums, New York, ownership, personnel, picasso, plunder, press, private collections, science, students, unesco, workers
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The Best Art You've Never Seen

July 6, 2011 Tom McGee 0 Comments books, private collections

The Best Art You’ve Never Seen — it’s quite a title. Imagine an exhibition of art works long hidden in private collections or remote museums.

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COVID-19 and Museums

National Museum of Women in the Arts will close for two-year renovation
Museums 

National Museum of Women in the Arts will close for two-year renovation

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 Museum Ethics

The $66m project includes expanding galleries, creating research and education spaces and restoring its landmark 1908 building

‘A vast underwater museum’: Greece plans to open shipwrecks and other submerged heritage sites for visitors to explore
Archaeology, Artifacts & Antiquities 

‘A vast underwater museum’: Greece plans to open shipwrecks and other submerged heritage sites for visitors to explore

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 Museum Ethics
Fuelling culture war, UK government forms new ‘retain and explain’ board for controversial monuments
Cultural Heritage Deaccession 

Fuelling culture war, UK government forms new ‘retain and explain’ board for controversial monuments

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 Museum Ethics
Katerina Gregos will lead the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens as artistic director
Museums 

Katerina Gregos will lead the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens as artistic director

May 14, 2021May 17, 2021 Museum Ethics

IME Blog

#RepresentationMatters
IME Blog 

#RepresentationMatters

February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 Devon Mancini 0

How the 92nd Annual Academy Awards reminded museum professionals about the importance of representation in the arts.
Written by Devon Mancini, MA Candidate in Museum Professions at Seton Hall University

Education Vs. Shock Value: Displaying Human Remains
IME Blog 

Education Vs. Shock Value: Displaying Human Remains

January 16, 2020February 6, 2020 Devon Mancini 0
Black Panther and the Ethics of Representation in Museums
IME Blog 

Black Panther and the Ethics of Representation in Museums

April 1, 2019January 2, 2020 Hannah Gaston 0
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

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Video: Making Public History

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Video: Rethinking the Newark Museum

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

Video: Decolonizing the Museum

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Devon Mancini Graduate Assistant College of Communication and the Arts MA in Museum Professions Candidate devon.mancini@student.shu.edu

National Museum of Women in the Arts will close for two-year renovation
Museums 

National Museum of Women in the Arts will close for two-year renovation

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 Museum Ethics

The $66m project includes expanding galleries, creating research and education spaces and restoring its landmark 1908 building

‘A vast underwater museum’: Greece plans to open shipwrecks and other submerged heritage sites for visitors to explore
Archaeology, Artifacts & Antiquities 

‘A vast underwater museum’: Greece plans to open shipwrecks and other submerged heritage sites for visitors to explore

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 Museum Ethics
Fuelling culture war, UK government forms new ‘retain and explain’ board for controversial monuments
Cultural Heritage Deaccession 

Fuelling culture war, UK government forms new ‘retain and explain’ board for controversial monuments

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 Museum Ethics
Katerina Gregos will lead the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens as artistic director
Museums 

Katerina Gregos will lead the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens as artistic director

May 14, 2021May 17, 2021 Museum Ethics
National Museum of Women in the Arts will close for two-year renovation
Museums 

National Museum of Women in the Arts will close for two-year renovation

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 Museum Ethics
‘A vast underwater museum’: Greece plans to open shipwrecks and other submerged heritage sites for visitors to explore
Archaeology, Artifacts & Antiquities 

‘A vast underwater museum’: Greece plans to open shipwrecks and other submerged heritage sites for visitors to explore

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 Museum Ethics
Fuelling culture war, UK government forms new ‘retain and explain’ board for controversial monuments
Cultural Heritage Deaccession 

Fuelling culture war, UK government forms new ‘retain and explain’ board for controversial monuments

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 Museum Ethics
Katerina Gregos will lead the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens as artistic director
Museums 

Katerina Gregos will lead the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens as artistic director

May 14, 2021May 17, 2021 Museum Ethics
#RepresentationMatters
IME Blog 

#RepresentationMatters

February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 Devon Mancini 0
Education Vs. Shock Value: Displaying Human Remains
IME Blog 

Education Vs. Shock Value: Displaying Human Remains

January 16, 2020February 6, 2020 Devon Mancini 0
Black Panther and the Ethics of Representation in Museums
IME Blog 

Black Panther and the Ethics of Representation in Museums

April 1, 2019January 2, 2020 Hannah Gaston 0
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
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