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Cash-Strapped Museums Looking for New Audiences Are Increasingly Doing Exhibits-for-Hire
A growing trend in the museum sector might scandalize traditionalists but is quickly being embraced by cash-strapped institutions: sponsored content. On either side of the Atlantic, …
Museum specimens could help fight the next pandemic – why preserving collections is crucial to future scientific discoveries
This paper outlines how existing loopholes in U.S. federal data policies, backward data priorities by scientific journals and a culture of data ownership have made it too easy for …
Thackray Museum becomes Covid vaccination hub
Thackray Museum of Medicine has become the first UK museum to assist in the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine, which was given to patients for the first time this week. Working with Leeds …
National Gallery charging for virtual tour of Artemisia exhibition
The National Gallery (UK) is charging for an online tour of Artemisia, an exhibition dedicated to Artemisia Gentileschi, the first retrospective of a Renaissance or Baroque woman …
Black history is vital to understanding racial injustice. But the museums holding that history are under threat.
Many African American history museums remain chronically underfunded. And today, those museums — like their communities — are uniquely vulnerable to the effects of the coronavirus. But …
We Need an Intergenerational Response to the Pandemic
We were told it was an "old person's disease." When COVID-19 first attacked the United States this spring, it was certainly true that our oldest citizens bore the disproportional brunt …
Why Is Age Not Part of Diversity and Inclusion?
Diversity and Inclusion (DI) is one of the primary initiatives in the corporate world and continues to gain traction. Look at the managerial staff of any major company and you will see …