Collections Stewardship

Museum specimens could help fight the next pandemic – why preserving collections is crucial to future scientific discoveries

Jocelyn P. Colella, Bryan McLean, The Conversation

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 …

Baltimore Museum to Sell 3 Blue-Chip Paintings to Advance Equity

Building True, Lasting Collaborations with Source Communities

Meredith Schweitzer

Eye of the Storm: How Do Museums Prepare for Hurricanes during a Pandemic?

Lori Foley and Cori Wegener

Brooklyn Museum to Sell 12 Works as Pandemic Changes the Rules

Of Law and Ethics: What do museums need to know in this new era of cultural property ownership disputes?

Suzanne Hale

Covid-19: the ethics of contemportary collecting

#5WomenArtists Shaping Museum Practice

Elizabeth Merritt

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Tales from Campus: Radical Collaboration at the Nasher Museum

Elizabeth Merritt

Center for the Future Of Museums Blog

In today’s guest post, Wendy Hower, Director of Engagement & Marketing at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, describes how an outdoor art exhibition became a wide-reaching way …

New lockdown leaves museums ‘fighting for survival’

COVID-19

The new lockdown has dealt a "body blow" to museums across the UK and many do not have the reserves to see them through the winter, the director of the Art Fund has warned. Recent …

Aspen Art Museum launches free ‘Lunch for Locals’ program

Andrew Travers, atravers@aspentimes.com, Aspentimes

COVID-19

Responding to the second wave of pandemic-related restaurant closures and county-wide Red-level public health restrictions, the Aspen Art Museum on Thursday announced a new program that …

Museum specimens could help fight the next pandemic – why preserving collections is crucial to future scientific discoveries

Baltimore Museum to Sell 3 Blue-Chip Paintings to Advance Equity

Building True, Lasting Collaborations with Source Communities

Eye of the Storm: How Do Museums Prepare for Hurricanes during a Pandemic?

Brooklyn Museum to Sell 12 Works as Pandemic Changes the Rules

Of Law and Ethics: What do museums need to know in this new era of cultural property ownership disputes?

Now What?: Project Ideas for Museum Staff Working Remotely

What Does a Welcoming Online Collections Portal Look Like?

One Museum’s Plan to Keep Its Full Staff During COVID-19

Covid-19: the ethics of contemportary collecting

#5WomenArtists Shaping Museum Practice

Making a Splash! 6 Things to Know about Exhibits with Water

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