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Museums and their Observers Debate the Field’s Deaccessioning Ethics

Steve Dubb, Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly

August 1, 2018; Hyperallergic "Deaccessioning-the permanent removal of objects and/or art from a museum's collection-has been at the forefront of many discussions of museums of late," notes …

Science Museum under pressure to shun big oil sponsorship

Adam Vaughan, The Guardian

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Jillian Steinhauer, The Art Newspaper

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Scott Reyburn, Nytimes

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