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Fifteen years after looting, thousands of artefacts are still missing from Iraq’s national museum

By Craig Barker, The Conversation

Tate Director delivers hard line on the future of museums

By Gina Fairley, ArtsHub United Kingdom

A Journey to China

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By American Alliance of Museums

UK museum collecting at risk from lack of funding, report warns

By Mark Brown, The Guardian

Do museum directors need curatorial experience?

By Rober Hewison and Nicholas Penny, Apollo Magazine

Reimagining the Museum in Medellín 2017

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By Liz Neely

When the global is local: building a world-class museum in Mogadishu, Minnesota

By Sarah Larsson

Gabriela’s Bridge: Connecting Connecticut and Amazonian Brazil

By William E. Jeffries

Museum Education: China’s Next Big Build-Out?

By Sarah Jesse

The Importance of And

By Elaine Heumann Gurian, MuseumNext

What Are You Going to Build?: Creating a ‘Brighter World’ through International Exchange

By Alexandra Roe
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