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

By 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 …

Returning looted artefacts will finally restore heritage to the brilliant cultures that made them

By Mark Horton, The Conversation
European museums are under mounting pressure to return the irreplaceable artefacts plundered during colonial times. As an archaeologist who works in Africa, this debate has a very real …

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

By Craig Barker, The Conversation
On April 10 2003, the first looters broke into the National Museum of Iraq. Staff had vacated two days earlier, ahead of the advance of US forces on Baghdad. The museum was effectively …

How the internet is reshaping World Heritage and our experience of it

By Cristina Garduño Freeman, The Conversation
Most people's experience of World Heritage is now a digital one. Whether it's on social media, an official website, Wikipedia or a simple Google search, this shift in "visitation" means …

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Annual Report Template

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Category: Governance & Support Organizations
An annual report is more than just a document; it’s a powerful engagement tool. It serves as a window into the museum’s soul, offering a transparent view of financial vitality, program …

Language/Arts: How the Verbal and Visual Intersect in Museums

By Glenna Barlow
Category: Alliance Blog
A picture is worth a thousand words. Or so the aphorism tells us. What, then, is the value of a single word? That is the question I have explored time and again as an educator in an art …

Define Museum: A Q&A with the Museum Glossary Project Team

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By Adam Rozan
Category: Alliance Blog
One of my all-time favorite sayings is, “If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together,” which was the case with the Museum Marketing, Communications, & Audience …

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