Within the museum environment, the value of good records – at least in one regard – has long been recognised. With the notable exception of the British Museum (established in 1753), the majority ofnational museumsand galleries in the United Kingdom were founded in the Victorian era.1Local ...
Like a trip back in time, this museum is located in the building where the first Ikea opened in 1958. The series of exhibits show the evolution of the affordable furniture famous for its clever design. More than just a bunch of showrooms, the museum explores the relationship between humans ...
Over the past decade, increased academic attention has been focused on postwar responses to the Holocaust, with scholars asking how and why that event has moved from the margins of public consciousness to occupy a central place in Western culture. Peter Novick's The Holocaust in American Life ...
Stilfehler, Denver Art Museum (DAM) in Denver, CO. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Museums and Art Institutions Around the World We have made the effort to compile a list of museums and art institutions around the world. Many of these museums and art institutions have regular art exhibitions, so...
In the western hemisphere, the transition from naturalists' interest to the formation of societies that ultimately sponsored and promoted the establishment of museums was very much in the European mould (Kohlstadt and Brinkman, 2004). Indefatigable collecting and a passion for collections led Charles ...
SIMNA is a great organisation to join if you are working on / interested in impact measurement. The Western Sydney Committee held a webinar recently,Let’s talk about Social Impact Measurement, with a heap of great resources, including some practical ways to use AI in impact measurement. ...
Two directors of the Museum and Gallery of the Northern Territory left after altercations with their minister in the 1990s; and it seems likely that the director of the Australian Museum in Sydney will not be appointed by its trust for another term, for reasons that might be summarised as ...
Is New York City’s Jewish Museum the Latest Western Jewish Institution to be Duped into “Legitimizing” Lithuanian Nationalists’ Far-Right Holocaust Revisionism? See Michael Casper’s new exposé inJewish Currents Are “useful Jewish idiots” addicted to photo-ops, funding and junkets being dupe...
Australia, ever advancing, has shown the way in the Technological Museum of Sydney; Japan, seizing on that which is good in Western civilisation, has trade museums, not only at Osaka, but also scattered throughout the country. The most remarkable example doubtless is the Commercial Museum of ...
Western Ave. Arts Walk The Western Ave. Arts Walk is a project chronicling public art along the Western Ave. corridor in Allston, and includes both permanent and temporary works of art on view at the Harvard Business School and Harvard Ed Portal, as well as works affiliated with Zone 3. ...