#Muséums

Steve Starks

StevenStarks

I ask @SenMikeLee to reconsider his vote to block bipartisan legislation to establish heritage museums for American Latinos and American Women. These museums wouldn’t divide us as a country, they

Dan Hicks

profdanhicks

Nationalise the National Trust As well as just houses and gardens, the National Trust cares for nationally-significant collections of objects, books, archives, photographs, paintings, and more – so the prospect

Hilary 🏳️‍🌈

circumfloribus

There is a lot of great writing and conversation happening now about the role and responsibilities of museums in society right now, but the "museum" being imagined in the discussion

No.1 Cancelled Curator Account

Danielle_J_Thom

Probably not saying anything new or profound here, but it occurs to me that those of us trying to change and challenge museums for the better are doing so because

Mikel Baxter

mikel_baxter

So, for this week's twitter nests, I wanted to discuss technology in the context of community collecting and ethics. I’ll be using this article (https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/analysis/2020/04/03042020-how-are-muse

Jonathan Ware

ReassessHistory

A brief thread on the Wallace Collection who wish to close their library and archive and make two staff redundant to prioritise 'income generation'.DCMS grant Wallace £3.91m in 2019-20.Senior management

American Alliance of Museums

AAMers

One-third of museums may close forever, according to our National Survey of COVID-19 Impact on US Museums released today. The results document extreme financial distress in the museum field. However,

Barnsley Museums

BarnsleyMuseums

The Barnsley Museums #2020Challenge A THREADJanuary - walking home from a new years party full of hope and optimism for the year ahead...(the donors of these shoes have fond memories

Johanna Z-Sharp

JohannaZS

Been thinking a lot about this recently - I don’t know - should they collect? notions of material permanency & ownership are so embedded in principal & practice that they

Adrianne Russell

adriannerussell

Black people are always canaries in the coal mine. Kelli Morgan told y'all. "Traditional" "core audience" always means "white." It's foundational to many museums and too many are happy to

Michael Wright

bymichaelwright

We're celebrating Black History Month in Still Life this month, and today's entry focuses on Martin Puryear's sculpture "C.F.A.O." (2006)http://tinyletter.com/still-life/ Puryear's sculpture references Ngil m

Marta Jespersen

MartaJespersen

Homeschooling post of the day: what parents who choose public/private/charter school have been doing is not homeschooling (with gifs for fun) Homeschooling is all about customizing your child’s education to

Debbie Carlson is wearing a mask

DebbieCarlson1

If you're doing any last minute shopping and looking for cool #gifts that give back, consider #museumsunlocked shops. 1/ Not sure how that museums unlocked hashtag snuck in, but too

Dr. Shannon Steiner

xeimevta

I sure love 2020. Waking up to bad news every morning sure is great.https://www.dailysabah.com/politics/turkeys-top-administrative-court-repeals-1934-decree-turning-hagia-sophia-into-museum/news We’ve seen this coming, y’all. Anyone who

Georgia Mallin

GeorgiaMallin

"If museums are to shine a light in the dark corners of history, then by God their staff had better reflect the diversity of their communities. We need the will

Abandoned America 🏚️🇺🇲

abandonedameric

1/ I miss museums. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC 2/ A few years ago, it occurred to me that even though I live in Philadelphia, I hadn't been to

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