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** Tate Modern Is the Museum of the Century (Like It or Not)

The London institution, which turns 25 this week, encouraged its peers to look beyond the West; but its greatest impact was to remake the art museum into a kind of theme park.

** Denmark’s museum objects at risk from ‘extreme’ new mould, say conservators

A new type of “extreme” mould is sweeping through Denmark’s museums, threatening some of the nation’s most important paintings and cultural objects, conservators have warned.

** Dutch museum reevaluating art loans to US under Trump

The director of the Mauritshuis museum in the Netherlands said the Trump administration’s proposed funding cuts to exhibitions have caused the team to reconsider loaning art to the United States.

** Ava DuVernay Defends a Smithsonian Under Fire From Trump

In accepting an award at the National Museum of American History, the filmmaker alluded to recent moves by the White House to reshape the Smithsonian’s programming.
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** The British Museum and the Blitz: eight days to evacuate

As the country prepared for World War Two, staff at the British Museum had to come up with a plan to keep the world's most precious objects safe from attack.

** Dutch Authorities Suspect Stolen Dacian Gold Remains Hidden, Not Sold

The gold, which was in Drent on loan from Romania’s National History Museum and insured for €30 million, was stolen during a nighttime raid in January.

** Trump 2.0: Precarious future for American museums amid censorship and federal cuts

How to respond to the flurry of presidential executive orders and grant cuts that have hit museums, galleries and other cultural organisations was uppermost in the minds of the AAM 4,000 delegates who gathered together in California.

** Why Do Some Ancient Creatures Leave Fossils While Others Disappear?

A fascinating new study from the University of Lausanne, published in Nature Communications, reveals that the secret may lie in the animals’ own bodies.
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** Inside the world’s only museum of forbidden books

Founded in 2020 as a social enterprise, the Museum of Banned Books is slowly becoming an institution, encouraging visitors to challenge their ideas about censorship, while remaining as politically neutral as possible.

** Parents outraged by trans film for kids at Museum of Natural History: ‘Should be off-limits’

The Museum of Natural History shocked even liberal Upper West Side parents last week by showcasing an animated film featuring a drag-performing fox and a trans kid with an identity crisis – alongside an exhibit “about sea animals.”

** Who Created This Peculiar Painting of a Drooling Dragon? Nobody Knows—but a Museum Just Bought It for $20 Million

Painted around 1510, the mysterious altarpiece by an unknown artist features unusual details, including a slobbering dragon and an angel playing the mouth harp.

** Tapping into the trend for immersive experiences

Wordsworth Grasmere includes Dove Cottage, where the poet William Wordsworth and his family lived from 1799 to 1808, as well as a cottage-garden and museum.
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** Dazzling Anglo-Saxon gold-and-garnet raven head and ring unearthed

Metal detectorists in southwest England unearthed the two gold-and-garnet objects from the Anglo-Saxon period in January.

** Te Papa Curator Looks At New Zealand's Incredible Insects

There’s the mad hatterpillar, a caterpillar that sticks a stack of moulted head capsules to itself, and the wingless and blind New Zealand bat flies that look more like spiders than the true flies they are.

** Catquistadors: Oldest known domestic cats in the US died off Florida coast in a 1559 Spanish shipwreck

The 466-year-old remains of an adult and a juvenile cat are the oldest known in the modern-day United States, a new study finds.

** Australia’s best small museums: celebrating apples, bottles, country music, dinosaurs

A photographer's Small Museum project documents rural, community-run museums and reveals a rich, nuanced portrait of Australia.
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** A Study Reveals How Jewelry Was Made 3,500 Years Ago

A team of researchers has analyzed more than 165 gold objects found in four monumental tombs in the Bay of Volos revealing fascinating details about how Mycenaean craftsmen worked with this precious metal more than 3,500 years ago.

** Micro machines: exploring a tiny museum dedicated to Japan's rarest, smallest cars

Micro cars are a common sight on Japanese roads, and one man is on a mission to ensure the origins aren't forgotten.

** 2,300-year-old sword with swastikas unearthed at necropolis in France

A Celtic burial site from the Second Iron Age in France contains two rare, well-preserved swords.

** Dinosaur discovery in China reveals prehistoric food chain secrets

Research shows 125-million-year-old dino, ‘Huadanosaurus’, dined on mammals.

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** Heritage Trustees 101

AIM's free online events are now open for booking, including events for members and non-members.

** Belonging: Storytelling Across Campus and Community - AAMG 2025 Keynote Speaker

The Association of Academic Museums And Galleries has announced that former U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland will be the keynote speaker at the AAMG 2025 Annual Conference in Albuquerque, NM, hosted by the University of New Mexico Art Museum.

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