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UMAC is the International Committee of @IcomOfficiel for university museums and collections. https://t.co/vP9ou4luaK
Joined July 2016
Indigenous Peoples’ Knowledge and the Sciences: Combining Knowledge and Science on Vulnerabilities and Solutions for Resilience. Proceedings of a Joint Workshop by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, recently published and free to download. #TwoHorizons.
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Reclaiming Narratives: Rowan’s Art Gallery & Museum Announces 2025-2026 Exhibitions.
today.rowan.edu
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We Can’t Afford to Lose the Institute of American Indian Arts, via @Hyperallergic.
hyperallergic.com
The threat of defunding this precious, influential university is heartbreaking to those of us who know the worth of the IAIA experience.
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Universities pay the price of transnational paranoia, via @UniWorldNews.
universityworldnews.com
United States President Donald Trump’s administration is attacking higher education on multiple fronts, pursuing draconian and rapid dismantling and...
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‘Bold and ambitious’ digital museums catalogue secures multi-year support, via @ArtsPro.
artsprofessional.co.uk
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) has granted three years of funding, worth £800,000, to a project developing a digital, centralised catalogue of collections held in museums across the...
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New Mudd Library exhibit explores women’s fashion backlash.
communitynews.org
A new Princeton exhibit at Mudd Library explores 19th-century cartoons mocking women in pants, revealing fears about feminism and gender roles still relevant today.
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Zimmerli’s Bilingual Efforts Extend Beyond the Gallery Walls and Into the New Brunswick Community.
rutgers.edu
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Donors pull planned gifts to Ringling Museum amid fears of political interference.
usatoday.com
Gov. Ron DeSantis's proposal to transfer The Ringling Museum of Art from Florida State University to New College of Florida has resulted backlash.
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Michael C. Carlos Museum appoints new associate director.
decaturish.com
Jena Sibille appointed as the new associate director at the Michael C. Carlos Museum, bringing extensive experience in museum programming in Atlanta. She will oversee public programs and exhibitions.
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UB’s James Joyce Museum touted as part of Irish Legacies Concert at AKG.
buffalo.edu
Guests at the recent Irish Legacies Concert at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum heard about UB’s plans for its museum spotlighting the legendary Irish author.
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Horizon Europe and Erasmus+ win in EU budget proposals, via @UniWorldNews.
universityworldnews.com
The European research and higher education communities were celebrating significant wins in the hard-fought battle to get the European Commission to p...
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Pennsylvania College’s Contentious Sale of Its Collection Nets Nearly $1 Million.
news.artnet.com
In May, Albright College drew criticism for selling its art collection. Now, many of the works will be staying in Pennsylvania.
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Who Are Museums Really For? And Can We Change Our Minds? Via @Hyprallergic.
hyperallergic.com
The film “Binnigula’sa’ (Ancient Zapotec People)” asks the questions: Who are the rightful custodians of artifacts, and what is the responsibility of museums to local communities?
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This summer, the Academic Initiatives department at the Nasher Museum of Art is reading the UMAC Journal on STEM in the Art Museum to expand existing interdisciplinary work integrating exhibitions with university classes, medical groups, and researchers.
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Rare photos of extinct ‘butterfly bandicoot’ unearthed in museum basement (original source of the story).
mdhs.unimelb.edu.au
Rare photos of extinct ‘butterfly bandicoot’ unearthed in museum basement
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Anti-Gentrification Protest Targets Mexico City Contemporary Art Museum, via @Hyperallergic.
hyperallergic.com
A number of cultural figures decried the actions of the demonstrators, who graffitied and smashed the glass facade of the Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo.
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Yale Art Gallery Rejects Federal Grants for Africa Migration Show, Citing New Anti-Diversity Stipulations.
artnews.com
The Yale Art Gallery has withdrawn two federal grant applications for an African art exhibition after rejecting the new, anti-DEI guidelines.
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SUMA: Plans for 12th Ave Seattle University Museum of Art — and ‘Tulip on the Green’ — moving forward.
capitolhillseattle.com
The planing for SUMA has been busy this summer. Early paperwork for land use and construction permits around the planned Seattle University Museum of Art has been a summer project for architects an…
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