France Is Awash in Museum Heists
It’s not just the Louvre. Minimal security and the high price of gold have fueled nine robberies over the past year.

With the price of gold and other metals soaring, museums in France—and more broadly across Europe—have emerged as easy prey for thieves. Museums tend to have lighter security than traditional targets like banks, with many monitored by aging surveillance and alarm systems that are slow to alert police
https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/france-museum-heists-louvre-02297611?st=xehsiT #Museums #globalmuseum

Fight Fascism Save Museums T-shirt

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'A flukey purchase': the curious story of the Fonthill vase.
It may come as a surprise that one of the world's rarest pieces of #Chineseporcelain resides permanently in Dublin. Made in China around 1300AD, it is the earliest example of Chinese porcelain known to have reached Europe and was owned by royalty for centuries. This is the complex and curious history of how the Fonthill vase ended up in the National Museum of Ireland
https://www.museum.ie/en-IE/News/A-flukey-purchase-the-curious-story-of-the-Fonthil?utm_source=globalmuseum #globalmuseum #museums

Museums face growing competition from ‘slick’ digital experiences.

Report examines how cultural attractions can close the audience engagement gap amid slow post-pandemic recovery.

https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2025/11/museums-face-growing-competition-from-slick-digital-experiences/ #globalmuseum #museums #museumsassociation

🎙️ FREE RECORDING | The Shift from Outputs to Outcomes | Museums and Change | 11/13/25
Presenters: Kyle Bowen, Amanda Boehm-Garcia and Joan Kanigan

https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/IONkUnjKvDtLCo5cLU_jmMDz-rZt9kHeNftB7_wKiyGjiTTbKgCICyR3AQijPaI_.4UNnmPVoxnW36Cal

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'Thrilled to be open': Smithsonian and other museums welcome visitors back.
While the financial impact of this particular shutdown, the longest in U.S. history, has not yet been calculated, past closures have been costly to museums and other cultural sites that were forced to close.
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/13/nx-s1-5608105/smithsonian-museums-reopen-shutdown #globalmuseum #museums

⭐ JOB POSTING⭐
Collections Management Specialist.
Worcester Lyceum of Natural History.
The EcoTarium, A Museum of Science & Nature, seeks a knowledgeable and detail-oriented museum professional or archivist to serve as a Collections Management Specialist.
$21.9592/hour👇
https://ecotarium.org/collections-management-specialist/ #globalmuseum #museums #museumjobs

⭐ JOB POSTING⭐
Curator of Historical and Contemporary Indigenous Collections-Assistant Professor Native American Studies
 The University of New Mexico invites applications for a probationary Tenure-Track position of Assistant Professor in the Department of Native American Studies and Curator of Historic and Contemporary Indigenous Collection in the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology. 👇
https://unmjobs.unm.edu/ #globalmuseum #museumjobs #museums

Lucas Museum sets opening date: Take an exclusive first look inside.
After nearly four years of delays, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art on Wednesday announced that it will open Sept. 22, 2026
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2025-11-12/lucas-museum-opening-date-inside-look-photos #globalmuseum #museums #LucasMuseum

New Egypt Museum Takes “Grand Opening” a Bit Too Far.
After 20 years and a $1 billion construction project, the museum holding around 100,000 artifacts opened to much fanfare earlier this month
https://hyperallergic.com/1054438/new-egypt-museum-takes-grand-opening-a-bit-too-far/ #globalmuseum #museums

Do museums need to crack down on selfies?
The Uffizi in Florence is restricting selfies, and New York’s Frick Collection bans all photography—but other museums encourage them
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/12/do-museums-need-to-crack-down-on-selfies #globalmuseum #museums #selfies

Introduction to Active #Collections (webinar).
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
2:00 PM 3:30 PM
Unsure what you should collect and what you might be able to deaccession? Want to make your collections work for you, rather than working for the collections? An Active Collections approach can help your organization create leaner collections with greater impact.
https://collectionscarealliance.org/ccca-events-payment/ccca-virtual-workshop-the-copyright-conundrum-x2dh3-txxc6-wn6bj-36s7a-cgh2s-6rcp3-2nkz3 #globalmuseum #museums #webinar

'Girl with Peaches' by Valentin Serov (1887)

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This Dutch museum is an architectural marvel with an urgent mission.
Rotterdam’s Fenix Museum explores #migration as an essential part of humanity.
https://archive.ph/asASD #globalmuseum #museums #Netherlands

'Girl with Peaches' by Valentin Serov (1887)

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An artist sneaked an AI-generated print on to a gallery wall before bemused visitors alerted museum staff.

The print was hung up at National Museum Cardiff by a secretive artist
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4j83pde33o #globalmuseum #museums #AIArt #art

Trump Cuts and Orders Have Broad Impact on American Museums, Report Finds.
A survey of museum directors reveals the impact of federal cutbacks: reduced arts programs for rural areas, students and people who are elderly or disabled.
https://archive.ph/3QsHn #globalmuseum #museums #Trump

This Dutch museum is an architectural marvel with an urgent mission.
Rotterdam’s Fenix Museum explores #migration as an essential part of humanity.
https://archive.ph/asASD #globalmuseum #museums #Netherlands

Museums had a rough 2025: Report shows lower attendance, lost grants, less money.
"We're seeing corporations and foundations thinking twice about funding certain projects or programs they would have naturally funded in the past, because of all these executive orders that came down"
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/11/nx-s1-5604385/museums-attendance-donations-grants-trump #globalmuseum #museums #Trump