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How are museums faring as 2025 comes to an end?
Canceled grants, a chill on philanthropy and soft attendance roiled museums across the country this year. And leaders are readying for an even tougher 2026.
NPR’s Andrew Limbong reports.👇
🎧 https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BUR3103329140.mp3 #globalmuseum #museums #podcast
Almost 530 museums have closed since 2000, study finds.
Research project shows that first decade after opening is the most precarious for museums
https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2025/12/almost-530-museums-have-closed-since-2000-study-finds/# #globalmuseum #museums
Good vibrations: Terms of Bayeux Tapestry loan arrangement revealed.
Government publishes full copy of agreement signed by Britain and France in July.
Technical experts must find a way to reduce travel vibrations to “less than two millimetres per second” during the Bayeux Tapestry’s journey to London next year, according to the terms of the loan agreement between Britain and France
https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2025/12/good-vibrations-terms-of-bayeux-tapestry-loan-arrangement-revealed/ #globalmuseum #museums
Tea time with a twist! This Davenport rococo revival teapot (1830–37) surprises with its asymmetric form, twig handles, oak branches, acorns & leaves, a rare, playful rebel among the factory’s mostly conventional 19th-century ceramics.
@V_and_A #globalmuseum #museums #teapots #ceramics #rococorevival
Exploring practical #AI use cases: upcoming peer showcase on conversational insight.
Cultural institutions & commercial attractions will be discussing their early experiences and how they're applying this type of AI to support forecasting and operational planning, visitor experience and organisational workflows.
Thursday, December 4 (4 PM ET / 1 PM PT)
https://dexibit.com/ask-showcase/ #globalmuseum #museums
The Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum will next year exhibit some 200 masterpieces of Japanese art mainly from the British Museum. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/01/japan/tokyo-art-museum/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #art #japaneseart #museums
36 Museum Shows and Biennials to See This Winter.
Earth Day does not officially arrive until the spring, but this winter several museums are getting things started early with ecologically minded exhibitions.
https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/winter-2025-must-see-art-museum-exhibitions-biennials-1234762712/ #globalmuseum #museums #exhibitions
Louvre to hike ticket prices for most non-EU tourists by 45%.
From early next year, tourists from countries like the US, UK and China will have to pay €32 ($37; £28) to enter the museum, a price hike which is expected to raise millions of euros annually to fund an overhaul of the famous gallery.
An official audit of the museum published shortly after the heist highlighted the institution's inadequate security systems and ageing infrastructure.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyd4llgrego #globalmuseum #museums
In ancient Egypt, images of gods weren’t just images—they brought the gods to life. Egyptians believed that it was through their depictions in tombs, temples, and shrines that the deities could enter sacred spaces and become active participants in rituals, offering a vital connection between the human and divine worlds. Over Egypt’s long history, its belief system grew to include more than 1,500 gods with many overlapping forms and traits.
@metmuseum #globalmuseum #museums #exhibitions
UK Budget 2025: ‘Far more ambitious action’ needed for culture sector.
How museum and culture sector leaders have responded to this year’s budget
https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2025/11/budget-2025-far-more-ambitious-action-needed-for-culture-sector/# #globalmuseum #museums
The backlash against the Canadian Museum for Human Rights’ Nakba exhibit is preposterous.
“Sharing the stories or experiences of one group doesn’t somehow take away the experiences of another”
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-canadian-museum-for-human-rights-palestine-israel-nakba-exhibit/ #globalmuseum #museums
This museum may cause unconsciousness from extreme wokeness.
It’s not history at all.
"Canada’s museums have transformed themselves in the last decade, adopting identity-driven makeovers under pressure from the Trudeau-led Liberals"
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/john-robson-this-museum-may-cause-unconsciousness-from-extreme-wokeness #globalmuseum #museums
Here’s a #TBT photo from 1969! On this #Thanksgiving, the parade passed the Museum’s turret with a special float: a sauropod dinosaur. This inflatable Apatosaurus measured ~60 ft (18.3 m) long! The giant green dinosaur also featured big eyes, a wide grin, & a 20-ft (6-m) tail.
American Museum of Natural History
@AMNH #globalmuseum #museums
Join Independent Museum Professionals for the next program!
"Now What?" 12/3/2025 at 1 pm ET and 12/9/25 at noon ET
2025 has been disruptive, alarming and often dispiriting for IMPs and our clients in the cultural sector. Registration👇
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/CM9YePJlTNST4UN43DMPtg#/registration #globalmuseum #museums #zoom
Ron Mueck: Encounter.
The Art Gallery Of New South Wales.
Opens Saturday 6 December,
Scaled from the monumental to the minute, Mueck’s extraordinary sculptures embody themes such as birth and death, alienation and togetherness, tenderly inviting us to explore our relationship with the world.
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/ron-mueck/?utm_source=globalmuseum #globalmuseum #art #museums #sculpture #RonMueck
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Collection Will Place Titans Like Basquiat and Warhol Next to Under-Recognized Artists.
The new institution will be “a lot more than a museum. It’s really a civic space. It’s a place that brings people together with music, food, dance and, of course, contemporary art.”
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/guggenheim-abu-dhabi-basquiat-warhol-1234763670/ #globalmuseum #museums #GuggenheimAbuDhabi
The New Stories New Audiences (NSNA) programme offered grants of up to to smaller museums to tell new stories, work with new partners, and reach new audiences. Across three cohorts, dozens of museums experimented, adapted, and learned.
These case studies are just a few examples of how much participants achieved
https://aim-museums.co.uk/case-studies/new-stories-new-audiences/ #globalmuseum #museums
ICOM and Interpol launch initiative to combat cultural theft and trafficking.
Museum community agrees to strengthen global action against heritage crime at triennial ICOM conference
Japanese Museum Refunded for Wolfgang Beltracchi Forgery.
A painting determined to be the work of “genius forger” Wolfgang Beltracchi in Japan’s Tokushima Modern Art Museum was returned and refunded for 67.2 million yen ($426,000) by an Osaka-based company
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/tokushima-modern-art-museum-wolfgang-beltracchi-forgery-1234763206/ #globalmuseum #forgery #museums #art
What to Buy at the World’s Coolest Museum Gift Shops. Because We All Know the Shops Are Why We Go to Museums.
Because sometimes the finest masterpiece is the one you take home.
https://www.afar.com/magazine/the-worlds-best-museum-gift-shops-and-gifts #globalmuseum #museums #museumshops #shopping #gifts
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