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Serving the profession and for lovers of Museums.
www.globalmuseum.org
POST A JOB BY CLICKING THIS LINK (FREE for Nonprofits - T&C's apply) - https://globalmuseum.weebly.com/post-a-job.html
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⭐️Is your bookshelf or Zoom background embarrassing? These antique book binder designs will make a difference! | Easily change the text on the design template to personalize | In The Global Museum Store zazzle.com/collections/... #binders #folders #Zoom #books #globalmuseum #museums #Zoom
Gathering rare mosses data.
Te Papa Curator Botany Leon Perrie was recently part of a panel that, for the first time, assessed the conservation status of all the mosses in New Zealand.
blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2025/12/18/g... #globalmuseum #museums #botany #moss
Te Papa Curator Botany Leon Perrie was recently part of a panel that, for the first time, assessed the conservation status of all the mosses in New Zealand.
blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2025/12/18/g... #globalmuseum #museums #botany #moss
December 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Gathering rare mosses data.
Te Papa Curator Botany Leon Perrie was recently part of a panel that, for the first time, assessed the conservation status of all the mosses in New Zealand.
blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2025/12/18/g... #globalmuseum #museums #botany #moss
Te Papa Curator Botany Leon Perrie was recently part of a panel that, for the first time, assessed the conservation status of all the mosses in New Zealand.
blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2025/12/18/g... #globalmuseum #museums #botany #moss
The 12 Biggest Museum Moments of 2025.
From a daylight robbery at the Louvre to massive new institutions opening in the Middle East.
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From a daylight robbery at the Louvre to massive new institutions opening in the Middle East.
news.artnet.com/art-world/bi... #globalmuseum #museums #2025
December 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The 12 Biggest Museum Moments of 2025.
From a daylight robbery at the Louvre to massive new institutions opening in the Middle East.
news.artnet.com/art-world/bi... #globalmuseum #museums #2025
From a daylight robbery at the Louvre to massive new institutions opening in the Middle East.
news.artnet.com/art-world/bi... #globalmuseum #museums #2025
Is your museum career 'all at sea'?
Here's a unique opportunity:
US Flagship Niagara Crew, paid with benefits.
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission is ready to hire a crew the US Flagship Niagara out of Erie, Pennsylvania www.governmentjobs.com/careers/pabu... #globalmuseum #museumjobs
Here's a unique opportunity:
US Flagship Niagara Crew, paid with benefits.
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission is ready to hire a crew the US Flagship Niagara out of Erie, Pennsylvania www.governmentjobs.com/careers/pabu... #globalmuseum #museumjobs
December 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Is your museum career 'all at sea'?
Here's a unique opportunity:
US Flagship Niagara Crew, paid with benefits.
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission is ready to hire a crew the US Flagship Niagara out of Erie, Pennsylvania www.governmentjobs.com/careers/pabu... #globalmuseum #museumjobs
Here's a unique opportunity:
US Flagship Niagara Crew, paid with benefits.
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission is ready to hire a crew the US Flagship Niagara out of Erie, Pennsylvania www.governmentjobs.com/careers/pabu... #globalmuseum #museumjobs
“The old, old cliche, the best guide to peace is to prepare for war, it's always still true”.
#Samurai armour holds clues to Japan’s dilemma in the face of American aggression. Inside Mori Clan armour - fear, function, and samurai legacy.
📺 Civilisations: Rise and Fall
bbcarts #globalmuseum #Japan
#Samurai armour holds clues to Japan’s dilemma in the face of American aggression. Inside Mori Clan armour - fear, function, and samurai legacy.
📺 Civilisations: Rise and Fall
bbcarts #globalmuseum #Japan
December 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
“The old, old cliche, the best guide to peace is to prepare for war, it's always still true”.
#Samurai armour holds clues to Japan’s dilemma in the face of American aggression. Inside Mori Clan armour - fear, function, and samurai legacy.
📺 Civilisations: Rise and Fall
bbcarts #globalmuseum #Japan
#Samurai armour holds clues to Japan’s dilemma in the face of American aggression. Inside Mori Clan armour - fear, function, and samurai legacy.
📺 Civilisations: Rise and Fall
bbcarts #globalmuseum #Japan
Top Ukrainian Art Historian Believes Italian Museum Holds 14 Fake Russian and Ukrainian Modernist Works.
Akinsha said that the attributions and provenances listed for those works “raise serious suspicions.”
www.artnews.com/art-news/new... #globalmuseum #art #museums #fakes
Akinsha said that the attributions and provenances listed for those works “raise serious suspicions.”
www.artnews.com/art-news/new... #globalmuseum #art #museums #fakes
Top Ukrainian Art Historian Believes Italian Museum Holds 14 Fake Russian and Ukrainian Modernist Works
The works are part of the De Martiis collection and attributed to Russian and Ukrainian modernists
www.artnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Top Ukrainian Art Historian Believes Italian Museum Holds 14 Fake Russian and Ukrainian Modernist Works.
Akinsha said that the attributions and provenances listed for those works “raise serious suspicions.”
www.artnews.com/art-news/new... #globalmuseum #art #museums #fakes
Akinsha said that the attributions and provenances listed for those works “raise serious suspicions.”
www.artnews.com/art-news/new... #globalmuseum #art #museums #fakes
Scientists Discover Nine New Species Overlooked in #Museum Drawers. Nine new #butterfly species have been discovered hiding in 'plain sight' among the some 80,000 drawers that make up the #lepidoptera collection of the Natural History Museum, London
www.newsweek.com/scientists-d... #globalmuseum
www.newsweek.com/scientists-d... #globalmuseum
December 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Scientists Discover Nine New Species Overlooked in #Museum Drawers. Nine new #butterfly species have been discovered hiding in 'plain sight' among the some 80,000 drawers that make up the #lepidoptera collection of the Natural History Museum, London
www.newsweek.com/scientists-d... #globalmuseum
www.newsweek.com/scientists-d... #globalmuseum
⭐ JOB POSTING⭐
Curator of Collections
Tempe History Museum (AZ)
Open until filled. First review of applications - January 8, 2026.
Annual Salary Range: $71,800 - $105,900
👇
apply.tempe.gov/psc/apply/EM... #globalmuseum #museumjobs #museums
Curator of Collections
Tempe History Museum (AZ)
Open until filled. First review of applications - January 8, 2026.
Annual Salary Range: $71,800 - $105,900
👇
apply.tempe.gov/psc/apply/EM... #globalmuseum #museumjobs #museums
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apply.tempe.gov
December 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
⭐ JOB POSTING⭐
Curator of Collections
Tempe History Museum (AZ)
Open until filled. First review of applications - January 8, 2026.
Annual Salary Range: $71,800 - $105,900
👇
apply.tempe.gov/psc/apply/EM... #globalmuseum #museumjobs #museums
Curator of Collections
Tempe History Museum (AZ)
Open until filled. First review of applications - January 8, 2026.
Annual Salary Range: $71,800 - $105,900
👇
apply.tempe.gov/psc/apply/EM... #globalmuseum #museumjobs #museums
[Free webinar]
How can technology help preserve tribal heritage?
Find out in the upcoming webinar, ᏚᏘᏱ (Snowbird) Histories: Advancing the Digital Future of the Junaluska Museum, presented by Terentia.
Wed., Jan. 14, 2026
1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT
Zoom
👇
pages.terentia.io/junaluska-mu... #globalmuseum
How can technology help preserve tribal heritage?
Find out in the upcoming webinar, ᏚᏘᏱ (Snowbird) Histories: Advancing the Digital Future of the Junaluska Museum, presented by Terentia.
Wed., Jan. 14, 2026
1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT
Zoom
👇
pages.terentia.io/junaluska-mu... #globalmuseum
December 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
[Free webinar]
How can technology help preserve tribal heritage?
Find out in the upcoming webinar, ᏚᏘᏱ (Snowbird) Histories: Advancing the Digital Future of the Junaluska Museum, presented by Terentia.
Wed., Jan. 14, 2026
1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT
Zoom
👇
pages.terentia.io/junaluska-mu... #globalmuseum
How can technology help preserve tribal heritage?
Find out in the upcoming webinar, ᏚᏘᏱ (Snowbird) Histories: Advancing the Digital Future of the Junaluska Museum, presented by Terentia.
Wed., Jan. 14, 2026
1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT
Zoom
👇
pages.terentia.io/junaluska-mu... #globalmuseum
The Ocean and Society has just released a new issue, fully open access
Seeing Oceans: How Artistic Research Contributes to New Ways of Looking at #Ocean Life (2025, Volume 2)
Edited by Peter Mörtenböck and Helge Mooshammer👇
Complete issue: www.cogitatiopress.com/oceanandsoci... #globalmuseum #art
Seeing Oceans: How Artistic Research Contributes to New Ways of Looking at #Ocean Life (2025, Volume 2)
Edited by Peter Mörtenböck and Helge Mooshammer👇
Complete issue: www.cogitatiopress.com/oceanandsoci... #globalmuseum #art
December 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The Ocean and Society has just released a new issue, fully open access
Seeing Oceans: How Artistic Research Contributes to New Ways of Looking at #Ocean Life (2025, Volume 2)
Edited by Peter Mörtenböck and Helge Mooshammer👇
Complete issue: www.cogitatiopress.com/oceanandsoci... #globalmuseum #art
Seeing Oceans: How Artistic Research Contributes to New Ways of Looking at #Ocean Life (2025, Volume 2)
Edited by Peter Mörtenböck and Helge Mooshammer👇
Complete issue: www.cogitatiopress.com/oceanandsoci... #globalmuseum #art
Today we celebrate 250 years of Jane Austen ✨
Her stories have shaped how we imagine the world of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and through countless film and TV adaptations, her name has become inseparable from the neoclassical style of the era.
@V_and_A #globalmuseum #museums #literature
Her stories have shaped how we imagine the world of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and through countless film and TV adaptations, her name has become inseparable from the neoclassical style of the era.
@V_and_A #globalmuseum #museums #literature
December 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Today we celebrate 250 years of Jane Austen ✨
Her stories have shaped how we imagine the world of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and through countless film and TV adaptations, her name has become inseparable from the neoclassical style of the era.
@V_and_A #globalmuseum #museums #literature
Her stories have shaped how we imagine the world of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and through countless film and TV adaptations, her name has become inseparable from the neoclassical style of the era.
@V_and_A #globalmuseum #museums #literature
The Second Edition of AAMG's Professional Practices for Academic Museums and Galleries, a revised and expanded resource created to elevate the professional standards, values, and operations of campus museums.
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www.aamg-us.org/aamg-publish... #globalmuseum #museums
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www.aamg-us.org/aamg-publish... #globalmuseum #museums
December 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The Second Edition of AAMG's Professional Practices for Academic Museums and Galleries, a revised and expanded resource created to elevate the professional standards, values, and operations of campus museums.
👇
www.aamg-us.org/aamg-publish... #globalmuseum #museums
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www.aamg-us.org/aamg-publish... #globalmuseum #museums
The best exhibitions of 2025, as chosen by curators and museum directors.
From Wolfgang Tillmans at Centre Pompidou to Linder at the Hayward, these are the shows that stood out this year
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/15/t... #globalmuseum #museums #exhibitions
From Wolfgang Tillmans at Centre Pompidou to Linder at the Hayward, these are the shows that stood out this year
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/15/t... #globalmuseum #museums #exhibitions
December 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The best exhibitions of 2025, as chosen by curators and museum directors.
From Wolfgang Tillmans at Centre Pompidou to Linder at the Hayward, these are the shows that stood out this year
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/15/t... #globalmuseum #museums #exhibitions
From Wolfgang Tillmans at Centre Pompidou to Linder at the Hayward, these are the shows that stood out this year
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/15/t... #globalmuseum #museums #exhibitions
Historical texts reported that #Romans used slaked lime to make #concrete.
Chemical analysis of the dry, pre-mixed piles found in Pompeii shows that the ancient concreters were, in fact, using a hot mixing method involving quicklime.
www.newscientist.com/article/2507... #globalmuseum
Chemical analysis of the dry, pre-mixed piles found in Pompeii shows that the ancient concreters were, in fact, using a hot mixing method involving quicklime.
www.newscientist.com/article/2507... #globalmuseum
December 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Historical texts reported that #Romans used slaked lime to make #concrete.
Chemical analysis of the dry, pre-mixed piles found in Pompeii shows that the ancient concreters were, in fact, using a hot mixing method involving quicklime.
www.newscientist.com/article/2507... #globalmuseum
Chemical analysis of the dry, pre-mixed piles found in Pompeii shows that the ancient concreters were, in fact, using a hot mixing method involving quicklime.
www.newscientist.com/article/2507... #globalmuseum
Happy Hanukkah!
This #Hanukkah lamp highlights mid-18th-century craftsmanship. Its Rococo rocks, leaves, and shells were meticulously handworked, heated, hammered & shaped to create a richly textured silver surface that beautifully reflects the glowing flames below.
@V_and_A #globalmuseum #museums
This #Hanukkah lamp highlights mid-18th-century craftsmanship. Its Rococo rocks, leaves, and shells were meticulously handworked, heated, hammered & shaped to create a richly textured silver surface that beautifully reflects the glowing flames below.
@V_and_A #globalmuseum #museums
December 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Happy Hanukkah!
This #Hanukkah lamp highlights mid-18th-century craftsmanship. Its Rococo rocks, leaves, and shells were meticulously handworked, heated, hammered & shaped to create a richly textured silver surface that beautifully reflects the glowing flames below.
@V_and_A #globalmuseum #museums
This #Hanukkah lamp highlights mid-18th-century craftsmanship. Its Rococo rocks, leaves, and shells were meticulously handworked, heated, hammered & shaped to create a richly textured silver surface that beautifully reflects the glowing flames below.
@V_and_A #globalmuseum #museums
How plastic is harming Sri Lankan elephants.
Sri Lanka's elephants are unknowingly consuming plastic waste, potentially cutting their life spans in half. Lakshitha Karunarathna's striking image, Toxic Tip shines a light on this issue
www.nhm.ac.uk/wpy/gallery/... #photography #elephants
Sri Lanka's elephants are unknowingly consuming plastic waste, potentially cutting their life spans in half. Lakshitha Karunarathna's striking image, Toxic Tip shines a light on this issue
www.nhm.ac.uk/wpy/gallery/... #photography #elephants
December 15, 2025 at 5:18 PM
How plastic is harming Sri Lankan elephants.
Sri Lanka's elephants are unknowingly consuming plastic waste, potentially cutting their life spans in half. Lakshitha Karunarathna's striking image, Toxic Tip shines a light on this issue
www.nhm.ac.uk/wpy/gallery/... #photography #elephants
Sri Lanka's elephants are unknowingly consuming plastic waste, potentially cutting their life spans in half. Lakshitha Karunarathna's striking image, Toxic Tip shines a light on this issue
www.nhm.ac.uk/wpy/gallery/... #photography #elephants
New Year Party Essentials! | In The Global Museum Store | Get ready to celebrate 2026
www.zazzle.com/collections/... #NewYear #NewYearParty #HappyNewYear
www.zazzle.com/collections/... #NewYear #NewYearParty #HappyNewYear
December 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
New Year Party Essentials! | In The Global Museum Store | Get ready to celebrate 2026
www.zazzle.com/collections/... #NewYear #NewYearParty #HappyNewYear
www.zazzle.com/collections/... #NewYear #NewYearParty #HappyNewYear
They work for me, living as I do in the Southern Hemisphere.
Surfing Santa Socks!
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1759... #Christmas #Santa #socks #surfing
Surfing Santa Socks!
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1759... #Christmas #Santa #socks #surfing
December 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
They work for me, living as I do in the Southern Hemisphere.
Surfing Santa Socks!
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1759... #Christmas #Santa #socks #surfing
Surfing Santa Socks!
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1759... #Christmas #Santa #socks #surfing
How does something so fragile survive around 4000 years in the field. Years of ploughing, harrowing, drilling, and at this farm power harrows. Everything made to break up the ground for next years crop.
For #FindsFriday, A barbed and tanged arrowhead, Neolithic to Bronze Age.
@SDetectorist
For #FindsFriday, A barbed and tanged arrowhead, Neolithic to Bronze Age.
@SDetectorist
December 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
How does something so fragile survive around 4000 years in the field. Years of ploughing, harrowing, drilling, and at this farm power harrows. Everything made to break up the ground for next years crop.
For #FindsFriday, A barbed and tanged arrowhead, Neolithic to Bronze Age.
@SDetectorist
For #FindsFriday, A barbed and tanged arrowhead, Neolithic to Bronze Age.
@SDetectorist
AshmoleanAdvent Day 13: Chestnut #Netsuke.
Until the 19th century #Japanese citizens wore a kimono, fastened by an obi (sash). Small personal items such as purses, pipes or medicine containers were hung from the sash by silk cords.
@ashmoleanmuseum #globalmuseum
Until the 19th century #Japanese citizens wore a kimono, fastened by an obi (sash). Small personal items such as purses, pipes or medicine containers were hung from the sash by silk cords.
@ashmoleanmuseum #globalmuseum
December 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
AshmoleanAdvent Day 13: Chestnut #Netsuke.
Until the 19th century #Japanese citizens wore a kimono, fastened by an obi (sash). Small personal items such as purses, pipes or medicine containers were hung from the sash by silk cords.
@ashmoleanmuseum #globalmuseum
Until the 19th century #Japanese citizens wore a kimono, fastened by an obi (sash). Small personal items such as purses, pipes or medicine containers were hung from the sash by silk cords.
@ashmoleanmuseum #globalmuseum
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News | Major research project to explore inequalities in museum attendance
University of Leicester announces four-year initiative to address sector’s engagement and benefit gap
University of Leicester announces four-year initiative to address sector’s engagement and benefit gap
Major research project to explore inequalities in museum attendance - Museums Association
University of Leicester announces four-year initiative on sector’s engagement and benefit gap
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December 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
News | Major research project to explore inequalities in museum attendance
University of Leicester announces four-year initiative to address sector’s engagement and benefit gap
University of Leicester announces four-year initiative to address sector’s engagement and benefit gap
Reposted by Global Museum
🦌 Small but speedy! The Dwarf Pronghorn once darted across Ice Age Los Angeles, a tiny relative of today’s pronghorns that called the region home thousands of years ago.
Fossils found at the #TarPits help us uncover how these pint-sized runners thrived in a world of giants.
Fossils found at the #TarPits help us uncover how these pint-sized runners thrived in a world of giants.
December 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
🦌 Small but speedy! The Dwarf Pronghorn once darted across Ice Age Los Angeles, a tiny relative of today’s pronghorns that called the region home thousands of years ago.
Fossils found at the #TarPits help us uncover how these pint-sized runners thrived in a world of giants.
Fossils found at the #TarPits help us uncover how these pint-sized runners thrived in a world of giants.
Stunning pair of c. 1,500 year-old luxury women’s leather shoes!
Exceptionally well-preserved and still shimmering with gold leaf! ✨
From Egypt. V&A Museum
📷 @AlisonFisk collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O119560...
#Archaeology #globalmuseum
Exceptionally well-preserved and still shimmering with gold leaf! ✨
From Egypt. V&A Museum
📷 @AlisonFisk collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O119560...
#Archaeology #globalmuseum
December 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Stunning pair of c. 1,500 year-old luxury women’s leather shoes!
Exceptionally well-preserved and still shimmering with gold leaf! ✨
From Egypt. V&A Museum
📷 @AlisonFisk collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O119560...
#Archaeology #globalmuseum
Exceptionally well-preserved and still shimmering with gold leaf! ✨
From Egypt. V&A Museum
📷 @AlisonFisk collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O119560...
#Archaeology #globalmuseum
Q&A: Dr Thom Linley, Curator of Fishes at Te Papa.
Dr Thom Linley is the Curator of Fishes at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
www.aa.co.nz/membership/a... #globalmuseum #museums #TePapa #fish #Ichthyology
Dr Thom Linley is the Curator of Fishes at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
www.aa.co.nz/membership/a... #globalmuseum #museums #TePapa #fish #Ichthyology
December 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Q&A: Dr Thom Linley, Curator of Fishes at Te Papa.
Dr Thom Linley is the Curator of Fishes at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
www.aa.co.nz/membership/a... #globalmuseum #museums #TePapa #fish #Ichthyology
Dr Thom Linley is the Curator of Fishes at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
www.aa.co.nz/membership/a... #globalmuseum #museums #TePapa #fish #Ichthyology
The Romans created one of the earliest known examples of nanotechnology nearly 1600 years before NASA.
This is the Lycurgus Cup.
When lit from the front, it appears jade green. But place a light inside, and it glows a fiery red.
@archaeologyart
This is the Lycurgus Cup.
When lit from the front, it appears jade green. But place a light inside, and it glows a fiery red.
@archaeologyart
December 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The Romans created one of the earliest known examples of nanotechnology nearly 1600 years before NASA.
This is the Lycurgus Cup.
When lit from the front, it appears jade green. But place a light inside, and it glows a fiery red.
@archaeologyart
This is the Lycurgus Cup.
When lit from the front, it appears jade green. But place a light inside, and it glows a fiery red.
@archaeologyart
Royal Engineers Museum seeks duplicates of valuable D-Day files lost in van theft.
Almost 2,000 technical documents relating to Mulberry Harbours destroyed in criminal incident
www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour... #globalmuseum #museums #WWII
Almost 2,000 technical documents relating to Mulberry Harbours destroyed in criminal incident
www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour... #globalmuseum #museums #WWII
December 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Royal Engineers Museum seeks duplicates of valuable D-Day files lost in van theft.
Almost 2,000 technical documents relating to Mulberry Harbours destroyed in criminal incident
www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour... #globalmuseum #museums #WWII
Almost 2,000 technical documents relating to Mulberry Harbours destroyed in criminal incident
www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour... #globalmuseum #museums #WWII