Melbourne Museum’s major exhibition tells us as much about how we look at this complicated culture as the culture itself.
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The controversy highlights a broader, escalating global movement demanding the return of African antiquities.
Nearly 43% of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Europe are now highly vulnerable to climate-related risks.
Research on how heading to a museum could be good for the brain and general wellbeing suggests that culture fixes are an important resource for public health and social cohesion.
Time again it is made clear through audits and reports that cybersecurity needs to be more of a priority.
No one has ever seen one of these fish alive. But they are most likely still swimming in a part of the sea we hardly ever visit.
Sold for a record price of more than $50 million, ‘Gus’ was described by Sotheby’s as more than 60% complete.
The Vikings are big draw for tourists and museums struggle to balance the real history.
The exhibition is the product of the British Museum in Your Classroom programme where schools get access to the institution’s collection
The inequality, stigma and eugenic thinking that led to their acquisition is often obscured or erased.
By celebrating our authors — especially on Canada Day — we honour their role in shaping, illuminating, and preserving our unique Canadian culture.
Textiles shape British life in ways that are often overlooked.
The Tasmanian government has apologised for body parts being collected and displayed without consent. This is not the first time this has happened in Australia.
Dataland will be a ‘living museum’. But behind its futuristic facade and the fleeting cultural landscapes hosted inside, the museum has much deeper historical roots.
The museum will feature seven floors of never-seen-before material, rotating exhibitions, a fan store and the recreation of the studio where Let it Be was recorded.
The controversy reveals a form of externalised censorship.
An archaeologist examines the cultural obliteration Iran has incurred as a result of strikes in the US-Israel-Iran conflict. How can such damage be compensated and which global organisations can the country turn to?
These five Lake District museums offer especially rewarding shelter on damp days.
China is reported to have opened 382 new museums in 2022 alone. It shows no signs of slowing down.
What pets are and what they mean is still a puzzle, as this exhibition explores.
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Professor of Public Humanities and Director of the ANU Humanities Research Centre, Australian National University
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Assistant Director of the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge, University of Cambridge
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Ruth Coulter Heede Professor of Art History, Case Western Reserve University
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Honorary Professor, Edith Cowan University
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Professeur de Marketing, EDHEC Business School
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Associate Research Professor of Anthropology, University of Colorado Denver
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Lecturer, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor in Ancient History, Macquarie University
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Eminent Scholar and Professor of Economics Emeritus, Auburn University
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Postdoctoral research fellow, RMIT University
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Director, Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, University of Glasgow; University of Nigeria
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Lecturer in School of Art History and Art Education, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer School of Art History and Art Education, UNSW
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Senior Curator of Australian and First Nations Art, National Gallery of Victoria, The University of Melbourne