Tag: museums
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SoCal Museums Annual “Free-For-All” on February 5, 2023
Mark your calendars for Sunday, February 5, when Southern California museums from Long Beach to Santa Barbara will band together for their annual “Museums Free-For-All” Free Admission Day. The event will have over thirty museums—presenting art, cultural heritage, natural history, and science—opening their doors to visitors to explore their permanent collections (note that this offer…
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The Night Watch restoration live
This month the Rijksmuseum is launching its massive restoration of Rembrandt’s Night Watch. The team is posting regular videos and offering live chats with conservators, among other content-sharing of the complex work involved. The research phase begins today (July 5). More coverage in the Guardian. Among the rich offerings on the website is the section…
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The stuff in museum basements
The New York Times had a fascinating report on all the ‘stuff’ in museum storage that never gets put on display, and is often of very low value or interest. Much of this is due to gifts from donors that come with restrictive agreements, causing a tenfold collection expansion at some institutions in the last…