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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/binde… #binders #folders #Zoom #books #globalmuseum #museums
⭐️JOB POSTING⭐️
Head of Education at The Met.
The position requires 15 years of museum or cultural institution management experience. The salary range is $270,000-310,000.
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metmuseum.wd5.myworkdayjobs.… #globalmuseum #museumjobs #museums #jobs
The story behind Ad Gefrin, the Anglo-Saxon museum & whisky distillery in Northumberland. How a clear sense of purpose, authentic storytelling & a culture of hospitality connect every aspect of the visitor experience.
aim-museums.co.uk/the-indepe… #globalmuseum #museums #podcast
Cool Under Pressure: HVAC, Collection Care and the Climate Challenge, a free one-day conference taking place in Leeds on 11 March 2027, with the option to attend online.
Places are limited & advance registration is required
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blogs.brighton.ac.uk/hvac/ #globalmuseum #museums
Museum to close ahead of 'remarkable' exhibit opening.
The Museum of Somerset in Taunton will display in 2027 a hoard of 2,584 silver pennies from the time of the Norman conquest, which was found in Chew Valley in 2019.
bbc.com/news/articles/cqz0v5… #globalmuseum #museums #exhibitions
Just 9% accept the use of AI in museum shows. 19% are unbothered by AI being used for brainstorming but not exhibition texts, & 29% said they felt no reservations about the usage of AI to write emails sent by museum officials.
artnews.com/art-news/news/mu… #globalmuseum #museums #AI
⭐FEATURE JOB POSTING⭐
President & CEO | Charleston, West Virginia
Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences of West Virginia
Competitive benefits package.
Introduction letter & CV to kittlemansearch.com/opportun….
Submit by December 18, 2026.
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Secret of Last Judgment’s vibrancy? Michelangelo’s DIY brushes.
Experts uncovered the remarkable technique used to make the intense colours during a rare cleaning of the Sistine Chapel’s 16th-century masterpiece .
thetimes.com/article/cefdd9b… #globalmuseum #SistineChapelVaticanCity
Buying Artwork Abroad Is Legal; Bringing It Home May Not Be.
Buying art and antiques in other countries requires not only money and taste, but also patience, paperwork and, in some cases, a taste for risk.
observer.com/2026/11/antique… #globalmuseum #museums #art
Scientists Say They’ve Found Preserved Dinosaur Blood in a 115-Million-Year-Old Fossil, but Not Everyone Is Convinced.
Soft tissues like blood generally break down relatively quickly after death.
smithsonianmag.com/smart-new… #globalmuseum #dinosaurs
What do your visitors value—and what keeps them coming back?
Museum Visitors Are Changing. Here Are 6 Things the Data Tells Us.
aam-us.org/2026/11/02/museum… #globalmuseum #museums
New research reveals original colours of Ancient Egyptian shrine at Oxford museum.
The Shrine of King Taharqa at the Ashmolean will be recoloured through a digital projection.
theartnewspaper.com/2026/11/… #globalmuseum #museums #Egyptology
Director of Digital Experience
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Closes: 11/22/2026
Salary: $140,000 - $160,000
famsf.org/
Please visit this application link for full details.
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artsconsulting.com/opensearc…
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Although the fruit was nearly rotten by the time of the agricultural show, Leslie still managed to take second prize in the ‘Grow a Strawberry the Size of Your Head’ competition - 14th century, Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 264, f. 30r
The Alfred Jewel is a masterpiece of goldsmith's work formed around a tear-shaped slice of rock crystal. Its inscription: AELFRED MEC HEHT GEWYRCAN – 'Alfred ordered me to be made’ – connects the jewel with King Alfred the Great r. 871–899
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The Perth Museum in Scotland and London's British Museum just restored what is believed to be the only surviving complete example of a kahu kākāpō, a traditional Māori cloak made from the feathers of a New Zealand flightless parrot
allthatsinteresting.com/maor… #globalmuseum #museums
Museums Turn to A.I. to Create Personalized Tour Experiences.
What if you could carry your own personal curator in your pocket? Museums are hoping A.I. can make this a reality.
archive.ph/kzRyu #globalmuseum #museums #AI
After Louvre heist and string of thefts, Europe's smaller museums are on guard.
"If the Louvre was so easy to rob, just imagine a tiny museum in a rural area or a smaller town."
reuters.com/world/after-louv… #globalmuseum #museum #artheist #crime
Musical Innovation in the Age of AI.
The Smithsonian's Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Wed., Nov. 4, 2026, 6:00-8:30pm ET.
Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
americanhistory.si.edu/visit…
FREE Registration: eventbrite.com/e/musical-inn… #globalmuseum
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Rare fossil discovery reveals new dinosaur species that specialized in eating fruit.
The discovery by paleontologists reveals that a new species, Infernogallus jamesi had chewing muscles for mashing soft food
phys.org/news/2026-10-rare-f… #globalmuseum #dinosaurs #fossils #paleontology
