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Jonathan EmmesediOf course Sudan has been the scene of terrible human suffering, but I still feel pained by the material damage here.New images reveal extent of looting at Sudan’s national museum as rooms stripped of treasures | Sudan | The Guardian<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/31/sudan-war-national-museum-khartoum-rsf-paramilitaries-looting-ancient-treasures-kush-nubia-pharoahs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/31/sudan-war-national-museum-khartoum-rsf-paramilitaries-looting-ancient-treasures-kush-nubia-pharoahs</a><a href="https://c.im/tags/Sudan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sudan</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SudanNationalMuseum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SudanNationalMuseum</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Museums</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Looting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Looting</a>

Kathy Bryson"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" - George Santayana, 1905What is the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Smithsonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Smithsonian</a> Institution and why is it important? <a href="https://buff.ly/zgnJN9S" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://buff.ly/zgnJN9S</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#education</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publicrecord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publicrecord</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#museums</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scholarship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scholarship</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#culture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a>

Global MuseumWhat's the Fee?Join us for this important AAMG webinar as we dive into the complexities of museum pay structures, salary transparency, and advocacy for fair compensation. Whether you're a museum professional, administrator, or emerging leader, this discussion will equip you with the knowledge and tools to navigate pay equity in the field. Virtual on April 15th, 2025 from 12:00 to 12:45pm ESTRegister Here: <a href="https://www.aamg-us.org/webinar/whats-the-fee/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.aamg-us.org/webinar/whats-the-fee/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#museums</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/webinar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#webinar</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IMLS</a> staff put on *administrative leave*The Institute of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Museum</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Library</a> Services has placed its entire staff on administrative leave.The IMLS is a relatively small federal agency, with around 70 employees, that awards grant funding to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#museums</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libraries</a> across the country.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#idiocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/31/nx-s1-5334415/doge-institute-of-museum-and-library-services" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/2025/03/31/nx-s1-5334415/doge-institute-of-museum-and-library-services</a>

infoDOCKETReport: "<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IMLS</a> Staff Placed on Administrative Leave" <a href="https://www.infodocket.com/2025/03/31/report-imls-staff-placed-on-administrative-leave/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.infodocket.com/2025/03/31/report-imls-staff-placed-on-administrative-leave/</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libraries</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#museums</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libraries</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#museums</a>

René Merced :vm: 🇵🇷BREAKING NEWS: The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.<a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/31/nx-s1-5334415/doge-institute-of-museum-and-library-services" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/2025/03/31/nx-s1-5334415/doge-institute-of-museum-and-library-services</a><a href="https://mas.to/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/USnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USnews</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#government</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#museums</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libraries</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a>

infoDOCKETJust In: Statement From EveryLibrary: <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IMLS</a> Staff Placed on Administrative Leave <a href="https://www.everylibrary.org/statement_imls_staff_administrative_leave" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.everylibrary.org/statement_imls_staff_administrative_leave</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libraries</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#museums</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@everylibrary" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@everylibrary</a>

infoDOCKETWord From Maria Kabas That <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IMLS</a> Staffers Have Been Placed on Administrative Leave <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/marisakabas.bsky.social/post/3llowvghols2b" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/marisakabas.bsky.social/post/3llowvghols2b</a> ||| Letter to Staff <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/marisakabas.bsky.social/post/3llozxlmhpc2b" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/marisakabas.bsky.social/post/3llozxlmhpc2b</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libraries</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#museums</a>

Culture | The Guardian USTake two Van Goghs daily: the growing popularity of museum prescriptions <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/mar/31/take-two-van-goghs-daily-the-growing-popularity-of-museum-prescriptions" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/mar/31/take-two-van-goghs-daily-the-growing-popularity-of-museum-prescriptions</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Artanddesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Artanddesign</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mentalhealth</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Worldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Worldnews</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Museums</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Culture</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Doctors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Doctors</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Society</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Health</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Art</a>

Opinion | The Guardian USAs Trump rewrites even America’s history, institutions have two choices – submit or find ways to resist | Charlotte Higgins <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/31/donald-trump-america-history-museums-smithsonian-institution" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/31/donald-trump-america-history-museums-smithsonian-institution</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Trumpadministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trumpadministration</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Censorship</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpolitics</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Worldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Worldnews</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Museums</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Slavery</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Culture</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USnews</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Race" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Race</a>

Kat :glassesdog:This looks interesting for the GLAM crowd (I am not involved, just sharing)Online Seminar: Extractivist Museums and Energy Transition: Narratives, Heritage, and SustainabilityExploring how extractivist museums navigate their role as custodians of industrial heritage while contributing to contemporary environmental and energy transition discourses.Details and register to attend or present:<a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf4_4Lo1bbeahxuSxQsGGx1W9z6PdNYlB_4DYArirgPyg3bAQ/viewform" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf4_4Lo1bbeahxuSxQsGGx1W9z6PdNYlB_4DYArirgPyg3bAQ/viewform</a><a href="https://aus.social/tags/GLAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GLAM</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Museums</a>

petersuberUpdate. The National Museum and Library Services Board (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NMLSB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NMLSB</a>) just sent an open letter to <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>'s acting director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IMLS</a>), Keith Sonderling. <a href="https://www.publishersweekly.com/binary-data/ARTICLE_ATTACHMENT/file/000/006/6639-1.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.publishersweekly.com/binary-data/ARTICLE_ATTACHMENT/file/000/006/6639-1.pdf</a>"It is our considered determination that the Museum and Library Services Act of 2018, as codified in Title 20 of the U.S. Code, outlines specific statutory mandates that cannot be paused, reduced, or eliminated without violating Congressional intent and federal statute…All such statutory obligations may not be discontinued or delayed under an Executive Order or other executive action."<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DefendResearch</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Libraries</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Museums</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a>

Ben Higbieart by George Tooker (b.1920-d.2011) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#painting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/paintings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paintings</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/arts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#arts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#artist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#artists</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/arthistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#arthistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artgallery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#artgallery</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artgalleries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#artgalleries</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#illustration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/modern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#modern</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/modernart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#modernart</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artlover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#artlover</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artlovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#artlovers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#museum</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#museums</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artmuseum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#artmuseum</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artmuseums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#artmuseums</a>

Ben Higbie'Daphne' by Harriet Hosmer, 1854 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/arts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#arts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sculpture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sculpture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sculptures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sculptures</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sculpting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sculpting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#artist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#artists</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artlover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#artlover</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artlovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#artlovers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artmuseum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#artmuseum</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#museum</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artmuseums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#artmuseums</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#museums</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/arthistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#arthistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artlover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#artlover</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artlovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#artlovers</a>

AnnaAnthro<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> annoyed the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Smithsonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Smithsonian</a> isn’t promoting discredited racial ideas « New executive order slams the museum for recognizing "race is not a biological reality." » <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anthropology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/museology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#museology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#museums</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#archeology</a> <a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/03/trump-annoyed-the-smithsonian-isnt-promoting-discredited-racial-ideas/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/03/trump-annoyed-the-smithsonian-isnt-promoting-discredited-racial-ideas/</a>

Calishat<a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#games</a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/Chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chess</a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/GLAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GLAM</a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#museums</a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/FIDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FIDE</a> "As part of its 2024 centenary celebrations, FIDE has unveiled an online museum tracing chess history from ancient times to modern tournaments. The Open Chess Museum endorsed by FIDE aims to become the world’s largest repository of chess artifacts, showcasing valuable items from every corner of the world and every era of chess history."<a href="https://www.fide.com/fide-launches-first-digital-museum-dedicated-to-chess-history/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.fide.com/fide-launches-first-digital-museum-dedicated-to-chess-history/</a>

Global Museum🦣Trump's Order Eliminates Museums Funding Agency | De-Extincting Mammoths Hits A Big Milestone | Using AI To Make Museum Data More Accessible | Visitor Numbers Plunge At London Art Museums | Food Museum Provides Visitors With A Barf Bag | These Iguanas Got Carried Away | Director's Transgressive Behaviour Leads To Removal | More Museum News.<a href="http://www.globalmuseum.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.globalmuseum.org</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/globalmuseum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#globalmuseum</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#museums</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/museumnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#museumnews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/museumjobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#museumjobs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jobs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/artgallery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#artgallery</a>

Jim WaldTrump wants to reshape the Smithsonian . . . tasked with telling the story of America <a href="https://wapo.st/427CciI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://wapo.st/427CciI</a>Historian here. Beware when they come for the <a href="https://historians.social/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#museums</a> Remember communism, when, as the joke went, the future is certain but the past is unpredictable?<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@histodons</a>

Flipboard Art & Photo DeskThe latest target for Trump's crackdowns is the Smithsonian Institution and its museums and education and research centers. A new executive order directs Vice President JD Vance to eliminate "improper, divisive or anti-American" ideology from programs at the Institution, which receives federal funding. Here's more from MSNBC's MaddowBlog.<a href="https://flip.it/iw2S6c" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://flip.it/iw2S6c</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Smithsonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Smithsonian</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Museums</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpAdministration</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/DiversityEquityInclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DiversityEquityInclusion</a>

anubis2814Weird how the same people who were claimed to be worried about <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> being forgotten by the removal of <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=statues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#statues</a> are completely silent about our <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#museums</a> being silences with a real threat of being purged of actual historical <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#truth</a> and artifacts.

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