Concept art of the Australia Museum ready for the Tutankhamun exhibition in 2021. Image supplied. Rather than avoiding politics, Director of the Australian Museum (AM) Kim McKay made a call for museums to lead conversations on climate change and…
Thirteen million people visit the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris every year, entering through massive wooden doors at the base of towers as solidly planted as mountains. They stand in front of walls filigreed with stained glass and gaze at a ceiling…
This is an excerpt from my new book, CONVERGENCE, HOW THE WORLD WILL BE PAINTED WITH DATA. This piece is contributed by Neal Stimler. Works of art in museums are among humanity's most creative, compelling and often complex creations. Interpretative…
Is there a corner of culture untouched by Game of Thrones ? Absolutely not. In advance of Sunday's Season 8 premiere, museums around the world have been getting in on the Thrones fandom, in the best way they know how: by being extremely helpful and…
Have you heard the one about the sheep so big the CEO of Tesla made it his profile picture? Elon Musk first tweeted the picture as a joke, but then went a step further by replacing his Twitter avatar with the image of the farmyard animal. This did…
How do you make a great museum podcast? Museum Confidential from Philbrook Museum of Art is one of our favorites. The podcast takes listeners behind the scenes to meet the people who make museums, discussing an eclectic and always entertaining…
