Museum Studies

Museums. Education. Exhibitions. Displays. Art. Culture. Heritage. Tweets are in both English and Turkish.

[龙珠体育 亿兆体育 九博体育 大发 热博体育 @Hiyapriya]

Just arrived in the post: this gem of a book of 85 illustrated essays about objects with a future that never came to pass.

Includes a contribution from me about the ill-fated Mini-Disc (yes, remember?)

[The Khalili Collections @KhaliliOnline]

Today we are spotlighting this mahmal cover, which was a central feature in the 2019 @fcgulbenkian exhibition ‘The Rise of Islamic Art 1869-1939’
From 1656-7, this is the earliest of seven mahmals in the Khalili Collections and is from our #HajjCollection #khalilicollections

[Aga Khan Museum @AgaKhanMuseum]

Visit the @gardinermuseum's newest exhibition #RenaissanceVenice to see some of the artifacts from our Permanent Collection in a new light! On display until January 9, 2022.

[CAA Advancing Art & Design @caavisual]

The Fall 2021 issue of Art Journal is now available in print and online! Explore the digital version here: https://t.co/9ppdsS3Zdn #ArtJournal #CAA

[National Museum of Ireland @NMIreland]

Join us for -"National Museums - Narrating the Nation"
A 2-day international conference organised by the NMI & @NCAD_Dublin, on Friday 29 Oct. & Friday 5 Nov. 2021. Providing an online forum for discussion of historic & current museum practices.
https://t.co/mpc5WUHZll

[RMI Buildings @RMIBuildings]

Museum managers, artists, creatives - join our webinar Wed. Sept. 23 with influencers in the fine arts, #museums, and #climate change, including:
@JulesKortenhors @VOlgyay @EnvCulturePrs @HFrankenthaler https://t.co/IpMbbrMFUW #ClimateWeekNYC

[Smarthistory @Smarthistory]

New! Hot off the press! Smarthistory Guide to Byzantine art, edited by Dr. Evan Freeman and Dr. Anne McClanan, with contributions by 18 scholars. Free!

https://t.co/yzrm6Xlp3e

#medievaltwitter #arthistory #globalmiddleages #APAH #aparthistory #smarthistory #byzantineart #OER

[Aga Khan Museum @AgaKhanMuseum]

🔍 Why were a list of blessings and the 12 signs of the zodiac etched into an 800-year-old inkwell in the Museum’s Collection?

The University of Michigan’s Michelle Al-Ferzly investigates in our latest Peer Perspective for the #MuseumWithoutWalls: https://t.co/lo0hVQyBIk

[Van Gogh Museum @vangoghmuseum]

What are the lasting impressions of your first museum visit? Nigel: ‘The first museum that I visited was a natural history museum. I was at primary school at the time. I remember being completely blown away by how much larger the world was than I thought.’

[ICOM UK @UK_ICOM]

The @MuseeLouvre is set to have its first female president in its 228-year history.

Art historian, Laurence des Cars, will take over the post in September 2021.

https://t.co/E1sv86SJd3

[Museums in Arabia @MuseumsinArabia]

After much thought we have decided to postpone our next conference until 2022. We hope that by then we will be able to meet in-person and facilitate the networking opportunities that are so important to us and our supporters.
#mia #gulfmuseology #museumsinarabia

[The Metropolitan Museum of Art @metmuseum]

It's #InternationalMuseumDay! 🌎 Wherever you are in the world, you can explore 5,000 years of art, culture, and creativity from around the world at The Met.

Explore the #MetAnywhere. ↓
https://t.co/wVE7bwWa8a

[Penguin Books UK @PenguinUKBooks]

‘Real museums are places where Time is transformed into Space.’

Orhan Pamuk, The Museum of Innocence

#InternationalMuseumDay

[Dr Anne Luther @AnneLuthera]

Come work with us! We are expanding our team with a Data Steward for Digital Benin: https://t.co/BTL3EESXjZ Application Deadline 04/30, full time until the launch of the platform. Please share this link!

[Archnet @archnet]

K.A.C. Creswell, the founder of the study of early Islamic architecture, died 47 years ago today, at the age of 94. Visit the Archnet collection of his photographs on Archnet

[Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art @NatAsianArt]

On Saturday, Feb. 20, join leading international #ArtHistorians to reflect on the remarkable career of Esin Atıl—one of the first #FemaleCurators in her field—and assess her success in bringing attention to the arts & cultures of the Islamic world. https://t.co/yWtaxfuPeM

[ICA-Art Conservation @ICAconservation]

Interested in art conservation? Want to know what every day work in a conservation lab looks like? Wondering when we will be able to welcome groups back to the labs? ICA offers virtual visits for schools and community groups. #ICA #ArtConservation4theNation #Virtualvisits

[GR Public Museum @GRMuseum]

#nightatthemuseum 😍

[ICOM UK @UK_ICOM]

An exciting new way to do virtual tours has been announced. The 'Curatours' platform from Cooperative Innovations will be 'a social platform where you can chat and explore with friends, family, classmates and other visitors.'

https://t.co/t2pYSVIwKo

[Open Context @OpenContext]

Check out the first post in the series Digging Digital Museum Collections by Pınar Durgun #digitalcollections #engagement #museums #archaeology #diggingdigitally https://t.co/NxS2mC8lhx