Egypt
- Accessing Egyptian Archaeology Through A British Museum Exhibition
Day Of Archaeology 2011 (Margaret Maitland) As an Egyptologist, currently working at the British Museum, I’ve been involved in a number of archaeological digs, but most of my research life has been devoted to trying to make sense of what other people...
- The First Museum Management Institute In Egypt
Ahram Online In an attempt to develop the skills of Egyptian curators and restorers to meet the level of their counterparts abroad, the Ministry of State for Antiquities Affairs (MSAA) is to establish the first ever institute for Museology in Egypt. The...
- Brooklyn Museum Announces Response To New Economic Reality
Thanks to Sally Williams from the Brooklyn Museum for the following press release, which contains more information about how museums in the U.S. are coping with the economic downturn: For release April 17, 2009--Brooklyn, NY. The Brooklyn Museum has...
- Met Museum Director Gets Going-away Exhibit
The Canadian Press When Philippe de Montebello announced his retirement earlier this year, the curators at the Metropolitan Museum of Art quickly came up with the perfect going-away gift for their long-serving director. An exhibit, of course. It was a...
- Defending Unprovenanced Artefacts
http://tinyurl.com/fcaet (New York Times) An article about Philippe de Montebello, Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art: "In a wide-ranging interview last week, just a day after he returned from signing a final agreement in Rome, Mr. de Montebello...
Egypt
Loss of Curators' Power
http://tinyurl.com/rw28c (nytimes.com)
Thanks to the EEF News Digest for the following. A two-page article looking at how the Brooklyn Museum has restructured its management teams to raise efficiencies: "The Brooklyn Museum, which built a sleek new glass entrance two years ago and is trying to reinvent itself after years of declining attendance, is planning a shakeup of its staff that has angered several curators and drawn criticism from other museums. Beginning next month, the museum will do away with traditional departments like Egyptian art, African art and European painting and instead create two "teams," one for collections and one for exhibitions. Arnold L. Lehman, the museum's director, said in an interview that the changes were intended to make the museum's relatively small curatorial staff more efficient and to encourage curators to exchange ideas more freely."
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- Accessing Egyptian Archaeology Through A British Museum Exhibition
Day Of Archaeology 2011 (Margaret Maitland) As an Egyptologist, currently working at the British Museum, I’ve been involved in a number of archaeological digs, but most of my research life has been devoted to trying to make sense of what other people...
- The First Museum Management Institute In Egypt
Ahram Online In an attempt to develop the skills of Egyptian curators and restorers to meet the level of their counterparts abroad, the Ministry of State for Antiquities Affairs (MSAA) is to establish the first ever institute for Museology in Egypt. The...
- Brooklyn Museum Announces Response To New Economic Reality
Thanks to Sally Williams from the Brooklyn Museum for the following press release, which contains more information about how museums in the U.S. are coping with the economic downturn: For release April 17, 2009--Brooklyn, NY. The Brooklyn Museum has...
- Met Museum Director Gets Going-away Exhibit
The Canadian Press When Philippe de Montebello announced his retirement earlier this year, the curators at the Metropolitan Museum of Art quickly came up with the perfect going-away gift for their long-serving director. An exhibit, of course. It was a...
- Defending Unprovenanced Artefacts
http://tinyurl.com/fcaet (New York Times) An article about Philippe de Montebello, Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art: "In a wide-ranging interview last week, just a day after he returned from signing a final agreement in Rome, Mr. de Montebello...