ResearchBuzz: FirehoseSouthern Methodist University: From rails to revolutions: New windows into the past in digital collections. “What do a sugar railway in Cuba, U.S. soldiers hunting Pancho Villa, and a priest blessing a taxi in Mexico have in common? They’re all part of a fascinating array of newly digitized materials now available in SMU’s Digital Collections.”
Earthbound Report: The Green Libraries Manifesto. “It’s Green Libraries Week this week, an event that is organised by the library association CILIP. There are a handful of events across the UK, looking at the role that libraries play in climate change. They are also encouraging libraries to sign up to their manifesto.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/03/earthbound-report-the-green-libraries-manifesto/
Diesachsen: Cameroonian cultural heritage to be researched. “Around 500 cultural objects from Cameroon are being researched in German museums. The aim is to reconstruct their history together with experts from Cameroon. Together with the Linden Museum in Stuttgart, the German Lost Art Foundation wants to continue researching Cameroonian cultural heritage in Germany.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/01/diesachsen-cameroonian-cultural-heritage-to-be-researched/
BK Reader: Brooklyn’s Fight Against Book Bans Reaches National Milestone. “Books Unbanned, the Brooklyn Public Library initiative launched in 2022 to give young people access to books affected by censorship, has hit a major milestone: cardholders have borrowed over one million e-books.”
Rubryka: Solutions from Ukraine: Krushelnytska Museum digitizes 500 exhibits, unveils innovative digital platform for Ukrainian museums. “The Solomiia Krushelnytska Music and Memorial Museum in Lviv, at 23 S. Krushelnytska Street, has unveiled an innovative digital platform for Ukrainian museums, with the first 500 items from its collection now available for public viewing and study.”
New York Times: Amid the A.I. Deluge, What Counts as Art? Ask the Curators. This link goes to a gift article. “With the rise of artificial intelligence, machines are increasingly engaged in the creative process, raising the question: What is art if the human hand is no longer involved?… In response, major art museums are wrestling with what, within the kaleidoscope, counts as art, and are […]
International Business Times: Paris Louvre Heist Lays Bare Museum Security Complaints. “How could robbers with power tools break in and steal crowns and sapphire and emerald necklaces? And how can a museum spanning 73,000 square metres and housing around 35,000 works of art be secured? The government said authorities had already begun reviewing security at the vast Paris venue before the heist. […]
Liverpool John Moores University: Introducing the Unity Theatre Archive Project. “Hi everyone, my name is Megan and I’ve recently joined LJMU’s Special Collections and Archives as the Unity Theatre Project Archivist. Over the next year I’ll be cataloguing the papers of the Unity Theatre as part of its Heritage Lottery funded project, ‘A Radical Reimagining.’”
Preindustrial Public Health"The Medieval in Museums": Fran Allfrey (University of York) and Maia Blumberg are calling for contributions to a proposed edited volume discussing the ways in which the "medieval" appears in a range of GLAM institutions.
Info:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17D64zTaQqLMdkXhMZd0II0Wl2An9Gac_PTHjpYs1_Zw/edit?tab=t.0
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The Medieval in Museums: call for contributions We invite short abstracts (100-200 words) in response to our call for chapters for an edited volume, ‘The Medieval in Museums’. Please send abstracts by 5pm GMT on Monday 3 November to Fran Allfrey (University of York) and Maia Blumberg (QMUL) fran...
Associated Press: Hair museum filled with century-old mementos closes its doors, scattering contents around the nation. “For about 30 years, this hair art collection in the Kansas City suburb of Independence attracted an eclectic group of gawkers that included the likes of heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne. But the museum’s namesake, Leila Cohoon, died last November at the age of 92. Now her […]