Mexico Demands a Halt to an Auction of Mexican Artifacts in Colorado.
Under Mexican federal law, artifacts such as the ones on sale today are the property of Mexico, and their export has been prohibited since 1827.
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/mexico-demands-a-halt-to-colorado-auction-1234788427/ #globalmuseum #Mexicanart

New museum of illustration opens in London.
Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration has a dedicated library and exhibition spaces.
https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2026/06/quentin-blake-centre-for-illustration-opens/ #globalmuseum #museums #art #illustration

Beyond Beauty: How Art Experiences Converge and Diverge.
Emotional responses to artworks reveal different routes to aesthetic preference.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brain-behavior-and-beauty/202606/beyond-beauty-how-art-experiences-converge-and-diverge #globalmuseum #art #psychology

Maya-Andean twist on Chinese zongzi at Beijing museum.
As China's Dragon Boat Festival approaches, Beijing's Capital Museum has reimagined zongzi, traditional sticky rice dumplings, to promote its latest exhibition
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-06-06/Maya-Andean-twist-on-Chinese-zongzi-at-Beijing-museum-1NKRdOyF62k/p.html #globalmuseum #China #museums #exhibitions #marketing

Caroline Reboux: The Queen of Milliners.
Caroline Reboux (1837–1927) was one of the most influential and celebrated milliners in history, often called the “Queen of Milliners.” Active for nearly seven decades in Paris, she defined hat fashion from the Second Empire through the Roaring Twenties.
https://www.vintag.es/2026/06/caroline-reboux.html #costume #Millinery #globalmuseum

🥘Today's Recipe🥘
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for baked fish and potatoes with oregano and lemon mayonnaise.
Layers of oregano bring a pungent earthiness to this simple supper of baked white fish and spuds.
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2026/jun/04/baked-fish-potatoes-oregano-lemon-mayonnaise-recipe-rachel-roddy?utm_source=globalmuseum #globalmuseum #recipes #food

Smile like Megalochelys atlas! This species was one of the largest known land turtles & lived during the Late Pliocene ~2 million years ago. This specimen’s shell measures ~7.4 ft (2.3 m) long & in life, it may have weighed over 2,000 lbs (907 kg)!
@AMNH #globalmuseum #fossils #museums

Rare Roman altars go on display for the first time.
A dramatic stone altar depicting the god Sol is one of two spectacular altars discovered at Inveresk, a Roman fort near Musselburgh in East Lothian. Following extensive conservation, the altars will go on display for the first time in the Roman Scotland: Life on the Edge of Empire exhibition, opening at the National Museum of Scotland on Saturday 14 November 2026.
#globalmuseum #Roman

We know conflict is uncomfortable. Most of us are either avoiding it, overthinking it, or crying in the car afterward. 😭
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https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/6N1yAudZTNm6JI1GuzxjJg#/registration #globalmuseum #museums #conflictresolution

This sculpture is the real life version of the 🤝 emoji!
In 1853, pioneering American sculptor Harriet Hosmer met poets Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning and proposed an unusual artistic collaboration: a cast of their interlocked right hands.
Elizabeth Browning agreed on one condition—that Hosmer complete the casting herself, rather than her studio assistants. The sculpture captured the love between the Brownings, who had eloped to Italy seven years earlier
#globalmuseum #metmuseum