Sir John Soane's Museum 🏛️🖼️
Have you ever seen an art gallery quite like this?😍
Soane's moveable planes meant he could display 3x as many paintings than a room of this size could usually hold.
@SoaneMuseum #globalmuseum #museums #artgallery
Data Migration Specialist
Lyrasis is seeking a client focused and detail-oriented individual to serve as a Data Migration Specialist.
Applications will be accepted through Monday May 4, 2026.
Details & apply online lyrasis.isolvedhire.com/jobs/1754051... #globalmuseum
Here’s a mushroom you won’t find at the grocery spore: the rosy veincap! This species, which is considered inedible, is the only fungus in its taxon. Can be spotted worldwide, including in parts of N. America, Africa, Europe, & Asia.
@AMNH #globalmuseum #museums #fungi #mushrooms
U.S. Museums Reach Deep into America’s Past.
Museums around the country are celebrating the nation’s heritage in ways that go beyond what might be considered traditional.
archive.ph/roIdk #globalmuseum #museums #USA250
Moroccan dinosaur's fearsome tail spikes evolved much earlier than we thought—new discovery.
In the heart of the Middle Atlas Mountains a global team of paleontologists and geologists has discovered new remains of a very unusual dinosaur.
phys.org/news/2026-04... #globalmuseum #dinosaurs
Poems about art.
National Gallery Of Art.
Great art has a way of drawing out feelings that are hard to describe. Can poetry can help us find the words?
www.nga.gov/stories/arti...
#globalmuseum #museums #poetry #poems
These incredible Buff Tip Moths blend in so well with branches that you might mistake them for sticks. Nature's masters of disguise are truly fascinating!
Whistle, click, chirp, or sing your way through the weekend with the beluga whale! Known as the “canary of the sea,” this social animal uses sound to communicate & navigate the open ocean. Since it's so reliant on sound, noise pollution is one of its greatest threats.
@AMNH #globalmuseum #whale
🎂✨🎨 Evgeny Kostyuchenko is a master cake artist known for transforming sugar and sponge into breathtaking works of art. From lifelike portraits to elaborate story-scenes, his creations highlight incredible skill and imagination, earning him admiration far beyond Moscow
#Cakedecoration #globalmuseum
‘How do we build a relationship with the skeptical generation?’: V&A East opens its doors.
Long-awaited museum unveiled in east London’s Olympic park.
www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour...
#globalmuseum #museums
Barcelona museum refuses to return Sijena murals to monastery.
Despite a supreme court ruling, the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya insists removal could damage the “Sistine Chapel of Romanesque art”
www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/16/b... #globalmuseum #museums
UK proposal to charge tourists to visit museums sparks backlash amid restitution demands.
Although some efforts have been made to confront the long-standing issue artefacts as well as human remains taken are still held in various museums across Europe.
www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-... #globalmuseum
The Collections Care & Conservation Alliance presents
Measure Twice, Move Once (webinar)
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
2:00-3:30 PM EDT
Details & registration at collectionscarealliance.org/workshops-ev... #globalmuseum #museums #collections
Nature-Based Pest Deterrents Experts Meeting.
At the end of February, experts from across North America came together at the Getty Center to explore the future of nature-based pest deterrents in museums and heritage institutions.
#globalmuseum #Getty #Pests
One of the oldest museum aquariums in the world is located in the Principality of Monaco, in the Musée Océanographique.
The museum's exhibitions offer an insight into the underwater world & its exploration, from the deep sea to the Mediterranean.
musermeku.org/ozeanographi...
#museum #globalmuseum
The director of the Arkansas's Old State House Museum and the education director at the museum have both been fired.
He was told the museum was “going in a different direction” and that they had paperwork for him to sign.
arktimes.com/arkansas-blo... #globalmuseum #museums
Every year, on 18 May, the International Council of Museums (ICOM) organises International Museum Day (IMD), a global event highlighting the transformative role of museums in society. In 2026, IMD will explore “Museums Uniting a Divided World”
icom.museum/en/news/muse...
#globalmuseum #museums
Museums Change Lives Awards 2026 now open for nominations.
In an increasingly polarised world, we’re celebrating the museums cutting through the noise to deliver social impact.
Enter now👇
www.museumsassociation.org/campaigns/mu... #globalmuseum #museums
Philadelphia museums revisit how America was built on botany.
The Academy of Natural Sciences and the Mütter Museum have exhibitions about the role of plants in nation building.
whyy.org/articles/ame... #globalmuseum #museums #plants
An Austrian Jewish Museum Like No Other: 'People Said, What Do You Want to Exhibit? Stuffed Jews?'
The small Austrian town of Hohenems hasn't had a Jewish community since the holocaust, but its Jewish museum is the town's heart of cultural & intellectual life
archive.ph/JjALx #globalmuseum #museums
A full-scale cast of one of the most complete giant dinosaurs ever uncovered has arrived at a Peterborough's cathedral as part of moves to help promote science and discovery.
www.bbc.com/news/article... #globalmuseum #museums #dinosaur
⭐ JOB POSTING⭐
Art Educator.
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst, MA.
carlemuseum.org/about/work-v... #globalmuseum #museumjobs
The National Gallery Of Art's Alison Luchs has broken the internet. In her viral videos, she’s used Gen Z slang to introduce works in our collection. That’s why she’s behind two of our five Webby nominations. Vote👇
vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting... #globalmuseum #museums
In Scotland, new rules are being introduced to require “swift bricks” in new buildings, a small change that creates nesting spaces and helps birds coexist with urban life.
@Rainmaker1973 #globalmuseum #birds #Scotland
Smithsonian museum director to move to Guggenheim: ‘a moment of change’
Melissa Chiu, 54, director of Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, led the institution for 12 years
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... #globalmuseum #museums #Smithsonian
Getty Center will close for renovations, eyeing a reopening ahead of 2028 Olympics.
The renovation, with an estimated cost of between $600 million and $800 million
www.latimes.com/entertainmen... #globalmuseum #museums
Shell game: Neanderthal use of the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) in the Last Interglacial landscape of Neumark-Nord (Germany).
Tortoises & turtles, members of the order Testudines, are amongst the smaller prey animals exploited by #Neanderthals.
www.nature.com/articles/s41... #globalmuseum
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Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for Sichuan-style braised aubergines with tofu.
A cheerful rice bowl fragrant with ginger, garlic and spring onion, and laced with a sprightly chilli bean sauce
www.theguardian.com/food/2026/ap... #recipes #vegan
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