📰 Scotland offers #museums and #galleries £1m in climate and capital funds

Good old #Scotland is offering several green opportunities for its GLAM sector:

❇️ The £550K #Scottish #Climate Engagement Fund is open to “trusted messengers” with existing audiences

❇️ The £500K maintenance pot via MGS aims to 'increase resilience' including improved energy efficiency - bids that lower carbon emissions will be prioritised

Full read here: https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2023/08/scotland-offers-1m-in-climate-and-capital-funds/

#MuseumNews #ClimateChange

📰 "British Museum: How easy is it to steal from a museum?"

The recent thefts from the BM by a member of staff has gotten everyone talking about #museums and their #security: here's an article unpicking some of it.

Thefts likely happen fairly frequently from a lot of collections, but they often go undiscovered for numerous reasons. Smash-and-grabs from outside thieves are a little more obvious!

Full read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66535958

#theft #MuseumNews #BritishMuseum #news #MuseumSecurity

📰 "Herbert Art Gallery & Museum installs art vending machine"

What a wonderful thing! This is everything I want to see in #museums everywhere: a repurposed #VendingMachine offering local art for the curious and art supplies for the creative. 🎨 Yas!

Full read here: https://advisor.museumsandheritage.com/news/herbert-art-gallery-museum-installs-art-vending-machine/

#MuseumNews #artists #culture #art #Coventry #ArtNews

“Six precious artefacts – together estimated to be worth more than €3 million – will be returned to the heirs of German Jewish woman Emma Budge from museums in Amsterdam and The Hague.”
#LootedArt #NaziLootedArt #HolocaustEraLootedArt #ArtNews #provenance #ReturnedArt #MuseumNews
https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2022/12/precious-objects-lost-in-nazi-germany-to-be-restored-to-rightful-heirs/

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