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Intergenerational and Intragenerational Connections within a University Art Museum Program for People with Dementia Interesting program at the Nasher Museum of Art similar to what we've been doing at the Macquarie University Art Gallery for many years. scholarscompass.vcu.edu/ijllae/vol4/is…

Call for applications: Our Collections Matter Field Projects 2026. iccrom.org/news/call-appl…

Making impact on society part of the university’s DNA, via University World News All the more reason to have a university museum! universityworldnews.com/post.php?story…

The truth behind antiquities trafficking and how to stop it Colonel Matthew Bogdanos, Thursday 5th March at the Seymour Centre. Get your tickets now! eventbrite.com.au/e/the-truth-be…

The Return of the Djidji Ayôkwé: A Historic Restoration of Ivorian Cultural Heritage. More on the talking drum and the legal issue of inalienability. modernghana.com/news/1473150/t…

Hand shape in Indonesian cave may be world’s oldest known rock art, via Guardian Australia theguardian.com/science/2026/j…

'Feeding the Fire 2026' coming up in February! 11th Annual Repatriation Conference Association on American Indian Affairs indian-affairs.org/11thannualrepa…

Indigenous Collections Care (ICC) Speaker Series, Rethinking Collections Stewardship, Gilcrease Museum. Two Horizons - multiple epistemologies in the museum space. gilcrease.org/icc-speaker-se…

How the return of Bardi Jawi artefacts set a new standard for repatriation, via National Indigenous Times "repatriation works best when it is built as a partnership — not a transaction — and when Traditional Custodians are in control from the outset." nit.com.au/14-01-2026/221…

The Great Enslurrification of Culture. Enslurrification - such a useful word! But is this piece of writing about it an example of it? news.artnet.com/art-world/slur…

Volume of papers put together with Gina Hammond for the Museums Australia national conference ten years ago, and only available online here, It is receiving a bit of global attention online at the moment! researchgate.net/publication/37…

A global view on the challenges and opportunities facing university art museums. researchgate.net/publication/39…

Fancy a news outlet using the terms "stench" and "Macquarie University" in the same article! I'm shocked! miragenews.com/macquarie-stud…

The future of museums in rapidly changing communities, our editorial for the multiply collaborative UMAC program at #ICOMDubai2025 this year, with thanks to our wonderful friends in #ICOM-NATHIST, #ICOM-CIMUSET & #ICOM-CIPEG researchgate.net/publication/39…

Affective nationalism: A strategy employed to attack HE, via @uniworldnews universityworldnews.com/post.php?story…

Israeli and U.S. Strikes on Iran Destroy and Jeopardize Cultural Heritage news.artnet.com/art-world/isra…

The interactivity of museum visits! hyperallergic.com/1020874/museum…

Harvard hired a researcher to uncover its ties to slavery. He says the results cost him his job: ‘We found too many slaves’ theguardian.com/news/2025/jun/…

‘Mind-boggling stupidity’: The consultancy that captured universities, from the Saturday Paper (register to read). thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/education…

Listening to rocks at the University of Madras thehindu.com/news/cities/ch…