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18/09/2023 15:31

Looted artifact to return to Việt Nam

The statue, about two metres long and around 250kg in weight, was recognised as a World Heritage by the United Nations' cultural organisation (UNESCO).

15/10/2021 10:43

Scientists discover Welsh ‘dragon’ dinosaur – the size of a chicken

Pendraig milnerae was related to T rex and likely to have been apex predator despite its size, say experts

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27/04/2021 10:51

Museums and New Business Models

JAMIE LARKIN, PAUL BURTENSHAW (Assistant Professor of Creative and Cultural Industries, Chapman University, USA; International Heritage Consultant)

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16/04/2021 14:35

Tokyo 2020 in 2021 The Impact of Postponing the Olympic Games on a Museum’s Programming

ANNE CHEVALLEY (Chief Curator, The Olympic Museum)

Keywords: Resilience; Creativity; Phygital; Learning; Durability

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12/11/2020 08:34

The Maya built the Western Hemisphere’s first water filtration system

The Maya city of Tikal is famous for its soaring palaces and temples. But something far more humble kept Tikal functioning: its water filtration system, the earliest known of its kind. Researchers recently discovered a volcanic mineral that captures microbes and heavy metals in one of Tikal’s largest reservoirs. Because the material is not found nearby, the finding suggests the presence of a deliberate filter.

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03/09/2020 10:26

Museum Education and Learning: The Forgotten Professions?

Keywords: Museum definition; Museum education; Cultural interaction; Freelance; Mediator.

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01/09/2020 14:38

Surveying and Addressing COVID-19’s Impact on Museums in Singapore

TAN TZE EE
Deputy Chief Executive (Policy & Community), National Heritage Board of Singapore

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06/05/2020 11:46

Victory Week May 4-10, 2020

Military Medical museum with the Committee for external relations of St. Petersburg organize a special online program for the Victory Day in the Great Patriotic War of Soviet People with Nazy Germany.

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16/10/2019 12:09

National Museum of Finland Repatriates Some Mesa Verde Items

HELSINKI, FINLAND—National Parks Traveler reports that the National Museum of Finland will hand over the remains of 20 individuals and 28 artifacts removed from what is now Mesa Verde National Park in the late nineteenth century to representatives of the 26 federally recognized Native American tribes traditionally associated with the park.

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26/09/2019 14:09

Call for papers

Changing Interpretations, Meanings and Concepts of Heritage

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Bảo tàng lịch sử Quốc gia

Vietnam National Museum of History