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Hanoi bridge museum plans spark controversy
A VND4.68 trillion (US$227 million) plan proposed to convert Hanoi’s century-old Long Bien Bridge into a contemporary art museum has met with resistance from the public and other architects. Read More
UK Oriental Museum China gallery opened
The Durham University Oriental Museum is home to one of the finest collections of Chinese antiquities in the United Kingdom. The Malcolm MacDonald Gallery: China was opened on the 11th of November 2011. Read More
Open Call: Museum Fellowship Grant, Singapore
Applications for the Asian Civilisations Museum Research Fellowship Grant close 15 February 2012. The fellowships are to be related to the museum’s collections, specifically in Peranakan material culture, Confucianism, or Christianity in Asia (up to 1800). Read More
Top Dutch Cultural Institutes Funding Threatened
The Tropenmuseum, Tropentheater and the Royal Tropical Institute Library are threatened by funding termination on culture. As of January 1, 2013 the cultural departments of the Royal Tropical Institute… Read More
Silk Road Online: International Dunhuang Project
The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online is an international collaboration to make all manuscripts, paintings, textiles & artefacts from Dunhuang & archaeological sites of the Eastern Silk Road available on the Internet. Read More
UNESCO to assess flooded Thai World Heritage site
UNESCO Bangkok has been requested by the Thai government to undertake a mission to the Ancient City of Ayutthaya in Thailand to assess the impact to the World Heritage property from heavy flooding. Read More
Welcome to the new Chair and Vice-Chair of the ASEMUS Executive Committee
The 2011 ASEMUS executive meeting was held on the 8 October in the beautiful city of Stockholm at the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities (Östasiatiska museet). At the… Read More
Rethinking Museums | Oei Hong Djien Museum in Indonesia
An interview with the founder of the private Oei Hong Djien Museum in Indonesia, who has been collecting modern & contemporary Indonesian art for more than 40 years. Read More
Ethics Checklist for Museums: ICOM
The International Council for Museums, the ICOM Ethics Committee & Germany’s central office for lost cultural property jointly compiled the Ethics Checklist for museums. Read More
Japan: Museums get creative to save power
Japanese museums reduce energy costs by switching to light-emitting diode lights (LEDs) & adopting other green methods. Read More
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