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Curating, museums and galleries: More online resources

Resources for studying museums, galleries, curation and display techniques

 

    

 

Association of Art Museum Curators
US organisation. Among many other projects, launched the Professional Alliance for Curators of Color (PACC) in 2021.

 

Autism in Museums
'An initiative to raise awareness of accessibility for all in museums and cultural venues.' UK based.

 

Burns Halperin Report
Analyses the efforts of US museums to diversify their programmes.

 

CARTA (archived websites)
Snapshots of the websites of galleries and public institutions, from around the world

 

Contemporary Art Library
'More than 370,000 images, documents and videos representing more than 12,500 exhibitions, performances and other projects.'

 

Disability and museums
See these research projects from  the University of Leicester's Research Centre for Museums and Galleries:

 

Gallery Gurls
Blog by Black Latinx New York-based author Jasmin Hernandez, focussing on BIPOC practitioners: mostly artists, but also curators and gallerists. Includes interviews and studio visits.

 

Harald Szeemann Archive
Access to over 1000 digitised items from the archive held by the Getty Research Institute

 

Hou Hanrou bibliography
Reading list compiled by iniva.

 

ICOM (International Council of Museums)
Site includes Red Lists of cultural objects in danger, the ICOM code of ethics, and a publications database.

 

International Curators Forum
Founded in 2007, with a focus on cultural diversity.

 

LGBTQ+ themes in museums and galleries
Listing of dedicated LGBTQ+ museums and galleries, plus guides to relevant content in more mainstream institutions.

 

MCN: Advancing Digital Transformation in Museums
Includes the Ultimate Guide to Virtual Museum Resources, E-learning and Online Collections, created for the COVID-19 crisis of 2020.

 

Museum law

 

Museum Digital Initiatives During the Coronavirus Pandemic
A global map, though with much better coverage of Europe and North America.  

 

MuseumNext
'Founded in 2009 in England, MuseumNext brings together a passionate community of museum leaders, makers and innovators to ask: What’s next for museums?’

 

Museums & Race: Transformation and Justice
'A movement to challenge and re-imagine institutional policies and systems that perpetuate oppressions in museums.' From the USA.

 

Museums Association (UK)
Has produced a code of ethics for museums.

 

Online museums of NFTs and other digital art
See the digital art guide.

 

Private Museum Research
Research project led by Olav Velthuis.

 

Queer Heritage and Collections Network
'The project aims to launch a UK-wide network, providing training, networking and peer support to people working with LGBTQ+ collections and histories.' 

 

Readying the Museum
'A collaboration between artists, arts workers and museum directors working to prepare museums to upend the multitude of systemic issues that prevent them from meeting their missions in equitable and accountable ways.'

 

Registrar Trek
Collections management blog.

 

Research Centre for Museums and Galleries: research archive
From the University of Leicester: details of projects from 2000 onwards, with many publications available to download.

 

Restitution and Repatriation: A Practical Guide for Museums in England
From Arts Council England.

 

Sustainability in museums and galleries
Links compiled by the SIA library.

 

Talking Galleries
Discussions about the gallery business.  The video channel is particularly good.

 

Trans-Inclusive Culture: Guidance on advancing trans inclusion for museums, galleries, archives and heritage organisations.
From the University of Leicester's Research Centre for Museums and Galleries.  To access, either complete the Please tell us about your interest in this resource form, or simply select Skip. See also the Research Centre's Museums and the transgender tipping point.

 

UK Registrars Group
'A forum for communication and co-operation between registrars, collection managers, exhibition organizers and other museum professionals in fields related to the work undertaken by registrars.'