Canada: The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and doctors’ organisation Médecins Francophones du Canada are teaming up to allow physicians to prescribe free museum visits. It is hoped the visits will boost patients’ moods and wellbeing.
Syria: The national museum has reopened, six years after civil war forced its closure. The National Museum of Damascus was shut to safeguard its collection, which was evacuated to secret locations around Syria.
US: New York’s Queens Museum has hired Sally Tallant, the director of the Liverpool Biennial in England, as director. She will start the role in the spring, replacing Laura Raicovich, who left in January as a result of tensions with the institution’s board.
US: The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History is to display objects that belonged to Matthew Shepard, a gay college student who was murdered in October 1998. Shepard’s parents are donating items such as notebooks and a Superman cape, as well as photographs of their son and condolence cards.
Vatican City: Museums are considering capping visitor numbers after tour guides said visitors had suffered injuries as a result of overcrowding. The city state’s galleries attract more than six million people a year, but have no daily limit on visitors.
Syria: The national museum has reopened, six years after civil war forced its closure. The National Museum of Damascus was shut to safeguard its collection, which was evacuated to secret locations around Syria.
US: New York’s Queens Museum has hired Sally Tallant, the director of the Liverpool Biennial in England, as director. She will start the role in the spring, replacing Laura Raicovich, who left in January as a result of tensions with the institution’s board.
US: The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History is to display objects that belonged to Matthew Shepard, a gay college student who was murdered in October 1998. Shepard’s parents are donating items such as notebooks and a Superman cape, as well as photographs of their son and condolence cards.
Vatican City: Museums are considering capping visitor numbers after tour guides said visitors had suffered injuries as a result of overcrowding. The city state’s galleries attract more than six million people a year, but have no daily limit on visitors.
Compiled by Rob Sharp. Sourced from the Guardian, New York Times, Blouin Artinfo and BBC
