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Would you use a shovel that's been on display? This is a question many visitors and museum staff would rarely ask themselves -- but why?

This past July, I accepted the fellowship position at the Samek Art Museum at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA. Many of the museum...

CW: Death, Murder, Rape, Suicide, Alcohol & Alcohol Consumption. The latest episode of the Boozie Musies Podcast, “Spooky Musies: Museum...

For mature audiences CW: This article includes discussion about nudity, pornography, sex, physical assault, sex trafficking, rape, and...

Ocean’s 8 came out in 2018. It hosts the performances of major celebrities—from Sandra Bullock to Rihanna to Mindy Kaling. Like any heist...

The Indiana Jones franchise follows the daring and heroic adventures of Dr. Henry Walton “Indiana” Jones, an archaeology professor. He...

As we know, Hollywood often gets it wrong, whether it’s in the portrayal of cultures or everyday life in particular lines of work. This...

I read an article yesterday that brought up repatriation. The issue it presented was regarding human remains of enslaved peoples. Written...

With a stunning announcement from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, deaccessioning has once again entered the consciousness of the general...

With COVID-19 still a major health concern, reopening can seem like an impossible task. How on earth are you supposed to make sure...

The final thing which needs to be covered before small museums deaccession is the possibility for a person or group of people to take...

The final procedural step in our deaccessioning decussation is the process of physically removing the object from the museum’s care....

Last week, we talked about the deaccessioning policy for small museums in general. In tandem with that, we need to discuss an important...

A major part of the collections policy and the overall deaccessioning process is a museum’s deaccessioning policy. This policy outlines...

Previously, we discussed why small museums should deaccession. Now, we are going to dedicate a few posts to how small museums should...

Small museums and their collections are a world unto themselves. Authors Jackie Hoff and Nicolette Meister articulated the problem in...