Tag: Museums
Polar bears have captivated artists’ imaginations for centuries, but what they’ve...
Anne Collins Goodyear, Bowdoin College
Polar bears have long held visual artists in their thrall. Over time, the mythologies...
Museum specimens could help fight the next pandemic – why preserving...
Jocelyn P. Colella, University of Kansas and Bryan McLean, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
Imagine yourself as the first naturalist to stand in a...
Museums preserve clues that can help scientists predict and analyze future...
Pamela Soltis, University of Florida; Joseph Cook, University of New Mexico, and Richard Yanagihara, University of Hawaii
In less than 20 years, communities around the...
Rights of the dead and the living clash when scientists extract...
Chip Colwell, University of Colorado Denver
The remains of a 6-inch long mummy from Chile are not those of a space alien, according to recently...
What makes some art so bad that it’s good?
John Dyck, CUNY Graduate Center
“The Disaster Artist” – which just earned James Franco a Golden Globe for his portrayal of director Tommy Wiseau –...
Could razing Hitler’s first home backfire?
Despina Stratigakos, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
The Austrian government has announced that it will demolish or completely remake the house...
Can technology help fashion clean up its act?
Suzanne Mancini, Rhode Island School of Design
Chemical waste, mass production and consumerism are all byproducts of an industrialized global economy.
The fashion industry is no...
Why cities should stop building museums and focus on festivals
Jonathan Wynn, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Last year the Institute of Museum and Library Services offered a catchy statistic: the United States has more museums...
EXPLORING NATURE
The western US is in a snow drought, and storms have...
Alejandro N. Flores, Boise State University
Much of the western U.S. has started 2026 in the midst of a...
