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AMS 302 Seminar: The Material Culture of New England, 1630–1860 (4 Credits) This course examines the material culture of everyday…

Summer in the Aegean is usually associated with turquoise waters, long lunches, winding coastal roads and sunsets that seem to…

A new online resource combines data from 45 different natural history collections to provide easy-to-use information on America’s threatened freshwater…

The French art critic, curator and museum director Christian Bernard died on 6 August at the age of 76. His…

Proactive due diligence, from advance planning and staff training to better data and site-specific risk assessments, can help protect irreplaceable…

The Norton Museum of Art has tapped René Morales to lead the institution’s contemporary art programming through a new “Curator in Residence”…

The sale of the Leonard A. Lauder Collection offers a glimpse of what happens when a lifetime of collecting changes…

Collectors typically resist selling, even when it’s the option most likely to serve heirs. Photo by Bruno Altea on Unsplash…

The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in La Jolla hosted its annual fundraising gala, this year themed “Currents,” on…

Author Annmarie Fearing with a largetooth sawfish specimen for DNA testing.Kelcee SmithThere’s something almost magical about wandering through the collections…