PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Historical Society said it was thrilled to announce Tuesday the launch of its Museum Collection Portal (museumcollection.ohs.org) — a public, online database ...

The British Museum today launches a major revamp of its online collection database, allowing over 4 million objects to be seen by people anywhere in the world. This new version of the online database ...

At the Chazen Museum of Art in Wisconsin, each gallery will now have a single “focus object,” with “a constellation of other artworks” helping to draw out particular themes. Apostles Jug fabricated by ...

The museum is entrusted with the care and preservation of the collection. Care for the collection is a collaborative effort shared by all staff. Every effort must be made to provide a stable climate ...

The great museums of the world harbor a secret: They’re home to millions upon millions of natural history specimens that almost never see the light of day. They lie hidden from public view, typically ...

When Anna Dhody was growing up in Philadelphia, in the nineteen-eighties, her mother used the city’s museums as a kind of babysitter. “She would just drop me off at the Penn Museum and be, like, ...

Museum curators oversee museum collections by managing the acquisition, preservation and display of museum artifacts. They may conduct instructional, research, or public service activities of ...