The Bayeux Tapestry officially opens its doors to the public tomorrow, so now feels like a good time to share this video 🎬
This scene from the Tapestry on the steps of The British Museum has become one of the most-viewed videos the museum has produced! #globalmuseum #BayeuxTapestry #BritishMuseum

Police are searching for two thieves who stole four Renoir paintings from a French museum, before dropping two in the gardens as they fled the scene.
www.bbc.com/news/live/cm... #Renoir #globalmuseum #art #artheist #museums #crime

New Resource: Indigenous Collections Care Guide.
The School for Advanced Research (SAR).
A new, freely available resource designed to help museums & collecting institutions put culturally appropriate care of Native collections into practice
sarweb.org/iarc/icc/
#globalmuseum #museums #collections

Let there be music!
Portatil wooden gramophone cameraphone circa 1920 Germany.
@popmania.es #globalmuseum #antiques #music #gramophones #1920s

US museum uses benches that National Gallery ditched over safety fears.
Wadsworth Atheneum in Connecticut installs leather sofas that London attraction had deemed fire and pest risk.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09... #globalmuseum #museums #ArtGallery #safety

Researchers in Germany have found that "superworms" can efficiently strip away soft tissue from animal remains while leaving the bones unharmed, potentially providing museums and labs with a faster, alternative to traditional methods.
www.yahoo.com/news/science... #globalmuseum #museums #superworms

‘Fabulous museums and no queues’: 5 of the best under-the-radar city breaks in Europe.
From the Renaissance treasures of Parma to offbeat creativity in Nantes, these cities offer world-class art
www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/... #globalmuseum #museums

Why Were There No Tiny Dinosaurs? You Might Blame Mammals.
Early mammals had ably filled ecological niches for small animals, their presence prevented dinosaurs from evolving tiny body sizes adapted to such niches.
japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/news-service... #globalmuseum #dinosaurs #mammals

This beautiful gold enamelled spoon is from early 19th-century Iran.
The art of enamelling was especially popular during the Qajar period (1797 to 1834), which this spoon dates from.
#ashmoleanmuseum #globalmuseum #Iran #spoons

Plunge into a field of colour in this short, guided meditation on Leon Berkowitz’s atmospheric painting Coronation. Use this 3-minute mindfulness and breathing exercise to bring calm and peace to your day.
National Gallery of Art
#globalmuseum #meditation #art #museums #relaxation

Fresco Treasure Hunting.
Combing the walls.
"I was vaguely concerned that the prospect of significantly increasing my art historical understanding might somehow diminish that basic childlike sense of wonder"
ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/fresco-tre... #globalmuseum #art #Fresco

⭐ JOB POSTING⭐
Registrar and Collections Manager.
The Art, Design & Architecture Museum (AD&A Museum).
The University of California.
$82,946.87 to $86,274.15/year.
👇
www.museum.ucsb.edu/opportunities/ #globalmuseum #museumjobs #museums

From Produce To Plate: The Influence of The Kitchen Garden in The Decorative Arts with Dr Suzanne Bravery.
The Johnston Collection, Melbourne VIC.
Thursday 10 Sep 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
johnstoncollection.org/From-Produce... #globalmuseum #museums #decorativearts

This weeks' favourite cartoon!
#globalmuseum #cartoons #BayeuxTapestry #humour #humor

In this profile from the Victoria and Albert Museum, puppet maker Oliver Hymans takes us into his studio at the Little Angel Theatre in Islington to demonstrate the mechanics behind bringing inanimate objects to life.
thekidshouldseethis.com/post/endange...
#globalmuseum #puppetry #museums

The British Museum insisted the Bayeux Tapestry's condition was "virtually unchanged" after France said two broken threads had been noticed following the centuries-old embroidery's move to London.
www.yahoo.com/news/world/a... #globalmuseum #BritishMuseum #BayeuxTapestry

There’s something especially thrilling about coming face-to-face with an object like this. ✨
A tiny fragment of papyrus, nearly 2,300 years old, containing lines from Homer’s Odyssey, including three lines that don’t even appear in the version we know today.
@themetwanderer #globalmuseum