Art
Is Art Museum Attendance Declining Across the US?
There are signs that attendance in many museums across the country is slowly falling, but the reasons why are still to be determined.
Museums
Art
How a Fake Monster Crept Into our Museums
The Fiji Mermaid was an object of fantasy but for a long time it was on display as a specimen that many people believed was real.
News
Metropolitan Museum Will Charge Mandatory Admission to Non-New Yorkers
The museum's president announced that as of March 1, visitors from outside of New York State will be charged a mandatory admission, but will make tickets valid for three days.
Art
Imagining What Museums Might Become
At the CUNY Graduate Center, a multifaceted conversation on the future of museums showed some of the contrasting and competing visions for what they might become.
Art
Can Social Tagging Deepen the Museum Experience?
Museums are reimagining their archives, their collections, and their relationship to their visitors through social tagging.
Art
Go Behind the Scenes of 9 Museums With These Great Online Web Series
These nine museums are using online video series to take viewers behind the scenes of their collections.
Art
In London's Reopened Garden Museum, Horticulture History Is Told Among Tombs
The Garden Museum in London has reopened, showcase a recreation of a 17th-century curiosity cabinet, horticultural art, and the tombs of the deconsecrated church in which it's located.
Comics
When Museum Security Let Down Their Guard
"Everyone wants to touch the art. It's just human nature."
Art
How a Smithsonian Naturalist’s Skeleton Ended Up on View at the Museum
The skeleton of 19th-century collector Robert Kennicott is on view in the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History's Objects of Wonder. The bones recently solved the long mystery of his death.
Art
When Wrong Goes Right: 30 Creative Museum 404 Error Pages
404 pages are the dead ends of the internet, but some museums are using them for a bit of playful audience engagement.
News
On Museum Day, Institutions Encourage Visitors to Be Activists for the Arts
On May 18, museums across the county will offer free or discounted admission, and many will also put out postcards for writing to elected officials.
In Brief
Metropolitan Museum May Start Charging Admission to Out-of-Towners
The museum is in talks with municipal officials about potentially charging tourists a mandatory admission fee.