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Heritage, Repatriation & Conservation
Museum ethics, NAGPRA, illicit antiquities, and site preservation.
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Nearly $1M in county grants will protect Hunterdon’s historic resources
11+ hour, 30+ min ago (118+ words) New Jersey Hills Media Group The Hunterdon County Board of County Commissioners approved $954,250 in Historic Preservation and Municipal Open Space grants, including $276,250 to Readington Township for the restoration of the ruins at Taylor’s Mill. The Hunterdon County Board of County…...
Grizzlies Are Being Brought Back To The North Cascades
11+ hour, 23+ min ago (636+ words) Grizzly bears' historical range is much larger than their current distribution today. They used to be found from Alaska through the entirety of the Western U.S., including the Great Plains and the North Cascades Mountains. Native Americans were familiar with grizzly…...
Big Woods Preserve nationally recognized in Old Growth Forest Network
14+ hour, 34+ min ago (605+ words) Wayzata comes together to celebrate Big Woods Preserve being nationally recognized and inducted as a Community Forest in the Old-Growth Forest Network, Sept. 24. Big Woods Preserve continues to reach for the stars despite nearby developments. From left: Old-Growth Forest Network…...
Chelsea Plantation to become state forest
22+ hour, 29+ min ago (815+ words) A Jasper County plantation which had once been the topic of numerous conversations concerning its future will now become a state forest, according to the Nature Conservancy of South Carolina. Chelsea Plantation, which had been sought after by developers over…...
Egypt’s Fayoum mummy portraits to travel abroad for first time after restoration
18+ hour, 41+ min ago (223+ words) Specialists from Rome worked alongside conservators from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir — where the collection is usually kept — for three weeks to restore the artwork, officials said at a press conference. Fayum mummy portraits were painted primarily on thin wooden…...
Smashed Chinese bowl at British Museum sparks diplomatic row
22+ hour, 36+ min ago (753+ words) 10am - 12pm10am to 12pm A porcelain bowl and ceramic box belonging to the Qing dynasty have been smashed in an unexplained fall at the British Museum. The breakages have provoked anger in China in both national and social media, with suggestions the incident…...
Land trusts secure 1,800 acres in Somerset County along Appalachian Trail
23+ hour, 30+ min ago (632+ words) Two land trusts have secured a 1,843-acre parcel southeast of Moxie Pond and along the Appalachian Trail in a remote part of Somerset County, in what they called “a win for both people and nature.” The Trust for Public Land,…...
British Museum: Priceless Chinese artefacts found smashed risking diplomatic row with Beijing
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (553+ words) The British Museum has been engaged in talks over returning artefacts A Qing Dynasty porcelain bowl and decorative ceramic box have been mysteriously destroyed Priceless Chinese artefacts have been found smashed at the British Museum, risking a diplomatic row between…...
In 1980, Jimmy Carter signed a law protecting more than 104 million acres of Alaska, locking away 57 million acres as wilderness before large-scale development could reach them
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (375+ words) The Times of India In the final weeks of 1980, one of the most significant conservation decisions in US history was taking shape in Alaska The move would place vast areas of the state under federal protection, preserving landscapes ranging from…...
Medicine Hat Police Service Museum welcomes Indigenous carving dating back to 1929
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (138+ words) CJWE Medicine Hat Police Service Museum welcomes Indigenous carving dating back to 1929 A historic wood carving of an Indigenous figurehead has been gifted to the Medicine Hat Police Service Museum by the granddaughter of one-time police Chief James Bruce. Bruce…...