Most Read This Week In Museums

[close] Quarterly, the Texarkana Museums System will promote the works of a regional author at a book signing event at one of our four locations.

[close] For anyone interested in books on this topic, including the following overlapping sub-topics: (1) Antiquities trafficking/looting; (2) Art market scandals, incl. forgery; (3) Nazi-looted art (& returns; (4) Returning/repatriating cultural artifacts*; (5) Investigations of art heists (6) Museum scandals The group's primary goal is to share a list of recommended (nonfiction) books--see https://www.goodreads.com/group/bookshelf/1206818-art-and-antiquities-crime-nonfiction-reading that will appeal either to a newcomer or more well-versed readers. The discussion page can be used to exchange ideas, and/or recommend other media on the topic (magazine articles, podcasts and TV series). The list will be broken down into the following sub-themes (which have some overlap): -Antiquities trafficking and looting -Art market scandals, incl. Art forgery (late 20th C/early 21st C) -Nazi-looted art (and returns) -Returning/repatriating cultural artifacts* -Investigations of art heists -Museum scandals Our reading list(s) will include older/out-of-print titles as well, since some of these are really useful from a historical perspective. *Books on more theoretical or legal concepts (e.g., 'what are museums' responsibilties?), or best practices, won't feature prominently, unless they are seminal. But, readers interested in how these topic relate to art and antiquities crime are encouraged to create an in-depth group, and use the discussion page(s) to share links and invite others.

[close] This Group deals with discussions about Books relating the the Archaeology, Anthropology and Long-Term History of North America. This includes allied topics such as Palaeobotany, Geology and any other allied disciplines of Archaeology and Archaeological Sciences

[close] Our goal is to engage ARLIS/NA members and individuals who are interested in exhibitions for libraries, archives, museums, or other cultural institutions in dialogues about various topics relating to exhibitions.