Congratulations to our research assistants Kayla, Soleil Hawley, and Tom B for their presentations about #culturalheritage trafficking and preservation at #aiascs2024👏 AIA Penn Museum Smithsonian|CRI

Follow HeMo: Ukrainian Heritage Monitoring Lab for more.

.Educational & Cultural Affairs—U.S. Dept. of State’s Cultural Property Advisory Committee will meet from 1/30-2/1 to discuss the extension of a cultural property agreement with Algeria and a request for import restrictions from India. Discover how to submit comments: bit.ly/3vDCmlB

March 1st, USCBS conference at Kernochan Center Columbia Law School on cultural property, and the USCBS' Annual Meeting. Protecting Cultural Property: The #1954HagueConvention at 70. Registration (both in-person and virtual): go.sullivanlaw.com/1march2024-reg…

It's great to hear from my fellow provenance specialists (Judith Barr @historyofmack Lynley McAlpine and others) on the topic of provenance research at American museums. The people who are doing this important work are indeed the experts! artnews.com/art-news/news/…

On 3/14, please join the PennCHC Penn Museum to learn from Dr. Wade Campbell about Diné history and pueblitos in the U.S. Southwest. Wade Campbell BU Anthropology UPenn Anthropology #archaeology #culturalheritage

If only my undergraduate self had read this, it could have spared me a lot of turmoil

Thank you, TEFAF | The European Fine Art Foundation #Maastricht, for hosting us at your first-ever Summit dedicated to the cause of safeguarding cultural heritage. It was a pleasure to participate with our close partners Mohammad Fahim Rahimi and Veronica Davila. #CER #TEFAFSummit

Copyeditors rejoice🎉

🔵A webinar "IDP organizations and coalition building" was held by the Blue Shield Georgia and Penn Cultural Heritage Center. The webinar aimed to gather representatives of cultural organizations who work with the IDP community and to help them communicate about common challenges.

Hands down best museum public program of all time AKC Museum of the Dog

The Hryhorii Skovoroda Literary Memorial Museum in Ukraine was damaged by shelling in 2022. Read our new report on this damage with research partners Smithsonian|CRI, HeMo: Ukrainian Heritage Monitoring Lab, CIDCM @GVPTUMD, and Virginia Museum of Natural History: bit.ly/3WoZLRf

Ditto! Thank you FESCH for a fascinating series of conversations about the future of provenance research on antiquities in academic collections.

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"Cultural targeting should concern us greatly," the PennCHC's Dr. Brian I. Daniels told the U.S. Congress's Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission on Erasing Ukrainian Identity and Culture HeMo: Ukrainian Heritage Monitoring Lab Smithsonian|CRI Gov't & Politics UMD Virginia Museum of Natural History shorturl.at/sv34h

Today we announced the launch of the Museums: Missions and Acquisitions (M2A) Project. Supported by a National Leadership Grant from IMLS, the M2A Project is studying the collecting practices of 450+ U.S. museums and the relationship between their missions and collections.

Excited to be implementing this project to understand collecting by museums and to promote museum ethics with Corinne Muller Kayla Soleil Hawley Penn Cultural Heritage Center Penn Museum

Today is the International Day Against Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Property. Through our Cultural Property Experts On Call (CPEOC) Program, we partner with Heritage at State's Cultural Heritage Coordinating Committee (CHCC) on efforts to stop cultural trafficking.

🎉Today is the Antiquities Coalition’s 10th anniversary! We are building a world where cultural treasures are safe, respected, and protected for future generations.

On March 25 at 12:00 p.m., please join the PennCHC @PennMuseum for a book talk by Nancy Moses, author of "The Rescuers: The Remarkable People Who Saved World Heritage." Nancy’s talk will focus on the work of Cori Wegener, the former director of Smithsonian|CRI.