#museum issues

WYWH: Legal Issues in Museum Administration 2021

By Center for Art Law. On March 11th and 12th, 2021, the American Legal Institute (“ALI”) webcasted the forty-ninth annual Legal Issues in Museum Administration (“LIMA”) conference, on the digital age, working remotely, and legal updates throughout the past year. Day 1: Our New Relationship with Technology After welcoming remarks by Judith Leonard, General Counsel of the Smithsonian Institute,…

Museums and COVID-19: from Deaccessioning to Reopening

By Olivia Baker.

Since March of 2020, it is an understatement to say that the world has been completely altered due to the coronavirus pandemic. In the past few months, artists and art institutions faced the ramifications of the pandemic, between canceled exhibitions, dealing with extraordinary financial losses, and numerous layoffs and furloughs. It was reported that, in April 2020 alone, the…

U.S. Museums May Serve As Safe Havens to protect ISIS-Looted Antiquities from Destruction

  by Elizabeth Weber, Esq.

Source: AAMD Website.

Following the destruction and looting of culturally significant works in war-torn areas, the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) issued a number of protocols to safeguard these artifacts by granting them safe haven in AAMD member museums. The protocols, titled AAMD Protocols for Safe Havens for Works of Cultural Significance from Countries…