Topic
Museums
48 published works
The Faculty Lounge
Against Deaccessioning Rules
In previous visits to The Faculty Lounge, I reflected on the justification of "deaccessioning rules," or the professional rules governing the removal of items from a museum collection. While many…
For Good
Helping the New Home for Hip Hop
By David S. Miller, Carrie Slaton
Our client, The Universal Hip Hop Museum, which started two years ago as a “virtual” museum, will break ground in 2019 on a new 60,000 square foot facility in the…
Rocky Mountain Real Estate Law
City Prism: Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art Reopens in Golden Triangle
Welcome to the first installation of City Prism. Law is what we do and a part of who we are, but our lives are fully immersed in the people, places…
The Faculty Lounge
Deaccessioning Police Redux
Frederic Edwin Church, Valley of the Santa Ysabel, 1875. In a previous post, I wrote about the ongoing "deaccessioning" controversy surrounding the Berkshire Museum's decision to sell about 40 artworks…
The Faculty Lounge
Are Deaccessioning Norms Ethical?
SFMOMA recently launched a wildly popular new feature called "Send Me SFMOMA." As SFMOMA explains, "Text 572-51 with the words 'send me' followed by a keyword, a color, or even…
The Faculty Lounge
Watching the Deaccessioning Police
One of the biggest stories in the art world this week is the Berkshire Museum's plan to "deaccession" (read "sell") 40 artworks from its "permanent collection" worth about $50 million,…
The Right Coast
A $4.5 million, giant gold coin was just stolen from a German museum – MarketWatch
A gold coin weighing in at a whopping 221 pounds was reportedly stolen in the wee hours of Monday morning from Berlin s Bode Museum. A spokesman for the museum…
Family Law Prof Blog
Lawyer creates heartbreak museum
By Family Law
From The ABA Journal:A tube of toothpaste might not seem like an item worthy of an exhibit. But it’s exactly the kind of artifact that the Museum of Broken Relationships…
Race and the Law Prof Blog
Sorry, Conservatives: Justice Thomas Does Not Deserve Special Tribute in The Smithsonian’s African American History Museum
While the Smithsonian’s new National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) opened to rave reviews, one group of Americans are upset – conservatives. Why? Because the museum does…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Rushton on Nonprofit Museums
Michael J. Rushton (Indiana University Bloomington - School of Public & Environmental Affairs) has posted Should Public and Nonprofit Museums Have Free Admission? on SSRN with the following abstract:A common…