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Quirky Museums: Grass Roots
Recently we have begun a new series highlighting smaller, niche museums around the world that deserve more recognition than they get, and...
Luna Venturi
Dec 16, 20212 min read
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Why We Love Touring Exhibition Translation
The days of exclusive museum collections are coming to an end. Collaborations between organisations who function worlds apart are making...
Luna Venturi
Nov 17, 20213 min read
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Trailblazers: A New Series
How often do you hear about the leadership behind a successful exhibit? Not often enough. Individuals behind innovation in the museum...
Luna Venturi
Nov 3, 20213 min read
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Reimagining Exhibition Exchange: A Review
Attendees from 27 different countries gathered virtually on Tuesday for the ICOM ICEE 2021 Annual Conference: Reimagining Exhibition...
Luna Venturi
Oct 6, 20215 min read
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COVID-19 and Museums - A Report on the OECD 2020 Webinar
The webinar, organized by OECD and ICOM and held on the 10th April, focused on three main topics: The short and long term impact of...
Luna Venturi
Apr 14, 20206 min read
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The Importance of Multilingual Museum Resources in a Contemporary Setting
From the smallest venues to the world stage, modern sentiments towards The Other are shifting at an alarming rate. Rampant xenophobia and...
Luna Venturi
Feb 11, 20203 min read
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“Profound Healthy” Debate Over the Definition of Museums Marks the 25th ICOM General Conference
ICOM Postpones Vote on New Museum Definition in Light of Growing Rift in the International Community There’s no doubt that museums are...
Luna Venturi
Nov 11, 20193 min read
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Not all Translations are Created Equal – What Makes a Quality Museum Translation. PART 1
What does a museum translator do that other types of translators don’t do? It’s easy to spot a translation blunder- remember HSBC’s 2009...
Luna Venturi
Mar 27, 20193 min read
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Language Museums Around the World
If you were presented with a short article that had been written by a robot, would you be able to tell? This is just one of the many...
Luna Venturi
Nov 15, 20183 min read
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The Multilingual Museum Part 4: In Reaching Out to ‘Citizens’, Whose Language do You Choose?
Language Inclusiveness Should Extend Beyond the Museum Walls – Here’s Why There’s a reason our oldest museums are built in the classical...
Luna Venturi
Mar 7, 20183 min read
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The Multilingual Museum Part 3: Reaching Out to Refugees
As you read this, there are around 119,000 refugees in the UK (1). About one-sixth of them are from Syria(2), where a brutal conflict has...
Luna Venturi
Feb 1, 20184 min read
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The Multilingual Museum: How Museums are Tackling the Objective of Engaging Multilingual Audiences
In this new series, we will be exploring how museums are exploring this exciting new frontier. You’ll read about innovative solutions...
Luna Venturi
Oct 25, 20173 min read
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Spiky Studs, General Elections and the Complicated Business of Museum Translation
When museums offer ambitious exhibitions steeped in political context, the job of translation gets even more complex than usual. In the...
Luna Venturi
Jul 10, 20172 min read
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Brits View Museums as Keepers of the Truth… for Everyone
Museums, if nothing else, are institutions of engagement, learning, and truth. But to fulfil those aims and engage everyone, they must be...
Luna Venturi
May 23, 20173 min read
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