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The president’s economic strategies, often announced abruptly and enforced with little warning, are creating ripple effects across industries and the art market is no exception. #art #ArtMarketTrends

Frustrated that their objections to oil and gas drilling in Chaco Canyon were being ignored, Picuris officials asked University of Copenhagen evolutionary geneticist Eske Willerslev to fill in gaps in their tribal history using genetic data. #ChacoCanyon #indigenousrights #NativeAmerican

So far, only 26 places in the United States have been designated as UNESCO World Heritage sites. The U.S. Interior Department put the refuge up for consideration in December. #UNESCOWorldHeritage #CulturalHeritage #HistoricLandmarks #AmericanHistory

💐135 historic cemeteries have been registered and a visual glossary has been launched with hundreds of photos from around the state. #HistoricCemeteries #CemeteryHistory #Louisianna #culturalheritage

“No divisive political decision will ever shake my commitment to Holocaust remembrance and education or to combatting hate and antisemitism. I will continue to speak out, to educate, and to fight hate in all its forms—because silence is never an option” - Doug Emhoff #HolocaustRemembrance #museums

❗The U.S. is by far the world’s largest art market, but it is also one of a dwindling number of jurisdictions where art sales are not subject to any anti-money laundering regulations at all. #ArtMarket #ArtLaw #culturalheritage

😍The Mellon Foundation on Tuesday announced $15 million in emergency funding for state humanities councils across the country, throwing what advocates say is a crucial lifeline after the cancellation of federal support had left some in danger of collapse. #humanities #culturalheritage

➡️Doing so effectively created a new class of emergency permit to fast track energy projects across the country. But environmental advocates worry this will harm the ability of the public to weigh in on projects that will contribute to climate change and harm sensitive ecosystems. #permitting

🎯The impact has been swift and shocking to many in the cultural field, raising questions about what the arts will look like under Trump and spurring calls for a co-ordinated resistance. #ArtCommunity #ArtsAdvocacy #culturalheritage

❤️"I'm so impressed with the use of modern technology to give dignity to these long-ignored and forgotten African American soldiers," Holly K. Norton, the state archaeologist of Colorado, who was not involved in the research, told Live Science. #kentuckyhistory #archaeology #AfricanAmericanHistory

🎨🖌️But how did Renaissance art lead to the mathematics that govern modern cryptography? The tale spans six centuries and two continents and touches on infinity itself. #fineart #historymatters #RenaissanceArt

📢Organizers are calling on local groups throughout the week to support Black museums, libraries and other institutions in their communities. Civil rights leaders also signed an affirmation to support the preservation of Black history. #culturalheritage #museums #historymatters #HandsOffOurHistory

Senior officials say tens of thousands of artefacts were either destroyed or shipped off to be sold during the time the RSF was in control of central Khartoum, where the museum is situated. #culturalheritage #museums #SudanHeritage

Tribal Chairman Mark Fox said the goal is to establish a park for cultural and recreational purposes such as canoeing, kayaking and viewing wildlife. #TribalHeritage #indigenous

CONFIDENTIAL CONVERSATIONS WELCOME - Let us know what you're seeing. 🤐Use our secure channels to highlight when cultural resources are at risk! #permitting#archaeology #culturalheritage #historicpreservation

In hearings last year, the district attorney's office accused the Chicago museum of ignoring evidence of an elaborate fraud undertaken to conceal that the artwork had been stolen from Mr. Grünbaum by the Nazis on the eve of World War II. #ArtRestitution #NaziLootedArt #ArtLaw

🚨National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA): Wednesday’s notice authorizes DOI bureaus to follow alternative procedures for compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act for proposed undertakings responding to the energy emergency. #permitting #archaeology #culturalheritage

When he's not at his day job at Green Valley Auctions, Botkin is often out documenting burial sites and scouring old newspapers and vital records for evidence of the people interred there. #BurialSiteResearch #CemeteryExploration

🪃Tucked deep within a West Texas cave, archaeologists discovered what is likely the oldest intact weapon system ever found in North America. ⁀➴ #ArchaeologicalFinds #CulturalHeritage #Archaeology #TexasHistory

REGISTER NOW! ⚖️ Marion Werkheiser will discuss how recent Trump administration actions may permit federal agencies to rubber stamp projects without public input, meaningful consultation with Tribes, or any obligation to avoid or mitigate damage to historic properties. lnkd.in/eaePjaPC #law

The 2,200-year-old statue of a man, which has been in the museum’s collection since 1991, dates to the Ptolemaic Dynasty of Egypt and is believed to have been looted from the Ptolemais Museum in modern-day Libya during World War II. #MuseumCollection #CulturalHeritage #Archaeology

♀️These leaders advocate and take action, transforming Montana’s policy landscape and inspiring future generations. #MontanaPolitics #Indigenous #NativeAmerican

🚨This move may sound merely bureaucratic on the surface, but a little probing reveals deep cause for alarm.

❗Cultural property made of valuable metals, including outdoor sculptures and historical markers from cemeteries, parks, bridges, and buildings, has also been stolen, creating wounds that go deeper than cracks from a crowbar. #CulturalHeritage #ArtTheft #LosAngeles

A Gordon County judge ordered more testing after accusations that a subdivision under construction is encroaching on a historic cemetery. #HistoricPreservation #CemeteryProtection

Environmentalists, local opponents and members of the San Carlos Apache Tribe lambasted the administration’s decision to move forward without a ruling from the court. #culturalheritage #Arizona

😍“The idea is that we’re going to capture every single stone today, every single name, and hopefully that will help descendants and future researchers find out more about their roots,” she said. #CulturalHeritage #Genealogy #historymatters

Nando’s has been buying South African art to display in its peri-peri chicken restaurants globally since 2004, amassing a collection of about 32,000 pieces from 700 artists and becoming one of the country’s most significant supporters of visual artists. #art #culturalheritage

Across the country, state departments of transportation are involved in a variety of cultural and archaeological efforts – many involving Native American communities. #CulturalHeritage #NativeAmericanCulture #Transportation

👉“We suggest further archaeological assessment take place at the now more closely defined ‘Meaher’s Hummock’ with probable prehistoric, historic, and maritime archaeological remains from the indigenous shell mounds, the sawmill, shipyard, and original settlement of the community before 1865”

🚨“The White House is asserting the power, essentially, to regulate or to deregulate by executive order. That is novel,” said Nina Mendelson, a law professor at the University of Michigan. #culturalheritage #historicpreservation

❤️The tribe is also planning to build a small visitors’ center on the newly acquired land, new pow wow grounds, walking trails and public education and recreation opportunities #landback #indigenous #culturalheritage #NativeAmerican

“Nobody else should be burying their families because these rogue, rich, white, racist people continue to build projects that are suffocating us,” Pearson said. “This is all preventable.”

❤️‍🩹...the history-making transplant using Tucker’s heart was part of a recurring pattern of similar violations over centuries in U.S. and Virginia history. #culturalheritage #historymatters #VCU

❤️‍🩹...the history-making transplant using Tucker’s heart was part of a recurring pattern of similar violations over centuries in U.S. and Virginia history. #culturalheritage #historymatters #VCU

❗There is perhaps no institution on earth whose opening has been as wildly anticipated, or as mind-bogglingly delayed, as the Grand Egyptian Museum outside Cairo. #CulturalHeritage #Archaeology #HistoricSites #Cairo #GrandEgyptianMuseum

📌The site, which houses the Freedom Rides Museum, is “an essential historical landmark that not only honors the legacy of the Freedom Riders but also educates the public about our nation’s struggle for equality and justice.” #HistoricalLandmark #HistoryMatters #museum #culturalheritage

The Sudan National Museum has been wrecked by two years of war in Sudan, with most of its artifacts stolen. #CulturalHeritage #museums

President Donald Trump’s flurry of executive orders since returning to the White House is shaking up the art world. #ArtNews #FineArt #CulturalHeritage

🚨President Trump is trying to repeal regulations without going through the notice and comment period. 🚨

🚨More cuts to Interior's workforce are coming... #InteriorDepartment #culturalheritage

➡️In a series of executive orders, President Donald Trump is reshaping the way America’s history is presented in places that people around the world visit. #historymatters #culturalheritage #museum #Smithsonian wapo.st/44lJ5Q8

⚠️We need you to be on the lookout to help us IDENTIFY situations where cultural resources are at risk - find out what to look for here! ⚠️ #culturalheritage #HeritageAtRisk #HeritageConservation

📌Greg Werkheiser, CHP co-founder, details how the Trump administration's actions threaten museums that tell America's multicultural story. #museums #culturalheritage #MuseumStories #HeritageSites

The need for these museums — the urgent need to undo profound acts of erasure — helped shape public history throughout the country. #CulturalHeritage #MuseumAdvocacy #Smithsonian wapo.st/4jwZ5Dx

For centuries, American institutions have flattened Native existence into a relic of the past, a historical footnote to be studied rather than a living, evolving force. Yet, as Indigenous Identities makes clear, the so-called “past” is still unfolding. #CulturalHeritage #Indigenous #NativeAmerican

As plans unfold, Harlem’s African Burial Ground will become a powerful symbol of remembrance and resilience—honoring those buried there while educating future generations about their enduring legacy. #CulturalHeritage #Harlem #HistoricalSite

Using a laser technology known as lidar, Zimpel and his team have rediscovered the lost Portuguese colony — finding an intricate urban system of canals, roads and military fortifications, and the remains of stone structures. #Archaeology #LidarTechnology #CulturalHeritage

"This is more than historical revisionism—it is the federalization of white supremacy, weaponizing government power to erase Black and Brown histories and reinforce systemic racism on a national scale." - Dr. Kelli Morgan #blackhistory #historymatters #museums #culturalheritage