Museum's giant tiger given careful clean.

One of the world's biggest taxidermy tiger mounts has undergone some delicate pampering as part of a conservation project at Leeds City Museum.

Curators carried out a careful clean-up of a 12ft (3.6m) long Bengal tiger which has been a resident of the city for more than 160 years.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c892y9yd37xo #globalmuseum #museums #taxidermy #Tigers

What’s the Matter With Museums?

Objections to museum openings and expansions may stem from land-use or zoning issues, political tensions or plain old NIMBYism, but the common thread is often institutional overreach.

"Museums are public charities, existing to benefit the public, but that is not always how they appear to the communities around them"

https://observer.com/2026/06/why-do-people-oppose-museum-expansions/ #globalmuseum #museums

"A wonderful thing happened on a visit to the new V&A East: a very public, taxpayer-funded soundtrack of my life.
This is surreal. I’m standing in the new home of one of Britain’s most historically august cultural institutions, and it looks and feels for all the world like a silent disco"

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/06/black-british-intolerance-music-v-and-a-east?utm_source=globalmuseum #globalmuseum #music #museums

Boston’s Dashing Museum Prankster Does Not Exist.
A dumb joke got out of hand and accidentally invented a pretty good idea.

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/museum-tours-fake-2782249 #globalmuseum #museums

BBC documentary to chart Bayeux Tapestry’s journey to Britain.
British Museum unveils nationwide programme of activities to coincide with historic loan.
https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2026/06/bbc-documentary-to-chart-bayeux-tapestrys-journey-to-britain/
#globalmuseum #museums #BritishMuseum

Americana.
Opens July 2 at The Branch Museum of Design.
As the nation marks its 250th anniversary, Americana looks at America as a brand: how the country built an identity and sent it into the world through symbols that shape how we see ourselves, and how the world sees us.
#globalmsueum #museums #design