BBC News: Covid-19: The secret life of museums during lockdown Covid-19: The secret life of museums during lockdown – BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55755740
Decolonising as a Verb: 25-26 November 2020: Webinar Recordings COMCOL, ICOM-SA and SAMA organized a joint seminar in November 2020 to explore with international guests different concepts and practices of decolonization in the context of collection and collecting. The link below contains recordings of the webinar. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg5s00ljGTBfR8rtoU1LkXA Click the link
SAMA Special AGM: 10 February 2021 A resolution to amend the SAMA Constitution was submitted to the AGM of 28 October 2020. Despite no votes against the amendments, we could not, unfortunately, adopt the amended constitution as we did not reach the required quorum of 2/3 of members in good standing. We therefore give notice of a Special AGM to be held online on Wednesday, 10 Februar… Click the link
MuseumNext: Museum Digital Ideas from 2020 Museum Digital Ideas from 2020 – MuseumNext Founded in 2009 in England, MuseumNext brings together a passionate community of museum leaders, makers and innovators to ask ‘what’s next for museums?’ https://www.museumnext.com/article/museum-digital-ideas-from-2020/
Rupert Museum: Basic Bookbinding and Book Repairs Course Basic Bookbinding & Book Repairs. “Your First Steps in Bookbinding”Learn how to give your worn books a new lease on life at the BOOKBINDING WORKSHOP. Two Day workshop 30 & 31 January 2021. This workshop is part of our first Museum Saturday of the year! Each day starts at 10H00 – 16H00. Price: R875 Book via https://rupertmuseum.org/events/bookbinding-workshop/
Launch of UNESCO report on museums in the face of COVID-19 Launch of UNESCO Report on museums around the world in the face of COVID-19 https://en.unesco.org/news/launch-unesco-report-museums-around-world-face-covid-19
Links on decolonising the museum These links on experiences of decolonising the museum came from the recent ICOM, SAMA and COMCOL seminar: Indigenising and Decolonising the Museum – Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum A story about indigenising and decolonising the museum, presenting concrete strategies and actionable measures for rapid change. Sámi Dáiddamusea or Sámi https://www.mu…
Call for Contributions: Samantics You are invited to submit contributions for the next issue of Samantics. Contributions can include short articles, news from museums or book reviews. The deadline is 30 November 2020 and contributions should be submitted to samasamantics@gmail.com. Click the link
SAMA and Dutch Cultural Heritage Agency: Train the Trainer Conservation Workshop: 30 November-2 December 2020 Download PDF file here
Museum Definition Crisis Panel Discussion: 27 November 2020 Click the link