Today, marked the 20th anniversary of the formal end of the rescue, recovery, and relief efforts at Ground Zero. On May 30, 2002, the Last Column — draped in an American flag — was ceremonially removed from the World Trade Center site.

The museum will be built on the site of the Rennie Museum in Vancouver, which focuses on contemporary art.

International Museum Day exists to raise awareness of the important role museums play in cultural exchange. Museums around the globe are using this day to explore the idea of “The Power of Museums” – what that power is, and how it transforms the world around us. 

To celebrate, we’ve even taken it a step further. Join us in expanding the conversation to “The Superpower of Museums.” Check out our video message, then let us in on your museum superpower insights.

With museums and art fairs now paying attention, decades of neglect are being unwound.

Lord Cultural Resources has been engaged to conduct a business plan and a facilities review for the Museo del Barrio.

The Los Angeles County Commission for Women May 9, honored Lourdes I. Ramos-Rivas Ph.D., President and CEO of the Museum of Latin American Art or MOLAA as a recipient of the 37th annual Women of the Year award and scholarship celebration, in the category of Arts and Media.

Step into the world of a fictionalized digital conference, where Marie and Anthony host a retrospective look at the gathering of 19th century abolitionists in Toronto, when their event is crashed by ghosts of conventions past. Together they grapple with the way history has been written, as well as issues that affect Black lives today.

Lord Cultural Resources was engaged to assist with site selection and functional programming for a permanent hub for Myseum.

After over a century of use, the former Rankine Generating Station has been thoughtfully transformed by Ontario-based +VG Architects.

The 2022 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo will be taking place from 19 – 22 May at Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. This will be the American Alliance of Museums‘ first non-virtual Annual Meeting since 2019.

Reaching a major milestone in its efforts to invigorate the local creative community, the City of Charlotte's Arts and Culture Advisory Board has selected Lord Cultural Resources to help create a comprehensive cultural plan for Charlotte and Mecklenburg County.

The City of Charlotte's Arts and Culture Advisory Board has selected Lord Cultural Resources to help create a comprehensive cultural plan for Charlotte and Mecklenburg County.

La Fondation Phi, réputée audacieuse, a poursuivi dans la témérité en ouvrant au public la présentation de l’avant-dernière étape du concours international d’architecture de son centre de création et d’exposition du Vieux-Montréal. La diffusion Web des présentations des cinq finalistes, lundi midi, a permis de découvrir les propositions, mais aussi les réponses des firmes aux questions du jury.

Lord was engaged to conducted a detailed benchmarking analysis for PHI. The trend analysis builds upon Lord’s ongoing monitoring of trends, extensive body of knowledge of current and best/next practices among contemporary art institutions, and learnings from other projects during the historic events of 2020. 

Last month, a disturbing misuse of Ottawa’s National Holocaust Monument came to light. A photographer posted images on Instagram of a sexy fashion shoot taken at the site, attesting not just to the monument’s arresting visual presence but also its relative obscurity as a hallowed place. Deeming the photographs “totally inappropriate,” MP Greg Fergus said he was ”stunned by the lack of common sense ... of all those involved.”

Science is cool. And hot. And everything in between. What better way to explore and enjoy science in its many forms than by heading to the science centre. Both Edmonton and Calgary are lucky to be home to amazing facilities dedicated to making science exciting for people of all ages. Here’s the latest on offer at each.

An exhibit that organizers says is the largest collection of Indigenous beadwork ever shown in North America will be on display in Regina for the next four months.

Lord Cultural Resources has been engaged to develop a Facility Master Plan Feasibility Study to help guide the future of the MacKenzie Art Gallery.

The organization is reinventing itself; pledging to be more than just a place where art is hung on a wall, and changing the name it has carried more than five decades. It is now called Art Windsor Essex (AWE).

Lord Cultural Resources has been engaged to develop a Digital Strategic Plan for the Gallery.

A family, a community, a country, is made up of the stories it tells. Over time, these stories form culture and history. Whether we’re aware of it or not, they become our future. The danger to us as a society is if we dismiss, eradicate or worse – forget – our stories.

Pratt Faculty and Students Collaborate with the Weeksville Community on an Oral History Project to Shape the Future.

Toronto history buffs are being treated to an unprecedented surprise, the City announcing on Friday that all ten of its history museums will be offering free general admission starting on May 1.

The National Portrait Gallery is embracing live performance to highlight American stories missing from its halls.

A commentary by a former museum director who has served on the board of UNESCO’s International Council for Museums and as president of the Commonwealth Museums Association.

Pitt Rivers director Laura van Broekhoven receives honour for her contribution to decolonisation.

Sandra Laronde was awarded one of the five 2021 Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts Prize in Toronto. 
A highly accomplished arts leader, innovator, and creator, Sandra is a multidisciplinary artist working as a director, producer, choreographer, author, digital storyteller, and as the founder and Artistic Director of Red Sky Performance. Sandra is from the Teme-Augama-Anishinaabe (People of the Deep Water) in Temagami in northern Ontario and based in Toronto.

Art viewing and art making can lead to greater well-being across ages, nationalities, and income levels.

This week, our associate editor Tom Seymour talks to the photographer Edward Burtynsky as he is recognised for his Outstanding Contribution to his medium in the Sony World Photography Awards. He discusses the Russian invasion and his Ukrainian heritage.

This week's curated selection of Best Unbuilt Architecture highlights different competition-winning designs and honorable mentions submitted by the ArchDaily Community. From large scale urban developments to small interventions and installations, this article highlights a selection of projects that have taken part of international and/or national competitions, and have received recognition from their juries.

Part building, part tropical grove, this forest art space in the Yucatan peninsula is a living, breathing masterpiece of its own.

Long revered as an iconic brand in the culture of writing, Montblanc has set out to make its next mark with Montblac Haus, a new 3-floor, 3,600-square-meter experience in Hamburg, Germany that will take visitors on a journey through the the history of the brand. The building, designed by Nieto Sobejanos Arquitectos, lives right next to the company’s headquarters and manufactory where its luxurious writing instruments are crafted.

Germany’s new culture minister, Claudia Roth, has announced a 2022 budget of €2.3 billion ($2.4 billion). The figure is an increase of €148 million ($156 million), or 7 percent, over last year’s budget, and the additional funds will be distributed to a variety of causes and organizations, especially those focused on colonialism and climate change.

Today, on Ascension Day, the Rotterdam Rooftop Walk was opened to visitors, who ventured across a variety of the city’s rooftops at a height of 30 metres. Designed by Rotterdam Rooftop Days and MVRDV, the highlight of this installation is a bridge spanning the Coolsingel, one of Rotterdam’s most important streets. The Rooftop Walk aims to give the public a new perspective on the city.