MuseNews Episode 20: Museums, Murals and Misunderstandings

Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Ryan and Lorenda as we explore the latest MuseNews!

Featured news for September 2022:

• Vernon art gallery stunned by council decision to decline mural project with mental health focus | Globalnews.ca 
• Tumbler Ridge fossils identified - BC News - Castanet.net
• Royal B.C. Museum apologizes after 2017 carving declared ancient Indigenous artifact 
• Nisga'a Nation travelling to see stolen totem pole in Scotland - APTN News
• What is a museum? Icom finally decides on a new definition
• Indigenous objects repatriated from small British museum come home to Haida Gwaii
• 'Come in and explore': BC Aviation Museum holds first open house since pandemic 
• Thor Froslev, founder of B.C.'s eagle count and Squamish art gallery, dead at 89 | CBC News 
  Human rights museum chooses Vancouver to launch digital residential school initiative