Curators Without Borders

05/19/2024

CWB Founder Heidi McKinnon had the opportunity and privilege to be interviewed for the International Council of Museum’s podcast, Museums and Chill, for International Museum Day. We are grateful to ICOM staff for sharing our view of what equitable education can be.

💡 Have you ever thought of as powerful tools for education and research?

🎙 In this Special we focus on this year’s International Museum Day theme: Museums for Education and Research as we learn how museums can be powerful tools for education and research, especially for underserved communities with Heidi McKinnon, the inspiring founder of Without Borders.

Listen to the full episode 🎧 https://open.spotify.com/episode/3zoXkFymS5JpApkUzmIyh0?si=uPI8c4rXTwa2am2S39a0cw

04/06/2022

From supplying medicines and food to organizing poetry readings and stress relief workshops, the museum has shifted its focus from art to humanitarian aid.

03/19/2022

Helpful painting storage tips from The Met for emergency situations.

Employees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (USA) shared their experience in preserving paintings. In times of war, it is useful to use this experience to sa...

03/18/2022

A list of materials needed at the Center to Rescue Ukraine's Cultural Heritage and how you can help

08/24/2020

An international coalition of museums and heritage organizations has launched a $5 million project to help stabilize and rebuild Beirut’s cultural heritage sector following a devastating explosion earlier this month.

An international coalition of cultural institutions is sending $5 million to help stabilize and rebuild Beirut's devastated heritage.

06/19/2020

As we work through so many issues that challenge our humanity in these weeks and months, we want to keep a focus on the 79.5 million displaced peoples around the world and how those of us in the cultural sector can find ways to support them and work toward reducing these alarming numbers. The full report below.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is today appealing to countries worldwide to do far more to find homes for millions of refugees and others displaced by conflict,

04/29/2020

We have created a list of open source ventilator designs that museum colleagues can use or share with maker spaces globally in an effort to support communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America facing the next waves of COVID-19 upsurges. Some science and children's museums have amazing resources and maker spaces that could collaborate with local universities to test designs.

The list is in English, Spanish and Portuguese. If you have links to open source designs in other languages, feel free to share them.

Our open source face shield designs are accessible in the news section of the website as well.

https://www.curatorswithoutborders.org/open-source-ventilator-designs-for-covid-19-response/

04/20/2020

1.5 bn children are out of school right now. If you can write in English and another language, consider joining this effort to translate children’s books into local languages and support continued learning worldwide. https://translateastory.org

Translate a story Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 1.5 billion children and youth are out of school. Many lack access to reading materials in a language they understand. You can help children in your community continue their learning process! Register to participate A collaboration including....

04/08/2020

👩‍💻👨‍💻 On April 10, Dr. Peter Keller, Director General of ICOM, will participate among the speakers in the Webinar "COVID-19 and museums: impact, innovations and planning for post-crisis", co-organised with OECD.

Free registration at this link 👉 https://ecs.page.link/2W3Gp

04/07/2020

Some inspiring community support initiatives from the Philbrook Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Supporting your favorite museums through membership is so important right now.

04/01/2020

While the coronavirus is threatening our health, the response and shut down of business operations is threatening our economy. Our government is responding with loans, a federal stimulus, and respo…

03/29/2020

The United Nations has issued an open brief - Global Call to Creatives. There is no deadline. For the first time, the UN is launching an Open Brief to Creatives everywhere to help spread public health messages in ways that will be effective, accessible and shareable. Together we can flatte...