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Cultural Heritage Partners, PLLC @cultheritageprtnrs.bsky.social · Jul 18

Preservationists: Now is the time to lead and to fight back. Check out Marion Werkheiser's latest post urging our field to recognize the moment we’re in and rise up to meet it: www.culturalheritagepartners.com/preserving-t...

Preserving the Truth: Why Historic Preservation Must Lead in the Fight for American Memory - Cultural Heritage Partners

As preservationists, we have both the tools and the responsibility to ensure that the truth survives. Let’s give ourselves—and each other—permission to lead.

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Cultural Heritage Partners, PLLC @cultheritageprtnrs.bsky.social · May 1

The president’s economic strategies, often announced abruptly and enforced with little warning, are creating ripple effects across industries and the art market is no exception.
#art #ArtMarketTrends

How Trump Has Brought the Art Market to the Brink of 'Paralysis' | Artnet News

Trump’s second-term tariffs are forcing the art industry to rethink sales strategies, cross-border deals, and fair participation worldwide.

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Cultural Heritage Partners, PLLC @cultheritageprtnrs.bsky.social · May 1

Frustrated that their objections to oil and gas drilling in Chaco Canyon were being ignored, Picuris officials asked University of Copenhagen evolutionary geneticist Eske Willerslev to fill in gaps in their tribal history using genetic data.
#ChacoCanyon #indigenousrights #NativeAmerican

A Pueblo tribe recruited scientists to reclaim its ancient American history

DNA supports modern Picuris Pueblo accounts of ancestry going back more than 1,000 years to Chaco Canyon society.

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Cultural Heritage Partners, PLLC @cultheritageprtnrs.bsky.social · May 1

So far, only 26 places in the United States have been designated as UNESCO World Heritage sites. The U.S. Interior Department put the refuge up for consideration in December.
#UNESCOWorldHeritage #CulturalHeritage #HistoricLandmarks #AmericanHistory

A former Trump official backs World Heritage status for the vast Okefenokee Swamp

President Donald Trump's former agriculture secretary wants the administration to support adding the Okefenokee Swamp's vast wildlife refuge to a United Nations list of World Heritage site

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Cultural Heritage Partners, PLLC @cultheritageprtnrs.bsky.social · Apr 30

💐135 historic cemeteries have been registered and a visual glossary has been launched with hundreds of photos from around the state.
#HistoricCemeteries #CemeteryHistory #Louisianna #culturalheritage

Louisiana historic preservation group registering cemeteries across the state

Since launched six months ago, 135 historic cemeteries have been registered in the Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation's Louisiana Register of Historic Cemeteries

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Cultural Heritage Partners, PLLC @cultheritageprtnrs.bsky.social · Apr 30

“No divisive political decision will ever shake my commitment to Holocaust remembrance and education or to combatting hate and antisemitism. I will continue to speak out, to educate, and to fight hate in all its forms—because silence is never an option” - Doug Emhoff
#HolocaustRemembrance #museums

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Cultural Heritage Partners, PLLC @cultheritageprtnrs.bsky.social · Apr 30

❗The U.S. is by far the world’s largest art market, but it is also one of a dwindling number of jurisdictions where art sales are not subject to any anti-money laundering regulations at all.
#ArtMarket #ArtLaw #culturalheritage

Cartels and terrorists love American art — and the money it hides

Art has often been treated as nothing more than an asset by the wealthy, but it need not be one that criminals can use to spread death and misery.

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Cultural Heritage Partners, PLLC @cultheritageprtnrs.bsky.social · Apr 30

😍The Mellon Foundation on Tuesday announced $15 million in emergency funding for state humanities councils across the country, throwing what advocates say is a crucial lifeline after the cancellation of federal support had left some in danger of collapse.

#humanities #culturalheritage

Mellon Foundation Announces $15 Million for Humanities Councils

The emergency funding came after the National Endowment for the Humanities canceled most existing grants, part of a pivot toward President Trump’s priorities.

www.nytimes.com

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Cultural Heritage Partners, PLLC @cultheritageprtnrs.bsky.social · Apr 29

➡️Doing so effectively created a new class of emergency permit to fast track energy projects across the country. But environmental advocates worry this will harm the ability of the public to weigh in on projects that will contribute to climate change and harm sensitive ecosystems.
#permitting

Trump is bypassing community input to fast-track energy projects that risk pollution

On his first day as president, Trump declared an energy "emergency" that shrunk the time for public scrutiny of potentially risky projects.

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Cultural Heritage Partners, PLLC @cultheritageprtnrs.bsky.social · Apr 29

🎯The impact has been swift and shocking to many in the cultural field, raising questions about what the arts will look like under Trump and spurring calls for a co-ordinated resistance.
#ArtCommunity #ArtsAdvocacy #culturalheritage

‘It’s much more extreme’: US institutions and artists enter a new culture war

The Trump administration’s efforts to slash funding and influence programming have pushed cultural workers to organise

www.theartnewspaper.com

Cultural Heritage Partners, PLLC @cultheritageprtnrs.bsky.social · Apr 29

❤️"I'm so impressed with the use of modern technology to give dignity to these long-ignored and forgotten African American soldiers," Holly K. Norton, the state archaeologist of Colorado, who was not involved in the research, told Live Science.
#kentuckyhistory #archaeology #AfricanAmericanHistory

Mass graves of Black Union soldiers slaughtered by Confederate guerrillas possibly identified in Kentucky

Archaeologists have identified two potential mass graves of Black Union soldiers who were targeted by Confederate guerrillas in the Civil War.

www.livescience.com

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Cultural Heritage Partners, PLLC @cultheritageprtnrs.bsky.social · Apr 29

🎨🖌️But how did Renaissance art lead to the mathematics that govern modern cryptography? The tale spans six centuries and two continents and touches on infinity itself.

#fineart #historymatters #RenaissanceArt

This Cutting-Edge Encryption Originates in Renaissance Art and Math

The mathematics underpinning the modern method of elliptic curve cryptography originated with Renaissance architect Filippo Brunelleschi

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Cultural Heritage Partners, PLLC @cultheritageprtnrs.bsky.social · Apr 29

📢Organizers are calling on local groups throughout the week to support Black museums, libraries and other institutions in their communities.
Civil rights leaders also signed an affirmation to support the preservation of Black history.
#culturalheritage #museums #historymatters #HandsOffOurHistory

Civil rights leaders rally around National Museum of African American History

Civil rights leaders launched a #HandsOffOurHistory campaign to rally to protect Black history from Trump's executive orders.

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Cultural Heritage Partners, PLLC @cultheritageprtnrs.bsky.social · Apr 28

Senior officials say tens of thousands of artefacts were either destroyed or shipped off to be sold during the time the RSF was in control of central Khartoum, where the museum is situated.
#culturalheritage #museums #SudanHeritage

Sudan: How war ravaged museums and priceless artefacts

Sudan's national museum is among the institutions that have been looted and vandalised during the war.

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Cultural Heritage Partners, PLLC @cultheritageprtnrs.bsky.social · Apr 28

Tribal Chairman Mark Fox said the goal is to establish a park for cultural and recreational purposes such as canoeing, kayaking and viewing wildlife.

#TribalHeritage #indigenous

New tribal national park in North Dakota aims to preserve rugged and scenic landscape

A new tribal national park in North Dakota is opening a little-seen area of the rugged Badlands to hikers and other outdoors enthusiasts

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Cultural Heritage Partners, PLLC @cultheritageprtnrs.bsky.social · Apr 28

CONFIDENTIAL CONVERSATIONS WELCOME - Let us know what you're seeing. 🤐Use our secure channels to highlight when cultural resources are at risk!
#permitting#archaeology #culturalheritage #historicpreservation

Cultural Heritage Partners, PLLC @cultheritageprtnrs.bsky.social · Apr 25

In hearings last year, the district attorney's office accused the Chicago museum of ignoring evidence of an elaborate fraud undertaken to conceal that the artwork had been stolen from Mr. Grünbaum by the Nazis on the eve of World War II.
#ArtRestitution #NaziLootedArt #ArtLaw

Museum Told to Surrender Schiele Drawing to Heirs of Man Killed by Nazis

A New York judge found that the Art Institute of Chicago’s drawing by Egon Schiele had been looted from an Austrian Jew who died in a concentration camp.

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Cultural Heritage Partners, PLLC @cultheritageprtnrs.bsky.social · Apr 24

🚨National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA): Wednesday’s notice authorizes DOI bureaus to follow alternative procedures for compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act for proposed undertakings responding to the energy emergency.
#permitting #archaeology #culturalheritage

Trump, Burgum Move To Slash Energy Project Permitting Time

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum moved in Wednesday to implement streamlined permitting procedures for energy projects on federal lands.

www.forbes.com

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Cultural Heritage Partners, PLLC @cultheritageprtnrs.bsky.social · Apr 24

When he's not at his day job at Green Valley Auctions, Botkin is often out documenting burial sites and scouring old newspapers and vital records for evidence of the people interred there.
#BurialSiteResearch #CemeteryExploration

No stone left unrecorded: a grave researcher's quest through Highland

One local researcher has documented more than 11,000 graves in Highland County and the surrounding areas – uncovering tales of intrigue, tragedy, and joy. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.

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Cultural Heritage Partners, PLLC @cultheritageprtnrs.bsky.social · Apr 24

🪃Tucked deep within a West Texas cave, archaeologists discovered what is likely the oldest intact weapon system ever found in North America. ⁀➴
#ArchaeologicalFinds #CulturalHeritage #Archaeology #TexasHistory

Archaeologists Found a 6,500-Year-Old Hunting Kit With Poisoned Darts Inside

Spear-throwers and boomerangs, anyone?

www.popularmechanics.com

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Cultural Heritage Partners, PLLC @cultheritageprtnrs.bsky.social · Apr 23

REGISTER NOW! ⚖️ Marion Werkheiser will discuss how recent Trump administration actions may permit federal agencies to rubber stamp projects without public input, meaningful consultation with Tribes, or any obligation to avoid or mitigate damage to historic properties.
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Cultural Heritage Partners, PLLC @cultheritageprtnrs.bsky.social · Apr 23

The 2,200-year-old statue of a man, which has been in the museum’s collection since 1991, dates to the Ptolemaic Dynasty of Egypt and is believed to have been looted from the Ptolemais Museum in modern-day Libya during World War II.
#MuseumCollection #CulturalHeritage #Archaeology

Cleveland Museum of Art agrees to transfer ownership of ancient statue to Libya

The Department of Antiquities of the State of Libya and the Cleveland Museum of Art have agreed to a transfer of a statue acquired by the museum 34 years ago.

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Cultural Heritage Partners, PLLC @cultheritageprtnrs.bsky.social · Apr 23

♀️These leaders advocate and take action, transforming Montana’s policy landscape and inspiring future generations.
#MontanaPolitics #Indigenous #NativeAmerican

In Montana, Native Women Are Reshaping Politics and Reclaiming Civic Space

Amid political uncertainty, Native American women in Montana are leading social justice movements and shaping public policy. Historically marginalized in policymaking, Native voices are now gaining eq...

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Cultural Heritage Partners, PLLC @cultheritageprtnrs.bsky.social · Apr 23

🚨This move may sound merely bureaucratic on the surface, but a little probing reveals deep cause for alarm.

America’s National Parks Are in Some Very Serious Trouble

U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum just handed the country’s public lands over to a DOGE staffer and former oil exec.

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Cultural Heritage Partners, PLLC @cultheritageprtnrs.bsky.social · Apr 22

❗Cultural property made of valuable metals, including outdoor sculptures and historical markers from cemeteries, parks, bridges, and buildings, has also been stolen, creating wounds that go deeper than cracks from a crowbar.
#CulturalHeritage #ArtTheft #LosAngeles

When Cultural Heritage Is Scrapped for Cash

Scrap metal thieves in Los Angeles are targeting cherished public artworks and markers of the city’s history

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