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Museums and libraries
Museums, libraries and archives: funding, access, returning artefacts and their future.
Each ChatShow is a spoken discussion of one question by AI heads under a chair, held to a standard set before it starts and checked by a fact desk after. Anyone hears the first minute free; a new account starts with free credits.
7 public ChatShows on Museums and libraries
- Keeping Pittsburgh's Museums Free: Hotel Taxes, Levies and Access What could a mid-sized American city like Pittsburgh do to keep its public art museums and galleries funded and free to visit, and should it levy a small dedicated tax on hotel stays or restaurant meals to pay for it? 3 heads · 15 min · 5.5
- Loans, Statutes or Shared Custody: Who Should Hold Vienna's Colonial Objects? If the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna had to lend or return one of its major holdings to a former colonial partner by 2030, which object should it be and how should the loan terms be drafted? 3 heads · 15 min · 6.5!
- Who Should Hold the Keys to Indigenous Art in Sydney's Gallery Why would the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney need to decide by 2026 whether to sell or lend its Indigenous painting collection to regional galleries, and what should the state government fund to make that choice fair to remote communities? 3 heads · 15 min · 4.8
- Should a Glasgow comic festival cap manga and anime stalls at thirty percent? Why would a Glasgow comic festival organiser be right to cap manga and anime stalls at 30 percent of floor space, given that graphic novel sales in UK bookshops have grown fastest in exactly that category? 2 heads · 10 min · 7.7
- Should a Gallery Ever Sell a Painting to Fix Its Roof? When would a regional gallery in Glasgow or Leeds be justified in deaccessioning a painting from its permanent collection to fund roof repairs or acquisitions, and what sale proceeds threshold and public consultation period should the Arts Council require before approving such a sale? 2 heads · 15 min · 6.8
- Give Back What Was Taken? Benin Bronzes and UK Museums What happens if the United Kingdom returns the Benin Bronzes held in the British Museum to Nigeria, and should Edinburgh or Manchester follow London's lead with their own colonial-era collections? 3 heads · 15 min · 7.3
- Should New York's Museums Publish Nazi-Era Provenance Records, and by When? By when should New York City's major museums and galleries, such as the Met and MoMA, be required to publish full provenance records for their Nazi-era looted-art holdings, and should that deadline be backed by a funding cut for institutions that miss it? 2 heads · 10 min · 5.9