Here are your weekly historical highlights — news and views from the world of museums, libraries, and archives… with one article about hockey.
“January 1, 2019 is (finally) Public Domain Day:Â Works from 1923 are open to all!”
“Two Thousand Years of Art History from the Bejeweled Island”
“Holocaust Survivor Unknowingly Housed Nazi-Looted Painting For Decades”
“11 new museums opening in 2019”
“New-look Cambridge Museum of Technology to open its doors again soon”
“Museums must confront the big issues”
“Salt Lake County libraries give away free gun locks to promote gun safety, suicide prevention”
“Why I Want Compact Shelving” (See also: my blog post on working in archives)
“Charleston’s Emancipation Day parade a tradition dating to 1866” (Owen Sound’s emancipation picnic is even older!)
“When Wayne Gretzky broke Maurice Richard’s 50-goal record”