(21 Jul 2020) Wellingtonians are being given five options for the future of their library, but the city council has expressed a preference for high-level earthquake strengthening. A consultation document which will go public on 27 July was finalised today at a City Council meeting. The preferred option has a projected cost of between $174.4m…
(22 Jul 2020) Many public libraries, museums and art galleries in South Korea reopened their doors to the public on Wednesday amid signs of a slowdown in COVID-19 infections. The National Museum of Korea (NMK), the National Library of Korea and other cultural venues under the central government began accepting visitors, albeit with safety measures…
(20 Jul 2020) Kengo Kuma has designed this monolithic museum building in Japan, which is set to open to the public later in 2020. Located about 30 kilometers (19 miles) west of central Tokyo, the ‘Kadokawa culture museum’ is part of a larger development called ‘Tokorozawa sakura town’. The site also includes an anime-focused hotel, a book…
(21 Jul 2020) The Documentation Centre of Cambodia (DC-Cam) has named its library the Queen Mother’s Library in honour of Her Majesty the Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk. Recently, Ambassador Dr. Julio Jeldres, former Private Secretary and Official Biographer to his Late Majesty, the King Father Norodom Sihanouk, donated his entire collection of documents and…
(27 Jul 2020) A Khmer Rouge Research Office and Library opened in Takeo Province on Monday to promote research and raise awareness about the Democratic Kampuchea regime. The project was officially inaugurated on the campus of the Takeo Regional Teacher Training Centre by its backers, the Documentation Centre of Cambodia (DC-Cam) and the Ministry of Education,…