Welcome to our weekly roundup of museums in the news.

Edgar Allan Poe Museum in Baltimore could close

Smithsonian develops technique to date silk items

1965 Film About Mr. Potter’s Museum of Curiosities

Field Museum’s McCarter to retire

Oakland museum cancels Palestinian kids’ war art

Judge throws out lawsuit over Custer museum raids

A Museum of Repression Aims to Shock the Conscience

Fla. museum told to hold painting allegedly looted by Nazis

Coming Soon: The National Museum for African American Music

How Tech Is Changing the Museum Experience

Touring David Copperfield’s Personal Museum of Antique Curiosities