Director of British Museum steps down amid controversy over thefts of ancient items
The director of the British Museum says he's stepping down immediately amid investigations into the theft or disappearan...
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Natural history museum closes because of chemicals in taxidermy collection
A South Dakota museum is closing after almost 40 years over concerns that the chemicals in its taxidermy collection coul...
Florida art museum sues former director over forged Basquiat paintings scheme
A central Florida art museum that was raided last year by the FBI over an exhibit of what turned out to be forged Jean-M...
Oprah, Meryl Streep, Michael B. Jordan to be honored at Academy Museum Gala
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will pay tribute to Meryl Streep, Oprah Winfrey, Michael B
Italy gets back 266 antiquities from New York seizures and Houston museum
Italy is celebrating the return of 266 antiquities that were looted and sold to museums and private collectors in the Un...
UK police arrest suspect in a stabbing that took place near the British Museum in London
Police in London say they have arrested a man suspected of stabbing another man near the British Museum
Illinois State Museum returns nearly 40 sacred wooden artifacts to Kenya
The Illinois State Museum have returned nearly 40 sacred artifacts to Kenya so they can go back to their rightful owners
This Ohio museum shows that TV is older than you might think
The history of television began long before millions of people gathered in front of their black-and-white sets and fiddl...
Amsterdam's Hermitage museum to be renamed after cutting ties with Russia following Ukraine invasion
An Amsterdam museum that severed ties with St. Petersburg’s Hermitage collection after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine last...
High art becomes body art as visitors to Amsterdam's Rembrandt House Museum get inked
A famous Dutch tattoo artist is inking sketches by Rembrandt van Rijn onto the skin of visitors to the building the Gold...