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British Museum given £1bn of Chinese ceramics
The donation includes 1,700 items which date back to the third century.Top stories - BBC News - November 13 -
The British Museum Gets a Giant Gift: $1.27 Billion of Chinese Ceramics
Sir Percival David’s collection, amassed in the early 1900s, includes prized vases and wine cups. “You simply couldn’t build up a collection like this today,” one expert said.Top stories - The New York Times - November 13 -
British Museum chief Nicholas Cullinan: ‘I start with the idea that everything is possible’
The new director on transforming one of the world’s biggest cultural institutions, last year’s scandal over thefts — and what might happen to the Parthenon MarblesBusiness - Financial Times - 6 days ago -
Majority back British Museum exhibit on transatlantic slave trade
New poll finds 53% of Britons support permanent exhibition on Britain’s role in slave trade at British Museum. The majority of people in the UK think the British Museum should have a permanent ...World - The Guardian - 12 hours ago -
Follow Your Nose to the Next Museum Exhibit
Museums are adding scents as another tool for communicating information about science and other subjects in their exhibits.Science - The New York Times - November 3 -
Zombies Are Real? A Museum Tries to Bury a Hollywood Myth.
The undead monsters we know from movies and TV are distortions of a figure with roots in the religious practices of Haiti.Top stories - The New York Times - October 31 -
A Connecticut Museum Shows How Ducks Have Helped the Planet
At the Bruce Museum, an exhibition of duck stamp art tells a 90-year-old story about how paintings can contribute to land preservation.Science - The New York Times - October 28 -
Review: Space-age art pulsates with the spirit of exploration at Palm Springs museum
PST Art exhibition explores aerospace's profound impact on Southern California artists and the extraterrestrial inspirations for their work.Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - October 29 -
Germany's president visits the site of a Holocaust museum being built in Greece
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has visited the site of a Holocaust museum being built in Greece as he began a three-day state visitWorld - ABC News - October 29 -
Solange Knowles, Danny Meyer and Darren Walker Honor the Studio Museum in Harlem
Artists, business executives and museum leaders turned out for the annual benefit, which raised more than $3.7 million for the museum.Lifestyle - The New York Times - October 30 -
‘Majestic brightness’: Warsaw’s Museum of Modern Art finds a new permanent home
After decades of nomadic existence, the Polish capital’s art temple is open for permanent business in an inspirational, light-filled new building. When Poland joined the European Union 20 years ...World - The Guardian - October 30 -
‘Not just a museum’: Kenya’s seed bank offers unexpected lifeline for farmers
Set up to conserve traditional seeds, the Genetic Resources Research Institute is now helping smallholders diversify with crops resilient to the rapid changes in climate. On a winding road in the ...World - The Guardian - October 31 -
Academy Museum adds ‘Pulp Fiction’ script, Miyazaki art to film collection
Quentin Tarantino's handwritten script for “Pulp Fiction” is the stuff of moviemaking legendEntertainment - ABC News - October 31 -
'Give us back our gods': Inside Nepal's Museum of Stolen Art
Hundreds of artefacts were looted from Nepal as it opened up from the 1960s to the 1980s.Top stories - BBC News - November 4 -
Norway's Kon-Tiki Museum returns artifacts to Chile's remote Easter Island
Artifacts and human remains taken by a Norwegian explorer and anthropologist in the late 1940s are being returned by a museum in Norway to Chile's remote territory of Easter Island in the mid-PacificEntertainment - ABC News - November 13 -
Norway's Kon-Tiki Museum returns artifacts to Chile's remote Easter Island
Artifacts and human remains taken by a Norwegian explorer and anthropologist in the late 1940s are being returned by a museum in Norway to Chile's remote territory of Easter Island in the mid-PacificWorld - ABC News - November 13 -
Jay Leno's look inside one of the top car collection museums in the U.S.
The Petersen Automotive Museum hosts a collection of more than 400 classics, including Hollywood legend Steve McQueen's 1956 Jaguar, now worth more than $30 million.Top stories - CBS News - November 13 -
Gulag History Museum in Moscow temporarily closed ‘for safety reasons’
Kremlin critics fear move is part of Russia’s efforts to whitewash Soviet past and shut independent cultural institutions. Moscow’s award-winning Gulag History Museum announced its surprise ...World - The Guardian - November 14 -
Colorado State, Wyoming art museums wager significant pieces on 'Border War'
The Rams and Cowboys will have a little extra on the line this FridaySports - CBS Sports - November 14 -
Has a waltz written by composer Frederic Chopin been discovered in an NYC museum?
A previously unknown musical work written by composer Frederic Chopin appears to have been found in a library in New York CityEntertainment - ABC News - 2 hours ago -
Europe Inc needs to scale up or risk becoming a museum
Helsinki shows how reinvigoration can work but co-ordinated help for entrepreneurs across the continent is neededBusiness - Financial Times - 5 hours ago -
The British government’s Trump dilemmas
Relations with both the US and EU are now called into questionBusiness - Financial Times - November 11 -
Does Australia want the British monarchy?
A visit by King Charles has reignited the debate over cutting ties with the royalsTop stories - BBC News - October 23 -
British farming needs a clearer future
A furore over inheritance tax is obscuring more fundamental questionsWorld - Financial Times - November 5 -
Manchester’s lessons for other British cities
Howard Bernstein transformed a city on its kneesWorld - Financial Times - November 14 -
Budget protests: the transformation of British farming
Data shows the deep structural changes to the sector since inheritance tax reforms were introducedWorld - Financial Times - 2 days ago -
Warsaw opens a new modern art museum as it tries to leave Poland's communist legacy behind
The grand opening of new modern art museum designed by the American architect Thomas Phifer is taking place in the Polish capital, WarsawEntertainment - ABC News - October 25 -
Warsaw opens a new modern art museum as it tries to leave Poland's communist legacy behind
The Polish capital is holding the grand opening of new modern art museum designed by the American architect Thomas PhiferWorld - ABC News - October 25 -
Lost Chopin waltz discovered in New York museum after almost 200 years
Hidden for nearly two centuries, a mysterious waltz believed to be written by Frédéric Chopin has been discovered in a New York museum - could this be a lost masterpiece?Top stories - NBC News - October 29 -
‘The pictures, they look at you.’ A stroll with novelist John Banville through Spain's Prado Museum
Irish novelist John Banville has enjoyed unlimited access to Spain's Prado Museum for the past month as its latest writer-in-residenceWorld - ABC News - November 2 -
‘The pictures, they look at you.’ A stroll with novelist John Banville through Spain's Prado Museum
Irish novelist John Banville has enjoyed unlimited access to Spain's Prado Museum for the past month as its latest writer-in-residenceEntertainment - ABC News - November 2 -
Eighty years after thousands of Greek Jews were murdered, Thessaloniki’s Holocaust museum is finally set to open
Germany is among donors committing millions to the long-awaited project, to be completed in 2026, which will tell story of those who perished. Few places are more representative of the horrors that ...World - The Guardian - November 3 -
Calling Soto 'Mona Lisa of the museum,' Boras indicates client may try to top Ohtani's record $700M
Agent Scott Boras indicated Juan Soto may be seeking to top Shohei Ohtani’s record $700 million contract because he is three years younger than the Japanese two-way star was when he reached his ...Sports - ABC News - November 6 -
Cutting-edge labs, a rainforest gallery and guesthouse: Nigeria to open art museum for 21st century
With a campus-style layout inspired by ancient Benin City, the Museum of West African Art has the potential ‘to be amongst the best in the world for holding returning objects’. . Benin City in ...World - The Guardian - 3 days ago -
Buy British? My unpatriotic portfolio shame
Should I be denounced for spurning UK domestic assets?World - Financial Times - October 23 -
British Labour Lawmaker Suspended After Punches Thrown
Video that emerged over the weekend appeared to show Mike Amesbury, a Labour party lawmaker, hitting a man in the face and then repeatedly landing more body blows.World - The New York Times - October 28 -
Australian man cleared of murdering British woman during break-in
Emma Lovell was fatally stabbed after confronting two intruders in a suburb north of Brisbane in 2022.Top stories - BBC News - October 31 -
British aerospace pioneer Reaction Engines collapses into administration
Group’s demise is a challenge for several F1 racing teams which use its cooling technology in engines supplied by Mercedes-BenzBusiness - Financial Times - October 31