Museum chair rejected demand that Rishi Sunak be able to pick candidate from shortlist of two Rishi Sunak’s government has clashed with George Osborne over …
Watchdog examining claims key details have not been disclosed about altar tablets it is facing calls to return The British Museum is being investigated by …
An interactive exhibit opening Wednesday at the National WWII Museum will use artificial intelligence to let visitors hold virtual conversations with images of veterans, including …
Latin-inscribed artwork tells story of Walter Tirel whose son killed monarch, William the Conqueror’s son The Italian descendants of King William II’s killer want to …
Investor Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s right-hand man for more than five decades, has made a $40 million gift to a California museum he has supported …
Return of items to Anindilyakwa community hailed as landmark example of cultural repatriation A UK museum is returning more than 174 objects to an Indigenous …
Institution’s chair of trustees admits its reputation has been damaged by suspected thefts The recovery of missing British Museum artefacts is under way, George Osborne, …
Fischer to depart after after the suspected theft of artefacts from renowned institution’s collection Hartwig Fischer has announced he is stepping down as director of …
Hunterian Museum collection amassed by 18th-century surgeon-anatomist John Hunter includes body parts of humans and animals The relaunch of an extraordinary collection of human and …
Exclusive: museum in London agreed to take care not to say anything that could damage sponsor Equinor’s reputation The Science Museum in London signed a …
Plans for a major renovation of the National Archaeological Museum in Greece have been announced by the country’s Culture Ministry, expanding exhibition space at the …
A museum in northwest Spain has returned two 15th-century paintings to Polish officials after it was determined that they were looted by the forces of …
Officials say they have met with George Osborne, and are keen to see the masterpieces back in Athens Senior Greek officials have been in “preliminary” …
Director says it’s ‘time to tell new stories’ as people from south Asian diaspora contribute experiences A museum with a dizzying, encyclopaedic collection that spans …
Purchase of 1953 painting beloved by football fans made possible by gift from charitable foundation A painting by LS Lowry beloved by football fans and …
Culture minister says UK institution ‘should learn from what has happened’ as Smithsonian returns 29 Benin artefacts The culture minister of Nigeria has urged the …
Online history centre launches against backdrop of renewed debate over the conflict’s legacy In the middle of September, three weeks before Spain’s senate approved a …
Investigators have seized 27 “looted” antiquities worth more than $13m from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and they will now be returned to Italy …
Eight objects from Roman, Byzantine and Islamic periods were shattered in port explosion two years ago Restored ancient glass vessels that were damaged in the …
Motown legends Smokey Robinson, Otis Williams and Martha Reeves were among those who celebrated the completion of the first two phases of the Motown Museum’s …
Horniman museum is first government-funded institution to hand back artefacts looted by British forces in 1897 A London museum is to return 72 treasured artefacts, …
Changing public attitudes have made issues of repatriation and decolonisation harder to ignore “Stolen goods”; “Looted by the Brits”; “Did you steal this like the …
More than 400 sign open letter expressing opposition to tie-in with green energy subsidiary of coalminer Hundreds of teachers have pledged not to take their …
Ten months after Hurricane Ida damaged a museum celebrating New Orleans’ African American parading culture, the Backstreet Cultural Museum is reopening
Denmark’s Queen Margrethe and Germany’s deputy chancellor are to inaugurate a new museum that tells the story of the generations of refugees who have shaped …
Museum’s deputy director had told Unesco meeting contested treasures ‘were not all hacked’ from Greek temple The dispute over the Parthenon sculptures has deepened after …
Max Glauben, a Holocaust survivor who tirelessly shared his story and was among the founders of the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, died Thursday
Museum says decision to retain funding for Holocaust Galleries complies with UK sanctions against Russian oligarch Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates The Imperial War Museum (IWM) …