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MFA Boston Receives $25M Donation From Wyss Foundation
The Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston has received a $25 million donation from the Wyss Foundation for its ongoing renovation.
Apart from various other renovations, the funds would be used to build three new gallery spaces on the first…
Denmark Returns Sacred Indigenous Cloak To Brazil
A museum in Copenhagen, Denmark has returned a sacred cloth of the Tupinambá tribe to Brazil, after 300 years.
The cloak, nearly six-foot-long, is estimated to have been made using 4,000 feathers belonging to scarlet ibis. There are less…
Stonewall Museum Cuts Ties With Florida Tourism After Anti-LGBT Move
The Stonewall Museum has severed ties with Florida’s tourism authority after the latter took down an LGBT-specific section from its website.
Two weeks ago, it was reported that Visit Florida, the marketing wing of Florida’s state…
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Museum Shut Down After Climate Protestors Attack
The Rijksmuseum Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands was closed after climate activists protested outside the venue.
On Saturday, a group of climate activists stormed the Rijksmuseum Museum. Associated with the group Extinction Rebellion…
Child Breaks 3,500 Years Old Jar At Israeli Museum
A kid’s curiosity caused him to accidentally break an ancient jar at the Hecht Museum in Israel.
First reported by the BBC, the 4-year-old boy was on a tour of the Hecht Museum with his family. He was one of the ancient jars located near…
New UK Government Scraps Stonehenge Tunnel Project
The new Labour government in the UK has ended the Stonehenge tunnel project to improve the fiscal deficit.
The project aimed to re-route the A303 road, running alongside the heritage site, into a tunnel. The road alongside the ancient…
Targu Jiu Ensemble In Romania By Brancusi Made UNESCO World Heritage Site
An ensemble of monuments by Constantin Brancusi, including ‘The Endless Column’, have been made UNESCO world heritage sites.
A group of five monuments by the sculptor, commonly referred to as the Targu Jiu Ensemble, have been…
Nashville’s Parthenon Museum Returns 15th Century Artifacts To Mexico
The Parthenon Museum in Nashville, Tennessee returned 250 Mexican artifacts to their home country.
Most of the objects are over 500 years old, dating to the pre-Columbian era. They include tools, clay toys, ceramics, and musical…
Stanley Museum Becomes First American Museum To Return Benin Bronzes
The Stanley Museum in Iowa has become the first museum in the US to return Benin Bronzes to its rightful owners.
In a ceremony held on July 15 at the Benin Palace in Nigeria, members of the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art…
Jersey City Defunds Centre Pompidou Branch; Project Suspended
The Jersey City officials have pulled back from funding the new branch of the Centre Pompidou, causing it to be indefinitely suspended.
The Jersey City Museum, formally titled Centre Pompidou x Jersey City, is the first planned branch of…