Museums

A British man has set a new Guinness World record for most museum visits in 24 hours by visiting 42 museums across London. Ben Melham, age 42, works as an operations consultant in the museums sector. He said that while reading the…

A Sunday panel by the International Council of Museums (ICOM) strongly condemned the actions of its Russian members during the Ukraine invasion. The panel was hosted a day ahead of the 3-day General Conference Prague 2022. Titled…

Heavy rains and floods in Australia is impacting all walks of lives, including museums like Bundanon museum in New South Wales, closed just a month after re-opening. The Bundanon Museum has a long history of being affected by natural…

Teresa Iarocci Mavica, director-general of the Moscow-based V-A-C Foundation for a decade, has stepped down from his post to focus on their Venice outpost. Mavica’s stepping down has raised eyebrows due to its critical timing. The V-A-C…

Fierce fire of unknown cause ravaged thousands of artifacts and objects at the National Museum of Gungu in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A report by the BBC details the extent of damage caused by the fire that began on the night of…

A new art museum in San Francisco, built on the idea of highlighting artists who are not white men, has found strong supporters in Silicon Valley investors. The Institute of Contemporary Art in San Francisco is an offshoot of the…

One of the defunct Nintendo factories can be turned into the world’s first museum for the gaming company. Nintendo, one of the leading electronics and video games companies in the world, released a statement sharing its plan for the…

A recently unveiled mural about police by the Detroit Institute of Arts faced backlash for being “pro-cops”. Last weekend, the DIA posted the images of the newly unveiled mural on social media. The work, titled To Serve And Protest, was…

The National Museum of Women in Arts, based in Washington D.C., will close next month for a major renovation project. The historic museum will close on August 9 for a major renovation project that will be undertaken on its building. The…

After an investigative report last November that accused PACE leadership of being ‘toxic’, the gallery has finally announced a new leadership structure. The new leadership, introduced with a photo, were all part of the existing staff at…