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The New York-based protest group, Decolonize This Place, which describes itself as an action-oriented movement that is focussed on indigenous people, launched a large demonstration...

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in the heart of Manhattan Island in New York City has added over 3,700 square metres to its footprint...

The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States is one that is celebrated around the world because it guarantees freedom of expression, in...

Few museums and galleries across the west have failed to recognise how women have been historically under represented in the art world. Of course, there...

The Illinois State Museum will return 42 culturally significant objects currently in its collection to Australian First Nations after ten months of consultation with the...

London has some of the world’s most famous museums that have set the standard for the entire sector in many ways. There again, it also...

Just over a year ago, on September 2nd 2018, the news of the fire at Brazil’s famed National Museum was broadcasting rapidly across the world....

In August, the British Museum conducted a huge handover of Iraqi artefacts to the authorities there. The treasures were sent to their home country following...

Following the election of Jair Messias Bolsonaro to the presidency of Brazil, there have been a number of controversies in the country’s public life. As...

By the time we arrive at the second Brexit deadline on 31st October this year, it will be exactly a year since widespread reports in...

As the Federal Government Shutdown in the United States enters a third week, hundreds of thousands of federal workers are feeling the financial pinch. With...

Museum entry prices around the world differ significantly. You can enjoy free entry to many prestigious museums but which museums are the world’s most expensive?...

The Musée du Louvre had a record 10.2 million visitors in 2018—an increase of 25% in comparison with 2017. No other museum in the world...

With the world greatest architects designing iconic museums in the world’s cultural capitals, these buildings often stand out for their architecture as much as the...

As locations go, the home of the new LUMEN Museum of Mountain Photography couldn’t be more perfect for it’s subject matter, perched at the summit Mount Kronplatz-Plan...

Smithsonian Institution officials have announced that if the current U.S. federal government shutdown continues past January 1, all Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C and in New...

As 2019 approaches we’re anticipating another exciting year in the world of museums with new institutions and extensions boosting tourism and helping to reinvigorate cities....

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art announces Vanessa German as the 2018 recipient of the Don Tyson Prize, a $200,000 biennial award for outstanding achievement in American art. For more...

As much as 90% of the collection was destroyed on September 2nd 2018 when a fire struck the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro....

Guggenheim Museum will be open seven-day-a-week starting January 7, 2019. The museum attributes the change to celebrating its 60th anniversary, but by opening on Thursday...

The Musée des Civilisations noires (Museum of Black Civilizations) has been opened in Dakar, Senegal by President Macky Sall amid a global conversation about the ownership of colonial era artefacts in European museums....

Kerry Brougher, Director of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, today announced the details of the inaugural exhibitions that will be on view when the...

Travel website TripAdvisor® today announced the winners of its Travelers’ Choice® awards for Museums. Award winners were determined using an algorithm that took into account the quantity...

Internships offer a valuable way for young people interested in working in museums to learn more about the opportunities that the sector offers them. In...