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A national museum is far more than a repository of artefacts - it is a living institution In the UAE, where traditions run deep and innovation is moving at a breathtaking pace, museums stand at a ...
Msheireb Museums is celebrating International Museums Day 2025 with a special family workshop and extended opening hours on Sunday, May 18. The activities align with this year's theme ...
There are some who look on museums with a degree of disdain, or simply ignore them. In this day and age of instantly accessible virtual entertainment and endless supplies of information ...
And right now, that soul is under threat. Museums across the country recently received letters canceling National Endowment for the Humanities and Institute of Museum and Library Services grants ...
A Star Wars cosplayer dons a Marilyn Monroe/Chewbacca crossover costume at the Comic-Con Museum booth during Comic-Con International held at the San Diego Convention Center. Children explore the ...
Did you know that the city of Basel, Switzerland with a population of around 1,75,000 people has 37 museums? A similar city division in India, such as Bandra East, Mumbai has that many people.
WorldAtlas ranks the Lincoln Home National Historic Site and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum among the best museums in Illinois. The Lincoln Home offers visitors a glimpse into ...
Museums continue to collect art, but most of it sits in storage indefinitely. A new model in Los Angeles is challenging the idea that art ownership must mean exclusivity. RBL/Bauer-Griffin/GC ...
Many museums lost visitors in 2024—and that is a good thing. Why? Because it shows that the slow build-back after the Covid-19 closures is over, and now museums are back at what we might ...
Elon Musk at the Conservative Political Action Conference in February; controversy around X’s owner is leading many museums to rethink their level of engagement Photo: Gage Skidmore There has ...
President Trump signed an executive order seeking to exert more control over Smithsonian museums, citing what the White House called “divisive narratives” promoted by certain museums and exhibits.
There was a time when museums were perceived as "old, stodgy places with some artworks hanging on the wall or sculptures placed in large rooms", but this is no longer the case, says Harish ...