British Museum faces probe over handling of tabots, sacred Ethiopian artifacts held 150 years out of view
London — London's renowned British Museum is facing an investigation by the United Kingdom's informa...
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How the art world excludes you and what you can do about it
When Bianca Bosker told people in the art world she'd be writing a tell-all about their confounding,...
Discovery of buried coins in Wales turns out to be Roman treasure: "Huge surprise"
Two sets of coins found by metal detectors in Wales are actually Roman treasure, the Welsh Amgueddfa...
Walmart heir wants museums to attract more people and donates $40 million to help
Alice Walton's foundation Art Bridges is providing $40 million in grants to 64 museums around the co...
The British Museum fires employee for suspected theft of ancient treasures
The British Museum, home to the largest collection of artifacts in the world, has fired a staff memb...
A night at the museum of the economy
Dinosaur museums have dinosaurs. Space museums have spacecraft. But what would a dedicated museum of...
Inside the effort to return stolen cultural artifacts to Cambodia
It was Hollywood that turned the temple complex around Angkor Wat into an ultra-famous location, but...
Dresden museum jewel heist thieves jailed for years over robbery that shocked Germany
Berlin — A German court on Tuesday convicted five men over the theft of 18th-century jewels worth al...
The fantastical art of Wangechi Mutu: from plant people to a 31-foot snake
The pair of sculptures look like fantastical beings that are part human, part plant. Gnarled limbs o...
Antiquities plucked from storeroom on Roman Forum display, including colored dice and burial offerings
Hundreds of remnants of ancient Roman life — including colored dice, rain gutter decorations depicti...