Museums
Who Gets to Tell the Story of Ancient Egypt?
On the eve of the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum, some of the country's artifacts, from the Rosetta Stone to the bust of Nefertiti, remain overseas
Nazi-Looted Beethoven Manuscript Returned to Original Owners
The Czech Republic's Moravian Museum gave the document to the heirs of the Petschek family
Remains of Last Surviving Tasmanian Tiger Discovered in Museum Cabinet
Researchers found the lost body of the female thylacine after 85 years
This 122-Foot-Long Dinosaur Will Barely Fit in London's Natural History Museum
The replica titanosaur, based on fossils discovered in 2012, goes on view in March
The Strange Surrealist Magic of Dora Maar
More than simply Picasso's muse, the French artist won renown for her striking paintings and photographs
Thieves Stole Hundreds of Celtic Coins From a German Museum
The gold coins date back to 100 B.C.E. and are worth approximately $1.7 million
In Response to Climate Protests, Italian Museums May Raise Ticket Prices
As more activists target famous artworks, museums tighten security
The First-Ever List of Japanese Americans Forced Into Incarceration Camps Is 1,000 Pages Long
The Ireichō contains 125,284 names—and a new exhibition invites the public to honor them
You Can Now Buy Ralphie Parker's House From 'A Christmas Story'
For years, fans of the 1983 classic movie have been flocking to the home and museum in Cleveland
Harvard Museum Pledges to Return Hair Samples of 700 Native American Children
The samples come from students who were forced to attend government-run boarding schools
The Ten Coolest Artifacts at the New Museum of Broadway
Peek behind the curtain of "Ziegfeld Follies," "The Lion King," "Kinky Boots" and more
Security Stopped Climate Activists From Gluing Themselves to 'The Scream'
As similar protests play out throughout Europe, museums consider how to respond
T. Rex Skull Named Maximus Could Sell for $20 Million
The bones belonged to a dinosaur that lived some 76 million years ago
Massachusetts Museum Returns Wounded Knee Artifacts to Sioux Tribes
A ceremony on Saturday marked the conclusion of a long repatriation process
See Inside the Rarely Seen and Newly Reimagined CIA Museum
Off-limits to all but a few in-person visitors, the museum is starting to welcome the public, online at least
This Guatemalan Village Is Becoming a Work of Art
To help boost its appeal to tourists, local residents are transforming their lakeside town into a living art installation
Scientists Find Plaster Copies of Fossil Destroyed by Nazis
Two casts of the first complete ichthyosaur skeleton ever unearthed were hidden in museum collections in Berlin and Connecticut
Has This Piet Mondrian Painting Been Hanging Upside Down for 77 Years?
Intriguing new observations suggest that it has—but curators are going to leave it the way it is
Which of These Historical Dolls Is the Creepiest?
Vote for one of the nine finalists from a Minnesota museum's collection
What Does It Mean to Be a Witch Today?
A new exhibition on the Salem witch trials explores how the meaning of the word "witch" has evolved through the centuries
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