Museums
68 Cultural, Historical and Scientific Collections You Can Explore Online
Tour world-class museums, read historic cookbooks, browse interactive maps and more
Ten Museums You Can Virtually Visit
Museums are closing their doors amid the coronavirus crisis, but many offer digital exhibitions visitors can browse from the comfort of home
How to Virtually Explore the Smithsonian From Your Living Room
Tour a gallery of presidential portraits, print a 3-D model of a fossil or volunteer to transcribe historical documents
All of the Museum of the Bible's Dead Sea Scrolls Are Fake, Report Finds
The new findings raises questions about the authenticity of a collection of texts known as the "post-2002" scrolls
How COVID-19 Is Affecting the Cultural World
Museum closures and event cancellations abound as officials rush to contain the new coronavirus' spread
Poland's Only Cat Museum Puts Couple's Private Collection of Trinkets on Display
The pint-sized institution, which opened last year, is filled with 1,000 feline-themed knickknacks that journeyed with their owners from Ukraine
Smithsonian Museums to Close Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
In an official statement, the Institution announced temporary closures beginning Saturday, March 14
A Story of an Empire, Told Through Tea
The Met has revamped its British Galleries, drawing on luxurious artifacts to highlight the country's history of exploitation
Rescued From Rot, 19th-Century Naval Figureheads to Feature in New Exhibit
A collection of 14 restored wooden statues, including a two-ton William IV, will be shown at the Box Museum in England
#5WomenArtists Campaign Tackles Gender Inequity for the Fifth Year in a Row
Though women make up nearly half of visual artists in the United States, they represent just 13 percent of artists in museum collections
The Chicago Field Museum Celebrates the Work of African American Taxidermist Carl Cotton
Cotton started working at the museum in the late 1940s, but he first became interested in taxidermy much earlier
More Than One Million People Saw the Louvre's Blockbuster Leonardo da Vinci Exhibition
The record-breaking show attracted almost double the number of visitors as the Paris museum's 2018 Delacroix retrospective
New York Museum Highlights the Artwork of Zilia Sánchez
The Cuban American artist has long been a creative force. Now she’s having her big moment—in her tenth decade
For One Week Only, Raphael's Tapestries Return to the Sistine Chapel
This is the first time all 12 of the Renaissance creations have been united in their original home since the 16th century
New Orleans Museum Spotlights World War II Soldiers' Love Letters
War is often billed as being all about guns and guts. But there's glory in gushiness, too
China's Art, From Museum Exhibits to Rock Concerts, Moves Online During Coronavirus Outbreak
The government has directed museums to "enrich the people's spiritual and cultural life during the epidemic [with] cloud exhibitions"
Upcoming Planet Word Museum Celebrates Language—and Is Slated to Be Talk of the Town
The Washington, D.C.-based museum will open its doors on May 31
Pennsylvania Museum Discovers Unidentified Rembrandt Portrait in Its Collection
Conservation work revealed evidence of the artist's hand in a painting previously attributed to a member of his studio
Charles Dickens Museum Acquires Trove of Author's Unpublished Letters
The London museum recently purchased more than 300 literary artifacts assembled by a private collector in the U.S.
Museum’s 150-Year-Old Plankton Have Thicker Shells Than Their Modern Counterparts
The HMS Challenger’s expedition in the 1800s provides a baseline for ocean health as the climate changes
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