Museums
The Cycle From 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance' Comes to the Smithsonian
The 1966 Honda Super Hawk featured in Robert Pirsig’s book on values was recently acquired by the National Museum of American History
For Easy Clean-Up After Parties, Minoans Used Disposable Cups
A 3,500-year-old single-use vessel is part of a new display at the British Museum that explores our long-standing relationship with trash
After Almost 500 Years, the World's Oldest Social Housing Complex Is Still Going Strong
The rent of less than one Euro per year at the Fuggerei, located in Augsburg, Germany, hasn't changed either
New 'Living Museum of the Sea' Established in Dominican Republic Waters
Based around an existing shipwreck, the museum will allow divers to explore cannons, anchors and coral reefs
Detroit Exhibit Celebrates Bruegel's 'The Wedding Dance' and Its Controversial Codpieces
The painting’s frank depiction of drunk frivolity—and male anatomy—didn’t sit well with some viewers
3-D Imaging Reveals Toll of Parthenon Marbles' Deterioration
A new study of 19th-century plaster casts of the controversial sculptures highlight details lost over the past 200 years
This May Be the Earliest Known Image of Enslaved Individuals With Cotton
A remarkable daguerreotype was recently acquired by the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City
Days After the Brazen Green Vault Heist, Another German Museum Is Targeted by Thieves
Burglars stole jewelry and historic artifacts from the Stasi Museum in Berlin
The Museum Tour Guide Who Shaped Mark Twain’s Views on Race
While traveling in Venice for what would be his best-selling memoir, the author’s encounter with an African-American art expert forever changed his writing
3-D Scans of the Bust of Nefertiti Are Now Available Online
A German museum released the digital data to artist Cosmo Wenman after a hoax heist and lengthy legal battle
Paired Images of Melting Glaciers and Flooding Wetlands Tell the Story of Global Climate Change
Photographer Tina Freeman's exhibition ‘Lamentations’ at the New Orleans Museum of Art juxtaposes two different environments
Baltimore Museum of Art Will Collect Works Exclusively by Women in 2020
"To rectify centuries of imbalance, you have to do something radical," says museum director Christopher Bedford
This Wreck May Be the Sister Ship of Sweden's Ill-Fated 'Vasa' Warship
Divers discovered the wreckage of two 17th-century warships off the coast of an island near Stockholm
London Library Spotlights Nazi Persecution of the Roma and Sinti
The Roma and Sinti's wartime suffering "isn't necessarily a subject that people know that much about," says the curator of a new London show
Fifty U.S. Museums Champion Feminist Art Ahead of 2020 Election
Curators are banding together to organize feminism-inspired exhibitions and events in fall 2020
A Minnesota Museum’s Creepy Doll Contest Is Here to Haunt Your Dreams
"The doll I disdain handling is the one with human hair," says curator Dan Nowakowski
Low-Level Offenders in NYC Can Now Take an Art Class Instead of Appearing in Court
"It’s about holding people accountable, but doing it in ways that promote human dignity," Brooklyn's district attorney said
You Can Now Smell a T. Rex's Stinky Breath at Chicago's Field Museum
The museum recently added a multi-sensory experience to SUE's new exhibit
D.C.'s Newseum Is Closing Its Doors at the End of the Year
The museum dedicated to the history of journalism and the First Amendment has struggled financially since opening 11 years ago
Help the Shedd Aquarium Name Its Rescued Otter Pups
The aquarium hopes the contest will help raise awareness about southern sea otters’ ongoing conservation needs
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