Museums

Measuring human skulls in physical anthropology

When Museums Rushed to Fill Their Rooms With Bones

In part fed by discredited and racist theories about race, scientists and amateurs alike looked to human remains to learn more about themselves

Say goodbye to the Louvre's iconic pyramid.

This Summer, the Louvre’s Pyramid Will "Disappear"

A French street artist promises a tantalizing trick of the eye

The museum has generated controversy over gentrification of Rio de Janeiro ahead of the 2016 Olympics.

Imagining an Alarming Future at Brazil's Museum of Tomorrow

The ambitious museum looks at where humankind is headed—and asks how they'll live in a post-climate-change world

Blu and local activists erased 20 years' worth of his street art from Bologna, Italy.

A Prominent Street Artist Just Destroyed All of His Works

Blu used a chisel and gray paint to make a point

World War II Survivor Tips Off Geologists to Hidden Tunnels Beneath Naples

The forgotten tunnels were used as bomb shelters

Recently Discovered Spider Is Named After Physicist Brian Greene

About the size of the human palm, the "Brian" spider can swim and hunt fish

"Meditation and Minou," 1980, by Will Barnet.

The Worcester Art Museum’s New Exhibit Is All Cats, All the Time

New art exhibit will trace humans' captivation with cats throughout history

The FIFA World Football Museum opened in Zurich, Switzerland on Sunday.

These Five Objects Tell the Story of Soccer

Take an exclusive look inside the new FIFA World Football Museum in Zurich

The secretly-made 3D scan of Nefertiti's bust.

Thanks to Sneaky Scanners, Anyone Can 3D Print a Copy of Nefertiti’s Bust

Scans of the famous sculpture are free for the taking

Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (Mrs. Alexander Hamilton), 1787, Ralph Earl (1751-1801).

Elizabeth Hamilton Once Posed for a Portrait in a New York City Prison

There was a dire need for painters to immortalize America’s elites

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's new logo.

New Met Logo Typifies the Eternal Struggle of Rebranding

From the Met to the MoMA

These Glass Discs Can Store Data for Billions of Years

“Five-dimensional” data discs could be the future of information storage

Artist Gary Staab and his team spent roughly 2,000 hours over five months to create the first of three models.

An Artist Creates a Detailed Replica of Ötzi, the 5,300-Year-Old "Iceman"

Museum artist Gary Staab discusses the art and science of constructing exhibition pieces

Mozart and Salieri—rivals or BFFs?

A German Composer Uncovered a Collaboration Between Mozart and Salieri

Their epic rivalry might not have been all that

For only $10, you can spend a night in a faithful recreation of van Gogh's "The Bedroom," wonky angles and all.

Rent a Recreation of Van Gogh’s Bedroom and Other Artistic Airbnbs

Odd houses and intricately designed bedrooms are a staple of short-term rentals

The skeleton of a Steller's sea cow hangs in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

“Mermaid Ivory” Stirs Controversy Over How Extinct Species Are Studied

The carved bones of marine mammals highlight the squishy regulations around their trade and what that means for science

George Washington seems to be crying as he stares at FDR.

How 43 Giant, Crumbling Presidential Heads Ended Up in a Virginia Field

After an ambitious monument went bust, big dreams—and big heads—remain

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Check Out These Vintage Computer Viruses at the Malware Museum

Relive the horror of watching your computer catch a ‘90s-era virus

A rendering of the newly reopened Museum of Neon Art in Glendale, California.

Glow to This Flickering Tribute to Neon

The past shines at the Museum of Neon Art in Southern California

The Dining Room of the Colored Girls Museum

A Pop-Up Museum Documents the Stories of Philadelphia's Black Women

Vashti DuBois is looking to build community and pride in underserved neighborhoods, starting with her own

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