Museums
Australian Museum Will Return Prized 2,500-Year-Old Vase to Italy
The institution will also repatriate two additional looted items discovered during investigations
How an Ohio Cow Pasture Gave Rise to a Monument to Aviation History
The National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, celebrates 100 years
Amateur Metal Detectorist Makes 'Gold Find of the Century' in Norway
Erlend Bore unearthed a trove of 1,500-year-old gold jewelry—just months after he picked up the hobby
Museum Drops Ban on Photographing Picasso's 'Guernica'
After enforcing the rule for three decades, officials say that lifting it will prevent overcrowding and attract younger audiences
The Met's Free Children’s Studio Is Finally Here
Called 81st Street Studio, the sprawling play space encourages interactive engagement with art and science
How the 'Wild Beasts' of Fauvism Took the Art World by Storm
A new exhibition examines the short-lived movement—and sheds new light on its women members
Manchester Museum Returns 174 Artifacts to Indigenous Australians
After years of planning, the museum handed over dolls, baskets, maps and other objects acquired in the 1950s
Five Places Worth Traveling to This Fall
New museums, a monumental exhibition and a skywatcher’s dream festival beckon in the coming months
Boy Playing in Sandbox Finds 1,800-Year-Old Roman Coin
The rare silver denarius was minted during the rule of Marcus Aurelius (161-180 C.E.)
A Lost N.C. Wyeth, Bought for $4, Could Sell for $250,000
The owner had no idea the painting was an original when she found it in a New Hampshire thrift store
The Harlem Renaissance Is Coming to the Met
A new exhibition will be the first survey of the cultural movement in New York City since 1987
Florida Museum Sues Ex-Director Over Plot to Profit From Forged Basquiat Paintings
The museum says its reputation was badly damaged by a scandal it describes as "stranger than fiction"
Who Was the Enslaved Child Painted Out of This 1837 Portrait?
The painting of Bélizaire, 15, shown behind the children of his enslavers, has been acquired by the Met
'Wounded Indian' Sculpture Will Return to Boston—Decades After It Was Supposedly Destroyed
The piece was rediscovered in 1999 at a Virginia museum, which has finally agreed to hand it over
See the Baby Glow-in-the-Dark Shark Hatched at the Tennessee Aquarium
In coastal waters, swell sharks appear a glowing green color to other members of their species due to a special eye adaptation
A Mysterious Portrait Was Discovered Beneath a René Magritte Painting
Researchers found the image using infrared reflectography, and they think it may depict the artist's wife, Georgette
Follow Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera Through Post-Revolution Mexico
The famous couple's artistic and political legacies are at the center of a new exhibition in Australia
Pepón Osorio Pushes the Bounds of Public Art
The Puerto Rican artist emphasizes community in installations crafted from everyday objects
See the Face of a Woman Who Died in a Shipwreck in 1628
A new facial reconstruction vividly resurrects Gertrude, one of 30 people killed during the sinking of the Swedish warship "Vasa"
Roald Dahl Museum Apologizes for the Author's Antisemitism
Building on a 2020 statement from the writer’s family, the charity condemned Dahl's racism as "undeniable and indelible"
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