Boy accidentally destroys 3,500-year-old artifact in Israeli museum
by A boy on a visit to a museum in Israel accidentally knocked over a 3,500-year-old jar, shattering the relic. “There are instances where display items …
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A 4-Year-Old Boy Breaks a 3,500-Year-Old Jar at an Israeli Museum
The child, who had been visiting the Hecht Museum in Haifa, wanted to know what was in the jar, his father said. He and his …
Bus in Cambodia Is a Mobile Museum of Khmer Rouge Crimes
Most people in Cambodia are under 30, born long after the horrific rule of the Khmer Rouge. A bus is touring the country to make …
A History Museum Shows How China Wants to Remake Hong Kong
A new exhibit calls for the city’s residents to be patriotic, loyal to the Chinese Communist Party and ever vigilant to supposed threats to the …
Austin’s Artful Blanton Museum Says: Come On In
When a director envisioned a museum you couldn’t walk by, Snohetta’s architects and designers added bright entryways, varied landscaping and impossible-to-miss “petals” on campus.
Brazilian Art Student Switches Coin at the British Museum With a Fake
The artist aimed to use sleight of hand to point to what he described as the museum’s problematic legacy of colonial-era acquisitions.
Saudi Esports Federation Opens Legacy Museum in Riyadh
The Saudi Esports Federation (SEF) has inaugurated a Legacy Museum in Riyadh, celebrating the federation’s achievements and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s significant impact on …
Amsterdam Museum to Return a Matisse Work Sold Under Duress in World War II
The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam says it will return an Henri Matisse painting that has been in its collection since 1941 to the heirs of …
Judy Garland Museum Is Raising Money to Bid on Stolen Ruby Slippers
In 2018, the F.B.I. recovered a pair of the famed ruby slippers Judy Garland wore in “The Wizard of Oz” that had been stolen in …
Apparent anti-Israel activists splash red paint on homes of Jewish officials at Brooklyn Museum
People purporting to be pro-Palestinian activists hurled red paint at the homes of Jewish officials with the Brooklyn Museum and also splashed paint across the …