Delight as museum secures rare war medals
The museum had managed to raise £29,000 and Mr Brocklehurst said he was "absolutely delighted" when the owner agreed to sell ...
Museums and auction houses should not hold human remains, UK lawmakers say
Lawmakers and campaigners in the United Kingdom are pushing for an end to the display of human remains in museums and the ...
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UK MPs urge ban on Egyptian mummy displays in British museums
One museum visitor in Edinburgh was horrified to see stolen body parts belonging to his 19th century ancestors on display ...
UK government, museums urged to stop display of ancestral remains, repatriate them
Some British lawmakers, NGOs and researchers have called on the government to fix what they have described as a "legislative ...
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Tourist admission fees at UK national museums would be ‘ideologically at odds’ with their global collections, says new report
A new report published by the Cultural Policy Unit—an independent UK think tank—says that introducing admission charges for ...
A painting stolen from an Italian museum is found in England, but its new owner wants to keep it
The once-lost 16th-century painting now at the center of a custody battle between a widow in England and a small Italian ...
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New exhibition explores lives & legacies of enslaved Africans who powered 19th century postal ships.
Voices of Resistance exposes how 19th century British postal services profited from and enabled transatlantic trafficking of ...
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A year-long event bonanza will mark the birthday of perhaps the greatest British artist ever
Turner’s Staffa, Fingal’s Cave (1831-32) will be on show in the exhibition J.M.W. Turner: Romance and Reality at the Yale ...
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Dawn Chorus: Britain's best museum gift shops
Our Friday morning news review on museum shops, beech trees, ash dieback, and a rail replacement service you'll be happy to see the sight of.
Looking to catch a St. Patrick’s Day parade? What CT towns have planned for the holiday
Known for inciting people of many backgrounds to pretend to long to be Irish for day, March 17 in Connecticut is generally considered a day to celebrate, drink green beer and eat corned beef or ...