The British Museum had to close some of its doors to visitors Friday, after a former employee allegedly succeeded in shutting down elements of its IT system. The BBC reports that the museum’s ...

A suave bronze head of Rome’s first emperor, Augustus, dominates the start of this new exhibition at the British Museum. Take a moment to savour its glaring inlaid eyes, if imperial-grade art is your ...

The bronze figurehead of a goddess is one of the highlights of a new exhibition featuring Sudan's ancient Kingdom of Kush, going on display in Stirling. It is the first time the nine items, which have ...

London’s British Museum has removed two poems by the early-20th-century feminist revolutionary and poet Qiu Jin from view after Vancouver writer Yilin Wang accused the institution of reproducing her ...

A former British Museum contract worker has been arrested after allegedly shutting down its IT systems, the London-based institution said. Part of the museum's permanent collection was closed on ...

Faced with economic headwinds and changing visitor habits, London’s museums are reinventing themselves for new — and paying — audiences.

Until recently, my vague idea of the Silk Road, the trade link from ancient east Asia to the West, was of camels crossing deserts laden with silk and spices. But a trip to the Silk Roads exhibition at ...

As public purse strings tighten, major U.K. museums are racing to outdo each other with ever more splashy fundraising schemes. The British Museum is the latest to turn heads this week with the ...

The British Museum’s Pink Ball fundraising gala on Saturday was disrupted when a climate protestor took to the stage during a ...