The institution intensified its repatriation efforts after revised federal rules governing Native American remains and funerary objects went into effect earlier this year

Lorenzo Prendini says his permits to transport the specimens out of Turkey were ignored by police

Activists with Extinction Rebellion staged protests inside the Guggenheim Museum and the American Museum of Natural History

The new Gilder Center, designed by architecture firm Studio Gang to resemble a towering canyon, adds 230,000 sq. ft and some clarity to the museum’s vast Manhattan campus

Dramatic extension to the 140-year-old building is inspired by the “Manhattanhenge” illusion

Futter, who became the first woman to lead a major New York museum when she took the role in 1993, oversaw a period of enormous growth at the institution

American Museum of Natural History renovates its Pacific Northwest cultures gallery after 112 years

The equestrian statue, which depicts Roosevelt on horseback flanked by a Native American man and a man of African descent, had been the focus of years-long campaigns from activists calling for its removal

The statue, which has long stood outside New York City’s American Museum of Natural History, has been the focus of years-long campaigns by activists calling for its removal

New York institution says it lost over $37m when it was forced to shut down, but insurance company caps potential coverage at $200,000

A unanimous vote by the New York City Public Design Commission has cleared the way for the controversial statue’s removal to a new home dedicated to the former US president

Visitors are encouraged to bring their own flashlight for the full optical experience

Defending problematic monuments as educational opportunities, the US president misidentifies a famous bronze as a presidential portrait in a Fox News interview

The former president’s great-grandson supports the removal of “relics of another age”

After being blocked from entering the American Museum of Natural History, decolonisation demonstrators took to the streets, ending at the Metropolitan Museum’s steps