After years of controversies, the organisation that oversees Louisiana’s ten state museums will have to wait until next year for the American Alliance of Museums’ ruling

The longtime director of the Smithsonian museum in Washington, DC, will return to the Big Apple after 12 years away

The centre’s art-filled campus will open in June, but visitors to Expo Chicago can get a preview of its art commissions in two special curated sections of the fair

The new collections hub page speaks to an “institutional commitment to accountability and transparency”, the museum’s director Tristram Hunt said

The new research suggests use of dice in games of chance more than 6,000 years before such practices appeared in Europe

From Seoul-born artist Dabin Ahn’s first solo show with Document to dancehall and reggaetón at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

Two former museum employees point to quiet changes related to programming and language that they think are decidedly telling

The Tokyo-based Kengo Kuma and Associates, whose previous museum projects include V&A Dundee, will design the building located on the site of St Vincent House

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter institutional collections worldwide

The fate of the 4,000 objects—including works by Christina Ramberg, Roger Brown, Martin Puryear and Edra Soto—remains unclear

The museum has acquired the beloved US illustrator’s ‘The Dugout’, his 1948 painting of Chicago Cubs players

A significant number of Canadians are shunning their neighbours to the south, a phenomenon felt most acutely by smaller museums and those along the border

After two years of conservation, the 19th-century Lucknow scroll is on show in New Haven, Connecticut

The manuscript pages, prints and calligraphy had been seized by Canadian authorities as they arrived in Vancouver from Istanbul

Two people finished their terms on the institution’s Board of Regents in early March and have yet to be replaced

The works of Chile’s most famous folk artist, singer and composer return to the Violeta Parra Museum, which now has enhanced security

The Center at West Park has been marshalling support from famous actors led by Mark Ruffalo to stop the demolition of West Park Presbyterian Church

Representatives for the Victoria and Albert Museum, the National Trust and the Tate had warned that the legislation could have severely impacted their funding

The cultural body has also unlocked more than $100,000 in emergency funding for urgent operations on the ground

According to our 2025 Visitor Figures survey, the Seoul location of the museum is attracting more international guests

The order by a district court judge for Washington, DC, requires the White House to seek approval from Congress for Donald Trump’s $400m construction project

More than 300 Mexican cultural professionals are calling for clarity surrounding the Gelman Santander Collection, a trove of works by Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, María Izquierdo and others

The new panel is intended to “shape ongoing and future restitution processes more effectively” and coordinate with counterparts in receiving countries

Danish government reforms have resulted in increased funds for museums, but some question the equity of grants based on footfall

Our annual survey shows that some of the world’s most venerable institutions are still struggling to attract the number of visitors they had before Covid, but there is enthusiasm for new museums, and in regions such as Asia and Latin America

Following a £5m refit, the Sheep Field Barn gallery at the sculptor’s farmhouse in Hertfordshire, England, will also house an education centre

The art historian Gary Schwartz argues that the copy of “Old Man with a Gold Chain” currently hanging alongside the original at the Art Institute of Chicago is by Rembrandt himself, not his workshop

The Arts Collective complex, five years in the making, will feature galleries, learning spaces and 17 artists’ studios

A trek to Haiti’s Citadelle Laferrière, a Unesco World Heritage site that has been undergoing conservation for 25 years

The museum, which has been closed since December 2024, will continue its programming in collaboration with other cultural institutions