Highway road work has uncovered an ancient civilisation’s ceremonial centrepiece

The artefact had been recovered from a US gallery in 2017, but since then its status was a mystery

Whitley’s five year tenure resulted in 15 exhibitions

A new “capsule collection” trail will also feature works by Mark Rothko and Dorothea Tanning

Kirsha Kaechele' Ladies Lounge will be reinstalled at the Hobart museum for a month after the supreme court overturned a ruling that the work was discriminatory

The monument, at the site of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, will ensure nobody forgets one of the “most horrific chapters in American history”, Biden said

Designs for the Oscar L. Tang and H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang Wing, conceived by the architect Frida Escobedo, show a stepped exterior of latticed limestone

Revd Sue Parfitt is “quite relaxed” about the prospect of prison for attacking the foundational document as part of climate action but she is upset that her licence to officiate as a priest has been revoked

The new bilateral agreement is intended to help Saudi Arabia “fulfil its ambition to become a global visitor destination”

The gift to the New York contemporary art centre from the organisation named after David Teiger will help to fund an upcoming exhibition programme

The action comes after 27 months of contract negotiations reached an impasse; the museum is working with a third-party security firm to keep the galleries open

France will also help develop a raft of new museums in the kingdom, including a photography institution

Restoration of the marble is expected to be a draw for the year-long event, which will allow public access to works in the Pope’s private collection as well as exhibitions across the Holy See and Rome

An extended reality platform being developed by a Scottish university allows users to “teleport” around virtual museums

New experience produced by Frameless Creative with London museum to launch national and international tour at MediaCity, Salford, in May 2025

The institution ended its partnership with the Swiss firm, begun nearly a decade ago, as it reassesses its plans

As an advertising agency pays Instagram influencers to promote museums, is it really worth shelling out thousands of dollars for added publicity and to reach new audiences?

Climate experts are helping museums, to create systemic change

The Musée d’Orsay hopes the restoration of ‘A Burial at Ornans’—once a Salon scandal, now a pride of the Paris museum—will unlock some of its secrets and reveal the painting to be even bigger and bolder than it appears now

The French culture minister insists the move is “a handover, not a restitution, in that these objects have never been part of French public collections”

Art for Vets initiative at Currier Museum of Art in the US encourages personal expression under the care of a full-time art therapist

An in-depth look at the inner workings of the International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas

Newly published research shows just how pervasive mercury—an essential element in the red cinnabar pigment favoured by the Maya—is at the site in Guatemala

Almaty Museum of Arts will house more than 700 works by Kazakh and Central Asian artists, while also presenting an substantial collection of international art

The latest edition of the £25,000 prize, awarded every three years to an artist inspired by Islamic traditions, is themed around moving image and digital media

The items, which include a vessel and bracelet, had been gifted to a US soldier more than 50 years ago

A new building adjacent to the Brazilian museum’s original home will more than double its total space

An Ivorian drum will be returned—though only under a special “deposit agreement”—while a crucial colonial bill has stalled

The dramatic revamp of the Italian institution’s Gallery of the Kings is part of a broader renovation that is due to complete in 2025

Wales may follow cities such as Venice in introducing the controversial levy