It will be on long-term loan from the Illinois State Museum while its current home, the Thompson Center, is converted into Google offices

The London institution will begin looking for his replacement this autumn, with the new hire having to deal with delicate issues such as the Parthenon Marbles and after-effects of controversial BP sponsorship deal

Objects ranging from the Roman to medieval period were found at the archaeological site, which will now be turned into a Four Seasons hotel

The artwork is being shown in the US for the first time since Swiss venture capitalist Ryan Zurrer bought it at a New York auction 2021

Respini, previously the chief curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, comes to the Vancouver museum as it plans a major building project

The piece by Pieter Coecke van Aelst remains in Spain but Jonathan Ruffer wants to show it at his new Faith Museum in County Durham

A new scientific method has been used by archaeologists to determine the sex of the skeletal remains found on the Isles of Scilly

Celeste Tooth, a student and artist, was escorted off the museum premises following a disagreement with a guard over their backpack

The permanent pavilion includes two of the Japanese artist’s beloved installations

The find unearthed by Palestinian archaeology students includes sarcophagi decorated with dolphins and vineyards

He was part of a group that saved thousands of artworks during the Second World War from destruction and seizure by the Nazis

He will pay $62.5m to exempt him from legal claims related to Epstein’s sex trafficking

Under a new bill, the planned museum, which was created by an act of Congress in 2020, would be banned from receiving federal funding

The Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument will include sites in Mississippi and Illinois

The display includes a version of a sculpture that sparked debate in the Netherlands last month

The bombing of several buildings including in the historic city centre—a World Heritage Site—has been strongly condemned by Unesco

A decades-long process resulted in an ambitious reorientation of the museum’s campus around people and art

A skull relief carving hailing from the ancient Mayan city of Chichén Itzá has been repatriated

The institution’s first major redevelopment in 25 years will also include a new building for families and schools

The institution cited “unforeseen circumstances”, leaving angry participants with debt and many unanswered questions

The unidentified Swiss teenager is the second person to make headlines this summer for carving letters into the walls of the ancient site

Originally loaned to the White House in 2019, the items followed Donald Trump to his Florida residence and have yet to be returned

The artefacts, valued at a total of $1.26m, changed hands with a repatriation ceremony

The museum is encouraging public input on the proposals and will announce a winner in August

Cultural heritage officials are calling for greater protections of historic structures as the Siraji minaret in Basra is torn down for road expansion

Extreme weather conditions continue to roil the East Coast, putting arts communities at risk

After being closed to the public for 50 years, the historic institution is getting an interactive update

Admission fees have increased by 20% for adults and 33% for seniors and students, matching (and even exceeding) those at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Following a five-year absence, one of the founding members of the UN's cultural agency is readmitted as the organisation's 194th member state

Previously free, a standard tourist ticket to the ancient site now costs €5