The revealing handwritten memoirs of Caroline Herschel, the first woman to receive payment from King George III for her interstellar discoveries, has been acquired by the museum that was once her home
The Museum of the American Revolution is facing pushback for its decision to rent some of its spaces to Moms For Liberty, an ultra-conservative non-profit
The university’s three art institutions—the Fogg, Busch-Reisinger and Arthur M. Sackler museums—are now free for all visitors
Plus, William Edmondson in Philadelphia and Zinzi Minott's Windrush 75 film in London
Vancouver-based Yilin Wang says the London institution included their translations of Chinese poet Qiu Jin’s poems in its latest show—but did not credit her
Under patrimony laws the museum cannot intervene during the auction but can buy up works at the final price
Calling out the injustice of colonialism and following it up with "serious debate and concrete actions" is Austria’s responsibility, says culture secretary
The Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut is foregrounding ocean ecology in its first contemporary art exhibition, with new commissions by American painter Alexis Rockman
The 45 portraits, cast in bronze, have been installed on the entrance to the newly restored London museum
As the Hispanic Society Museum & Library reopens after a six-year renovation—and two-month strike—its leaders are re-imagining its founder's legacy
Filipovic joins from the Kunsthalle Basel and will replace Josef Helfenstein
Nicholas Cullinan shows us around the new-look museum after its three-year closure
Architect Kisho Kurokawa's Nakagin Capsule Tower was demolished last year, but 23 of its distinctive pods were preserved
"Customers Conversing in a Tavern" (1671) by Dutch Golden Age painter Adriaen van Ostade is up on display after a six years of research and negotiations
The new facility will bring science-based material exploration, art activities and countless forms of play to the museum's youngest patrons
Missed the blockbuster show at the Rijksmuseum? Fear not, we present an insider’s guide to seeing all his 36 paintings across the globe, from London and New York, to Braunschweig and Tokyo
According to the art collector data company Larry's List, the burgeoning private museums sector now comprises 446 institutions worldwide, 111 of which have opened since 2016
More than 500 workers at the Carnegie Museums in Pittsburgh voted to ratify their first contract after 18 months of negotiations
A similar institution in Hong Kong was forcibly shuttered in 2021 following the passage of the city’s restrictive security law
View of the Sea from Haut Cagnes will in future be displayed with information about its former owner, Jakob Goldschmidt
Activists urged the New York museum to distance itself from board chair Marie-Josée Kravis and her husband Henry Kravis due to their ties to the fossil fuel industry
The institution will return funds donated by the defunct exchange and hedge fund led by Sam Bankman-Fried prior to its untimely collapse
The large piece of oak is around 6,000 years old–2,000 years older than Stonehenge
Every museum visit produces $905 in social benefits per visitor, according to a study conducted at 11 art institutions
The art historian Manuel Segade will join the Madrid institution while Tate international art curator Sook-Kyung Lee takes the reins in Manchester
The recovered items also include a Corinthian bronze helmet and four Roman-Byzantine gold coins
President Putin ordered the transfer of the medieval masterpiece from the State Tretyakov Gallery to the Russian Orthodox Church despite protests from restorers
The new education annex of the National Air and Space Museum will be funded through a $200m gift from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos
The artistic institution Dar Jacir was established by the Bethlehem-born artist Emily Jacir to give creatives from Palestine an outlet
The recently-closed exhibition drew 650,000 visitors in its four month run