The first museums open today in the state of Brandenburg in a gradual easing of the coronavirus lockdown; bigger museums may take longer to reopen

Other institutions reflect on ethical concerns linked to Covid-19 material

One of the museum’s finest period rooms, the Kaufmann Office is being restored for display in new V&A East collection centre

Nicholas Coleridge describes “icy legs” symptoms and how doctors undoubtedly saved his life

The director of the Queens Museum reflects on how the coronavirus pandemic may change how communities use public spaces, and how museums can help rebuild these communal experiences

Originally scheduled to open in June this year and then postponed until September, new government measures to contain Covid-19 add further delays to the Bourse de Commerce space

Opening exhibition "grew directly out of this unprecedented situation,” says the museum's director Philip Tinari

Project is backed by the Ernst von Siemens art foundation, which seeks “a more factual focus to the discussions about restitution”

While legal hurdles remain, the museum directors’ association will not penalise members who redirect restricted funds to cover operating expenses

Nearly 75% of staff will be placed on unpaid leave and senior leadership at the Oregon museum will take salary cuts

Museum will also reduce salaries for those making over $80,000

Plus, Laura Cumming on Breugel. Produced in association with Christie's

Fire service says one person was injured in the blaze caused by a gas cylinder exploding

With sparse personnel and visitors, some criminals will try to see if the “closed” sign actually means “open”, say K2 Intelligence FIN's art crime experts

Signatories include leaders at Rome's MaXXI Museum and Venice’s civic museums as well as the artist Paola Pivi

Reduced security staff and distracted police forces could lead to a rise in art thefts—but there are measures that can be taken to protect collections

Huge new complex for Egypt's antiquities—which was originally scheduled to open in 2011—will be delayed until 2021

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter international museum collections—from £1m flower pyramids to an enigmatic portrait of a young black woman

Politically minded figure left helm of Queens Museum amid tensions with its board

Detectives are intensifying their investigation into the latest crime, at Laren’s Singer museum, which was committed this week on the artist’s birthday

The new director of London's Chisenhale Gallery recommends her favourite book, music, and Instagram account

Conservation departments are sending gloves, masks and Tyvek suits to hospitals and ambulance services

After the coronavirus pandemic, we will need our museums' masterpieces as never before

The man was looking for the “blackest black” in Malevich painting but says he fell “into a glitch hole”

Tim Steiner, whose entire back is covered in an ink piece created by Wim Delvoye, will sit in the empty Mona museum until the end of April

Devedjian was leading plans for a museum project in Saint-Cloud, west of Paris, about the reign of Louis XIV

They might not always draw the crowds that flock to malls and amusement parks, but museums are seen as valuable additions to communities—even by people who have never stepped foot in one

Female artists dominated the top ranks of last year's photography shows

What coronavirus is really forcing us to address is the societal function and justification for public culture in the 21st century, says the Victoria and Albert Museum's director

As museums donate protective supplies to medical centres during coronavirus crisis, grassroots efforts to make masks struggle to meet medical standards