This article was first published by the Museums Association. The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) and the British Museum have agreed to loan a number of significant cultural objects to a museum in Ghana. The agreement between the two London institutions and the Manhyia Palace Museum, which is in Kumasi, the capital of the Ashanti […]
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This article was first published by Ukrainian World Congress. Russian military attacked the territory of the Kamianska Sich National Nature Park, a part of the Khortytsia National Reserve, as reported by the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine. “The cultural facility located in Kherson Oblast includes the grave of the hetman Kost Hordiienko and the […]
This article was first published by Al-Monitor. Sudan’s devastating nine-month war between two rival generals is spreading to a UNESCO World Heritage Site, an NGO reported late Tuesday, sounding the alarm for the remains of the ancient Kingdom of Kush. The Regional Network for Cultural Rights said it “strongly condemns the incursion by the Rapid […]
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This article was first published by the BBC. The British Museum will put 10 items stolen from its collection on show later this month. The Roman gems, to be featured in an exhibition Rediscovering Gems, include a cameo with a bust of Cupid from the 1st or 2nd Century AD. In August, the museum announced […]
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This article was first published by Devon & Cornwall police. Officers are trying to identify a group of people in connection with a nighthawking incident in Totnes, Devon. It is believed that on Sunday 28 January, around six people went onto a protected site at Berry Pomeroy Castle with a metal detector and may have […]
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This article was first published by the French Ministry of Culture. Thanks to the Regional Museum Acquisition Fund (FRAM), the Bayeux Museum acquired a Victorian replica of the Bayeux Tapestry from the private collection of Charlie Watts (former Rolling Stones drummer). The museum has acquired the full-size Victorian replica of the Bayeux tapestry for £16,000. […]
This article was first published by the Art Newspaper. The 20th-century displays in the London institution’s Rooms Through Time galleries are being overhauled to reflect the diverse communities of Hoxton, the historic core of east London and one of the UK’s most gentrified areas When The Rooms Through Time reopen next summer, they will be […]
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This article was first published by the BBC. The first in a series of pop-up museums has been set up in Portsmouth, ahead of the 80th anniversary of D-Day. The exhibitions in libraries and shopping centres tell the story of the huge military operation to liberate Nazi-occupied Europe in 1944. The pop-up museums will tell […]
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This article was first published by the Daily Sabah. The cost of admission to major museums in Berlin is rising, mirroring the upward trend in prices for various commodities such as a packet of rice or a tank of petrol. Inflation in Germany, like many other European countries, remained high in 2023 after reaching a […]
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