The UK’s Natural History Museum is reviewing options for its Charles Darwin exhibits, including possible removal, after an internal review ordered amid Black Lives Matter protests found that they could be deemed “offensive.” The museum’s directors are scrutinizing collections that may be considered “problematic,” which could lead to removal or lesser […]
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President Barack Obama broke precedent and slammed his successor President Donald Trump on Wednesday night during his DNC speech at the Museum of American Revolution. Obama, who led the greatest political scandal in US history and spied on the Trump campaign and Trump Transition Team, gave one of the most […]
Summer travel in the United States has slowed but not stopped due to the coronavirus pandemic. Among those destinations that have recently reopened is, as of June 8, the Creation Museum, a museum dedicated to promoting the Biblical story of Genesis as historic and scientific fact. More than this, the […]
In Pursuit of the Perfect Photo, Tourist Accidentally Breaks Sculpture’s Toes by Nora McGreevy/Smithsonianmag.com Last week, a tourist visiting the Museo Antonio Canova in northern Italy staged a photoshoot with unexpected consequences. Posing next to a 216-year-old plaster sculpture of a reclining woman, he sat down near the statue’s feet and […]
Can You Help Identify This Museum’s Mystery Artifacts? by Theresa Machemer/Smithsonianmag.com In 1884, American-born expatriate Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome patented a compact “tabloid” pill designed to deliver standardized doses of medicine. The product, produced by the young entrepreneur’s pharmaceutical company, Burroughs Wellcome & Co., was an instant sensation, making Wellcome a […]
Gary Garrels, one of the top art curators in the nation, resigned this week after refusing to exclude works of white male artists. Garrels was the chief curator at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art since 2008. Gary Garrels said not presenting art by white male artists was reverse […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202007101079848950-turkeys-state-council-annuls-1934-ruling-to-turn-hagia-sophia-in-istanbul-into-museum-reports-say/ Last year, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggested that the Hagia Sophia, formerly the Church of the Holy Wisdom, which used to be an Orthodox Christian cathedral before becoming a mosque and then a museum, could become a mosque again, with free admission. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107981/26/1079812681_0:0:3086:1736_1200x675_80_0_0_66f6e9164252fcf8c68e5a8e0a26d1e0.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202007061079812658-russian-patriarch-urges-turkey-to-preserve-hagia-sophias-status-as-museum/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill on Monday called on Ankara to keep the Hagia Sophia as a museum, as the “neutral status” will contribute to the further development of interfaith peace and harmony, amid the Turkish authorities’ plans […]
As the trend of statue-toppling gains traction worldwide, RT takes a look at a special German museum where outdated sculptures go to rest in peace – even though many hark back to war. From the 19th-century colonial conquests in Africa to Prussian militarism and Nazism, German history is full of […]
Celebrate Independence Day at the National Veterans Memorial and Museum COLUMBUS, Ohio – The National Veterans Memorial and Museum will be open July 4 to share the stories of our nation’s Veterans who fought and died for our freedom. While many communities have cancelled fireworks, parades and events for the […]
They won’t stop til they crush the system. In August 2017 far left protesters demanded the New York Museum of Natural History remove their famous Teddy Roosevelt statue. The protesters carried signs that read “Black Lives Matter” and “Abolish white supremacy.” The scene outside of @AMNH today as #DecolonizeThisPlace‘s anti-#ColumbusDay tour covered the […]
There’s no evidence linking the legendary Liverpool street Penny Lane to slave trader James Penny, the city’s slavery museum has said. The street was recently vandalized, amid Black Lives Matter protests. The widespread misconception that the road was named after an 18th-century slave merchant was debunked by the Liverpool-based International […]
Thousands of ‘black trans lives matter’ protesters gathered outside of the Brooklyn museum on Sunday. The protesters were shoulder-to-shoulder and not practicing social distancing. WATCH: Happening now in Brooklyn.. Silent march for Black Trans lives.. shot by my friend who has this amazing view from her living room… pic.twitter.com/Caa8hj62DX — […]
In the video posted to social media, Kansas City Zoo executive director Randy Wisthoff says their Humboldt penguins have missed their regular interactions with zoo visitors. Gabe Hopkins/The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. hide caption toggle caption Gabe Hopkins/The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. In the video posted to social media, Kansas […]