museums

Smithsonian And National Zoo To Close After New Year's Day In Government Shutdown

10:46pm December 27, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

"There's no getting around it," Linda St. Thomas, chief spokeswoman for the Smithsonian. About two-thirds of the institution's staff are federal employees and will be furloughed effective Jan. 2.

A fire burned Sunday at the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro.

In Brazil's National Museum Fire, Officials Fear 'Incalculable' Loss Of Artifacts

1:13pm September 03, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

The blaze started Sunday night, spreading through the 200-year-old building and engulfing some of its 20 million artifacts.

Lorena Bradford (left), head of accessible programs at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., leads a session of the museum's Just Us program. The program gives adults with memory loss and their caregivers a chance to explore and discuss works o

Family Caregivers Finally Get A Break — And Some Coaching

5:00am April 27, 2018

by Mindy Fetterman

Across the U.S., community groups, hospitals and government agencies are stepping up to support the estimated 42 million stressed and strained family caregivers, who are often untrained and unpaid.

Sally Armstrong, who plays the role of ragged school teacher Miss Perkins, stands her ground.

A 'Ragged School' Gives U.K. Children A Taste Of Dickensian Destitution

5:11pm April 01, 2018

by Sam Alwyine-Mosely

The East End of London was once synonymous with Dickensian squalor. Now it's prime real estate. A tiny museum in the back streets shows schoolchildren what life was like in the past.

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New York's Guggenheim Museum announced Monday that it was removing three works from its upcoming exhibit of contemporary art from China. Animal rights activists said the works depicted cruelty to animals.

Citing Threats, Guggenheim Pulls Three Works Involving Animals From Exhibition

4:47pm September 26, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

An online petition demanding the museum remove the works garnered more than 600,000 signatures since it was posted five days ago, contending that three of them depict animal cruelty.

Adam Hashem and Ali Alaoieh greet customers as they enter Hashem's Market & Roaster, a family-owned business specializing in fresh, imported spices and traditional Turkish coffee.

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In Michigan, Museum Food Tours Offer Tastes Of Arab Culture

8:00am August 23, 2017

by Martina Guzman

Yalla! Eat walking tours take people into the Arab-American community, where they can talk with business owners about their personal stories and the products they sell.

The Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, Mass., announced it would sell 40 works to fund its renovation and endowment, raising concerns from museum organizations that the instiution is treating its collection "as a disposable financial asset." Above, an exhibi

Museum's Plan To Sell 40 Works Has Art World Up In Arms

5:54pm July 30, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

The auction, including two Rockwell paintings, would fund the Berkshire Museum's renovation and increase its endowment. But two prominent museum organizations say the sale violates fundamental ethics.

Museums only have so much wall space, which means the vast majority of their collections are sitting in storage. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has a creative solution to the problem — the museum is texting its artwork to anyone who asks.

Tight On Wall Space, SFMOMA Will Text Its Art To You Instead

11:25am July 18, 2017

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art can only display a fraction of its collection at any given time. Now, you can text a word or emoji and the museum will send back a corresponding work of art.

From Pez To Ticks, 'Atlas Obscura' Discovers 'Wonderfully Specific' Museums

8:21pm May 30, 2017

by Samantha Raphelson

People often become obsessed with collecting certain types of objects and then, before you know it, they have the basis for what writer Molly McBride Jacobson calls a "wonderfully specific museum."

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Exhibits at Poland's newly opened Museum of the Second World War include photographs, letters and other memorabilia donated by private individuals.

Poland's New World War II Museum Just Opened, But Maybe Not For Long

9:38am April 04, 2017

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

The museum opened March 23 in Gdansk, where the war began. "This is the museum of a war, but not a military museum," says historian Pawel Machcewicz. The government wants something different.

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