The International Council of Museums (ICOM) will vote on a new definition of museums in September 2019. The proposed change includes language about “social justice, global equality and planetary wellbeing.” Read more
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Voynich manuscript code unlocked by academic
A medieval manuscript which countless scholars including Alan Turing had been unable to decode has been deciphered by an academic at Bristol University. The Voynich manuscript is a handwritten and Read more
Tactile object-based learning with Museum in a Box
The Museum in a Box helps museums increase access to their collections through tactile object-based learning, simple tech, and audio responses to interaction. Museum in a Box puts museum collections Read more
Fire in Aberdeen Museum destroys Kurt Cobain artefacts
This past Saturday, June 9, a fire broke out at the Aberdeen Museum of History in Washington state. The museum had housed various Kurt Cobain artefacts, including a couch he Read more
Black Panther film sparks debate about African art restitution
The British Museum says it welcomes discussion raised by the film as it explores how to handle African objects in its own collection. Black Panther, the latest addition to the Read more
Léon Wuidar’s Typographic Forms at White Cube
During the 1980s and 1990s, Léon Wuidar’s interest in typographic forms and the rhythm of language fed into works featuring colourful abstract forms. These can also be seen in Wuidar’s Read more
Sanitation Worker Built Collection of 40,000 Objects Found in Trash
When he was around nine or ten years old, Nelson Molina watched his mother fix the family’s toaster. She heated a butter knife on the stove until it was red Read more
Yayoi Kusama Museum opens in Tokyo
A museum celebrating the work of the Japanese artist known as the ‘queen of polka dots’ has opened in Tokyo. Yayoi Kusama’s career has spanned more than seven decades. Read more
Yves Saint Laurent Museum opens in Marrakesh
Fashion lovers are flocking to the new Yves Saint Laurent museum in Marrakesh, the sunny Moroccan city beloved by the late designer, who was born and grew up in Read more
Van Gogh Alive in Athens
Van Gogh Alive – The Experience will stretch the definition of the word ‘exhibition’ as it stimulates the senses and opens the mind. And there’s no need to worry about Read more
LEGO House opens its doors to the public
Located in the company’s hometown of Billund, Denmark, the highly anticipated LEGO House recently opened its doors to the public. Designed by BIG, the building appears as 21 stacked LEGO bricks topped with Read more
Darwin’s long-lost beetle specimen found in museum dusty drawers
Millions of animals unknown to science languish in the world’s natural history collections. Just open a forgotten cupboard and you could find a new species. A COUPLE of years ago, Read more
‘David Bowie is’ travels to Brooklyn for final show
Organized with unprecedented access to David Bowie’s personal archive, this exhibition explores the creative process of an artist whose sustained reinventions, innovative collaborations, and bold characterizations revolutionized the way we Read more
Science Fiction: A Journey into the Unknown
Two years on from the Digital Revolution exhibition, the Onassis Cultural Centre joins forces once again with London’s Barbican Centre for a new show: Science Fiction: A Journey into the Read more
Unlocking the stories behind the art
Through the Smartify free app, users can unlock the stories behind art and create a digital personal art collection. Smartify has now partnered with some of the world’s most popular Read more