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Tag: Museums
A Tiny Gladiator Tells of the Reach of Roman Empire Celebrity
A 2,000-year-old copper knife handle depicting a gladiator will go on display at Hadrian’s Wall, in the north of England, next year.
Art or Trash? It Can Be a Fine Line.
Two beer cans were displayed in a Dutch museum. Then they were accidentally thrown out.
The Netherlands Returns Hundreds of Cultural Artifacts to Indonesia
The repatriation, the second of its kind by the Dutch, shows a working model for returning looted treasures from Europe to former colonies around the world.
The Four Mysterious Guardians of the Artist Lee Bul
This fall the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s facade will feature strange, humanoid sculptures. If they induce a feeling of nausea, that’s what Lee was going for.
A 4-Year-Old Boy Breaks a 3,500-Year-Old Jar at an Israeli Museum
The child, who had been visiting the Hecht Museum in Haifa, wanted to know what was in the jar, his father said. He and his family have been invited to return when the artifact is restored.
Bus in Cambodia Is a Mobile Museum of Khmer Rouge Crimes
Most people in Cambodia are under 30, born long after the horrific rule of the Khmer Rouge. A bus is touring the country to make sure it’s not forgotten.
A History Museum Shows How China Wants to Remake Hong Kong
A new exhibit calls for the city’s residents to be patriotic, loyal to the Chinese Communist Party and ever vigilant to supposed threats to the state.
Brazilian Art Student Switches Coin at the British Museum With a Fake
The artist aimed to use sleight of hand to point to what he described as the museum’s problematic legacy of colonial-era acquisitions.
In a Porridge Box, an Ancient Treasure Mysteriously Arrives in Dublin
The National Museum of Ireland received two copper Bronze Age ax heads in the mail. Now it needs to figure out who found them.