Leonora Carrington’s Mexico City home will not be open to the public
The house of Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) in Mexico City, renovated in 2021 to become a museum, will ultimately not open…
Rachida Dati’s proposals on entry tickets to the legal test
Debates on the pricing policy of museums, churches and cultural monuments are recurrent. Thus Rachida Dati has just fed it…
Sudden death of the director of the Lons-le-Saunier Museum
Director and curator of the Archaeological Museum of Lons-le-Saunier (Jura), Jean-Luc Mordefroid died on October 20, 2024 at the age…
The extraordinary story of Chew’s treasure
One of England’s most valuable ancient coins, estimated at £4.3 million (€5.1 million), will join the collections of the Somerset…
The National Museum of the Navy in Washington will move to a new location
The National Museum of the Navy in Washington will move into a new, modernized and more accessible space, not far…
The surroundings of Notre-Dame will be vegetated
As Notre-Dame de Paris prepares to reopen to the public on December 8 after the 2019 fire, the City of…
Jean-Baptiste Delorme new director of the Rochechouart Museum
Jean-Baptiste Delorme is the new director of the Departmental Museum of Contemporary Art in Rochechouart (Haute-Vienne). He succeeds Sébastien Faucon,…
Darren Walker new president of the National Gallery of Art in Washington
Darren Walker has been named president of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the museum announced October 15. The…
National Museum of Indonesia reopens after 2023 fire
Closed for more than a year after a devastating fire in September 2023, the National Museum of Indonesia (MNI) reopened…
A test opening for the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo
While waiting for the official opening, unknown to date, the Grand Egyptian Museum opened twelve of its galleries on October…
Italy sees boom in demand for archaeologists
Italy. Excavating the past has become a profession of the future. This is the observation made by the Associazione Nazionale…
Kleine Grosz Museum in Berlin closes ahead of schedule
The Kleine Grosz Museum in Berlin will close on November 26, 2024 due to lack of funding. Opening in May…