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Expo 2020: Egypt unveils plans for world’s largest museum of Egyptian civilization
Egypt is set to open what is billed as the world’s largest museum of Egyptian civilization near the iconic Giza Pyramids in 2022.The launching of the ... Gulf -
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi on track for completion by 2025: Officials
The Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, to be located in Saadiyat Island cultural district in the United Arab Emirate’s capital, is set to welcome visitors from ... Gulf -
Palestinian artist Mohammed Assaf’s wax figure unveiled on Dubai Eye
Madame Tussauds has unveiled one of its latest celebrity wax figures, this time of Palestinian artist Mohammed Assaf, in a “magical moment” on the ... Gulf -
Greece inaugurates its first underwater museum in Alonissos island
Greece on Saturday inaugurated its first underwater museum, a trove of 5th century BC amphorae labelled the “Parthenon of shipwrecks”, off the coast ... Travel and Tourism -
Coronavirus: Paris to reopen Louvre after losing over 40 mln euros due to COVID-19
The Louvre in Paris, the world’s most visited museum and home to the Mona Lisa, reopens on Monday but with coronavirus restrictions in place and parts ... Coronavirus -
British museum hands looted ancient tablets to Iraq
The British Museum said o Friday it had returned to Iraq a collection of 156 cuneiform tablets believed to have been looted following the US-led ... Art and culture -
Egypt opens museum commemorating Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz
A museum commemorating the life and works of Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz has opened in Cairo, nearly 13 years after the Nobel laureate's ... Art and culture -
Einstein’s relativity document gifted to Nobel museum
The Nobel Museum in Stockholm has been gifted Albert Einstein’s first paper published after he received the Nobel Prize in 1922 and discussing ... Variety -
New York MET welcomed record 7.4 million visitors in 2018
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art welcomed almost 7.4 million visitors in 2018, figures showed Friday, a new record for the venerable ... Variety -
Bronze statue with Arab features found in this Saudi valley
A bronze statue of a face with Arab features and curly hair was found in the al-Faw village in al-Dawasir valley in Riyadh. Many researchers linked ... Travel and Tourism -
After delays, Egypt’s new mega-museum set to open in 2020
On the Giza Plateau outside Cairo, thousands of Egyptians are laboring in the shadow of the pyramids to erect a monument worthy of the pharaohs.The ... Travel and Tourism -
India’s only kite museum in Ahmedabad passes with flying colors
Ahmedabad, the largest city in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat, boasts 30-odd museums but the Kite Museum in the 607 ... Art and culture -
WATCH: Man behind India’s transport museum creates emotional connect with cars
Tarun Thakral’s romance with the wheels started when he first acquired a 1932 Chevy Phaeton and restored it. “When it was back on the road ... Variety -
PHOTOS: Open-air museum of restored traditional mansions wow visitors in India
Phased wiping of traditional localities including its homes and vernacular architecture in cities and towns almost everywhere is going on at large ... Travel and Tourism -
Saudi museum hosts 250-year-old Damascene room
A rare 250-year-old room from Damascus survived destruction when Saudi Arabia’s Ithra Museum in Dhahran, specialized in showcasing Islamic art, ... Travel and Tourism -
WATCH: Fire breaks out at site of new Egyptian museum in Giza
A fire broke out on Sunday at the building site of the new Egyptian museum but caused no significant damage or injuries, Egyptian officials said. ... Art and culture -
IN PICTURES: Saudi Arabia’s al-Ula to become world’s largest open museum
Over 2,000 years old and located in the north-west of Saudi Arabia is al-Ula, the world’s largest open museum. Al-Ula region is a rocky area ... Features -
Egypt charges 72 for looting, turning archaeological site into parking lot
The Administrative Prosecution court in Egypt has ordered that 72 employees from the archeological sector and a number of security officials in ... Art and culture -
DNA shows first modern Briton had dark skin, blue eyes
The first modern Briton had dark skin and blue eyes, London scientists said on Wednesday, following groundbreaking DNA analysis of the remains of a ... Variety -
Lebanon displays stolen ancient artifacts returned from US
Lebanon has displayed three stolen ancient sculptures that were returned from the United States recently. The treasures arrived home last month and ... Variety -
WATCH: India’s toilet museum tells tales of colonial rivalry
Sulabh International Museum of Toilets is all about the history of toilets. In 2014, it got listed in world's top 10 whacky museums by Time magazine. ... Variety -
New York’s 9/11 museum draws 10 mln visitors
New York’s museum dedicated to the Al-Qaeda attacks of September 11, 2001 has drawn more than 10 million visitors in just over three years, ... Variety -
Why this Palestinian-Muslim woman works for a Jewish museum
Dressed in a headscarf and a robe, 24-year-old Palestinian Nesreen Hajjaj, routinely leads people through one of the world’s most significant ... Features -
Museum of Russian impressionist art opens in Moscow
A museum of Russian Impressionist art opened amid efforts to promote the country’s little-known art movement to a global audience Variety -
Refugees become Arabic-language guides at Berlin’s museums
As part of a bid to integrate refugees into Germany, several museums run by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation came up with the unique project Features -
Iraqi museum refuge for relics of the past
After the destruction wreaked on archaeological sites by ISIS, the collections at Iraq’s National Museum in Baghdad have become even more important Features -
New York museum gives children the chance to discover Muslim culture
The Children's Museum of Manhattan on the Upper West Side has been turned into an indoor playground Features -
Opening of Abu Dhabi’s Louvre pushed back to 2016
The museum was originally scheduled to open in 2012 but that target was pushed back until this year Variety -
Abu Dhabi’s Louvre museum gains star canopy dome
The last of nearly 4,500 metal stars was placed Sunday on the outer layer of the dome on Abu Dhabi's Louvre museum, expected to open by the end of ... Variety -
Iraq gets back antiquities recovered by U.S. forces in Syria
Iraq's antiquities minister says the Baghdad National Museum has gotten back nearly 500 artifacts recovered by U.S. Army Art and culture