The National Museum of China Friday opened an exhibition featuring 126 treasures from France's Louvre Museum.
"Star Wars" filmmaker George Lucas has settled on Los Angeles for the home of his $1 billion storytelling museum, after pulling the project from Chicago last year.
The Bronx Museum of the Arts is an internationally recognized cultural destination that presents innovative contemporary art exhibitions and education programs and is committed to promoting cross-cultural dialogues for diverse audiences.
A 23,000-year-old fishing hook, the world’s oldest, was excavated from a cave here, a discovery that counters the theory that early Stone Age humans could not survive for long on Japan’s southernmost islands, researchers said.
If the Chinese emperor who ordered the Forbidden City's construction were still alive, he'd be rapping about his courtly antics and taking photos with an iPhone.
International Museum Day falls on tomorrow. Have you planned a museum visit yet? With the theme of "Museums and Cultural Landscapes", there will be a series of activities to celebrate the day.
New video installation which recalls Singapore's founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew's State Funeral Procession, and an artillery shell casing from the 21-gun salute donated by PM Lee Hsien Loong, will be on display at National Museum of Singapore on Wednesday, said Singapore's National Heritage Board(NHB) in a press release on Tuesday.
Less durable remains, like fabrics of garments and home decorations that somehow survive time’s decay, can also be telling artifacts of early cultures.
New evidence supports the theory that a 1,000-year-old Buddha statue with a mummified monk inside, now owned by a Dutch private collector, was stolen from China, a government official said Tuesday.
China's major museums are ready to say no to "selfie sticks", but are still considering whether to close their doors completely to the world's newest camera accessory.
The Memorial Museum dedicated to the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will be open to the public at the World Trade Center site on May 21, officials said Monday.
A fossil of one of the world's oldest flying seabirds has been found in New Zealand
An exhibition featuring the costumes of China's Qing emperors and their consorts will be staged at Hong Kong Museum of History from July 31 until October 7.