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Landmark exhibition of the major works of the Dutch master Johannes Vermeer at the Louvre

A landmark exhibition of the major works of the Dutch master Johannes Vermeer has opened.

28/02/2017

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Artists create hyper-realistic sculptures for new exhibition

Eerily life-like sculptures on display at a new art exhibition will leave visitors doing a double-take.

06/02/2017

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Bolivia opens the "Evo Museum"

Bolivia on Thursday opened a $7 million museum dedicated to President Evo Morales and indigenous peoples in Morales’s birthplace of Orinoca high up in the deserts of the Bolivian…

04/02/2017

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Trump gets his wall

A tourist attraction in Hamburg, Germany that features miniature models of various parts of the world has put up a wall around the United States, in a dig at President Donald Trump’s plan to build a f

04/02/2017

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Too much bum time says Experimentarium

Museum where the exhibits interact with you

02/02/2017

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The Pompidou Centre in Paris celebrates its 40th birthday

The Pompidou Centre in Paris is instantly recognisable.

31/01/2017

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Europe's first underwater museum opens in Lanzarote

British artist Jason DeCaires Taylor has created what is the first underwater museum in Europe.

12/01/2017

USA

Star Wars film maker chooses LA for art museum

After holding the art world in suspense Star Wars film maker George Lucas has finally chosen Los Angeles to build his $1bn (900,000 euros) Museum of Narrative…

12/01/2017

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The Osmotheque of Versailles - a unique archive of perfumes

Perfumes have had a powerful effect on people the world over for thousands of years.

06/01/2017

France

360º Video: noon at the Museum

Once a month, Lyon’s Arts and Crafts Museum organises a guided tour, focused on a particular piece of artwork and a concert related to the piece.

27/12/2016

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Postcards from Uzbekistan: treasure trove of banned art

Paintings banned by authorities in Soviet times were saved in a secret collection in Karakalpakstan

05/12/2016

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Van Gogh book of drawings slammed as fake

An extraordinary row has broken out over a new book that claims to contain previously unpublished drawings by Dutch master Vincent Van Gogh.

16/11/2016

Sci-Tech

The Kiss comes to life for the visually impaired

The Belvedere Museum in Vienna has unveiled a 3D version of a famed Gustav Klimt painting.

02/11/2016

World News

Maradona 'House of God' museum opens in Argentina

A new museum has opened up in Buenos Aires, in Argentina, dedicated to the football great Diego Maradona.

28/10/2016

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No escape from the genius of Harry Houdini

A key to enter 'The House of Houdini'

28/10/2016

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Prague Toilet Museum victims of own success

Flushed with success, a rare museum in Prague is moving to the Old Town to become more accessible to tourists.

19/10/2016

Sci-Tech

Meet your hominid ancestors in Georgia

Archaelogical findings including fossilised bones and artefacts covering almost two million years of human evolution are on show at the Georgian National Museum as part of its exhibition ‘Stone Age…

10/10/2016

Focus

Head to Hampi, a lesser-known Indian jewel

India’s ancient heritage plans to open at night for the first time.

04/10/2016

Netherlands

Stolen Van Gogh paintings recovered by Italian police

The masterpieces, stolen more than a decade ago in Amsterdam, were found in a house linked to an international drug trafficker in Castellammare di Stabia, near Naples.

30/09/2016

World News

Obama opens US black history museum

President Obama has formally opened the US National Museum of African-American History and Culture in Washington – nearly 100 years after it was first proposed by black civil war…

24/09/2016