Cult Discover the centuries-old culture of Mountain Jews in Azerbaijan Located at the foot of the Greater Caucasus, Krasnaya Sloboda in Azerbaijan is a Jewish settlement that has existed for centuries. We discover the life of the mountain Jews there with a museum dedicated to them. 25/02/2021
no comment Fibreglass shark linked to Jaws movie is installed at new musuem The shark was rescued from a scrapyard and will go on display at the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. 24/11/2020
Life This Glasgow-based artist is the founder of the 'Plastic Bag Museum' Katrina Cobain is making plastic bags a thing of the past by locking them away in a museum. 04/11/2020
Inspire Middle East This is how ‘inclusive’ art & artifacts are keeping museums relevant In the spirit of inclusion and appealing to as broad an audience as possible, once rarely seen and sacred artifacts, are now accessible to many in museums and galleries around the world. 30/10/2020
France Boy thrown from 10th floor of Tate Modern 'can now stand unaided' The boy, now 7, suffered life-changing injuries when he was thrown from the viewing platform at the Tate Modern in August 2019. 28/09/2020
USA New York museums and galleries reopen New York City galleries and museums have opened their doors to visitors after being forced to close by the coronavirus pandemic 30/08/2020
Greece ‘Parthenon of shipwrecks’: Greece opens its first underwater museum Members of the public have the chance to scuba dive to the wreck of an ancient ship that sank in the 5th century BC. 02/08/2020
Germany Statue of Lenin calmly erected in West Germany The tiny Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany erected the first statue of Lenin ever on former West German territory. 20/06/2020
Spain Prado and Versailles among Europe's museums to re-open to visitors The Prado in Madrid and Palace of Versailles were able to re-open on Saturday after coronavirus lockdowns in Spain and France were loosened. 06/06/2020
Italy Archaeological World Heritage site in Italy welcomes back visitors Paestum becomes the first of Italy’s famous archaeological sites to reopen following the pandemic lockdown 23/05/2020
no comment The Eternal City shares its past again as Rome's museums open again Another prominent art attraction, the Boboli Gardens of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence will start welcoming visitors on Thursday. 19/05/2020
Europe Museums adapt to changing times amid coronavirus pandemic Museums have opened with new hygiene measures in place in Switzerland while in Paris, one museum is offering a new virtual exhibition. 16/05/2020
Inspire Middle East How are people traveling to museums & art galleries from home? Virtual reality websites are becoming a ticket to cultural experiences for many who are currently self-isolating. 08/05/2020
United Kingdom Boy, 6, thrown from Tate Modern museum starting to speak, say family More than five months after being pushed off the Tate Modern's viewing platform, the six-year-old French boy has started to speak and move his limbs. 19/12/2019
