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Locked-down Europeans flock to British Museum's online collections

Egyptian mummies without the crowds: traffic to the museum's online galleries has more than tripled amid coronavirus lockdowns.

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German museum unveils wax statue of Greta Thunberg

It was created by sculptor Gottfried Kruger.

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.

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Exhibition marks centenary of artist Modigliani's death

The exhibition has fourteen of Modigliani's paintings and twelve of his drawings which the museum says are rarely shown to the public.

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Russia

Take a look inside the museum dedicated to death

Its 30,000 artefacts from around the world reflect death and mourning across human cultures.

Living

David Hockney teams with Indigenous American artists

It highlights how the Yosemite Valley has inspired artists of different eras, genres and backgrounds.

Europe News

30 years on Belgian Comic Strip museum proves cartoons are timeless

Celebrating its 30th birthday in the home of cartoons, the Belgian Comic Strip museum has made its mark on the cultural landscape.

Germany

Watch: Bonn museum examines German view of the British

The exhibition "Very British: A German Point of View" includes a Brexit countdown clock.

Austria

Vienna opens its first 'made for Instagram' selfie museum

Attendees are invited to take selfies in 24 interactive installations inside the museum, which opens on Friday.

United Kingdom

World's first vagina museum to open in London in November

Its aim will be to educate visitors about female genitals while fighting stigma surrounding them.

World

Lebanon’s Qasr Moussa: The story of the man who built his own castle

In the Lebanese mountains, the site of Qasr Moussa - or Moussa Castle - tells the story of a common man who pursued the dream of building his own castle.

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Visiting Dubai's many museums

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Visiting Dubai's many museums

Living

London Design Festival: the sustainability events you can't miss

This year the festival will feature a strong focus on the potential for design to help solve current global concerns around biodiversity, sustainability, and the crisis of single use plastics.

United Kingdom

Teenager faces trial next year after French boy's Tate Modern fall

British police charged a 17-year-old with attempted murder after a six-year-old boy was thrown from a 10th-floor viewing platform at the Tate Modern art gallery in London.

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How to do Dubai on a budget

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Must-try hole-in-the-wall restaurants, free experiences and bargain shopping spots worth exploring in the emirate.

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Feel, taste and smell it: New exhibition aims to stimulate your senses

Visitors don't just view the new London exhibition devoted to Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson. They also feel, smell and taste it.

World

How does a Rembrandt masterpiece get restored?

Watch how Rembrandt's 17th-century large painting ‘The Night Watch’ is being restored in Amsterdam at end of the Gallery of Honour in the Rijksmuseum.

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Japan: Temporary 'poop'-up museum flush with visitors

There are a lot of strange museums out there, but how would you feel about a poop museum?

World

The latest on Guggenheim Abu Dhabi: An interview with Richard Armstrong

Guggenheim Abu Dhabi is a project earmarked for the capital’s Saadiyat Island. The museum is being developed near the completed Louvre Abu Dhabi, as part of the emirate’s increased tourism marketing spend by $136 million over three years.

Japan

Faecal fun for everyone as museum dedicated to poo opens in Japan

"By providing visitors with experiences where they see poops as fun, cute and something they want to talk to other people, we thought we can offer entertainment that no one has experienced before."