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** British Museum director rules out restitution

The director of the British Museum has ruled out any move towards allowing restitution from its collections as he focuses instead on fostering global collaboration.

**  Hidden Liabilities: How Rare Manuscripts Threaten Institutional Reputations

Controversies involving stolen artifacts, smuggled antiquities and ethical lapses have shaken public trust in museums, libraries and private collections, highlighting the urgent need for rigorous provenance verification.

**  Getty Villa Museum to reopen next month after Palisades Fire closure

Cleanup and deep cleaning of indoor and outdoor spaces were done while the museum was closed, which included flushing the water system, replacing all air and water filters, and removing more than 1,300 fire-damaged trees.

**  Photo Foundation Suspends Attribution of an Iconic Vietnam War Image

The  World Press Photo Foundation suspended authorship attribution to the Associated Press (AP) photographer Nick Út for the iconic 1972 photograph The Terror of War or Napalm Girl, which became a symbol of opposition during the Vietnam War.
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** Britain's greatest treasure finds: everyday discoveries reshaping history

From a glittering pendant bearing the emblems of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon to a flint handaxe used by the earliest humans, these extraordinary finds – found in ordinary places by members of the public – have changed the course of history?

**  Valuable Paintings From Brauer Museum Collection Sold in Controversial Move

Valparaiso University has proceeded with the contested sale of artworks from the Brauer Museum collection to fund dorm renovations.

**  The most underrated museum in the world’s best cities

Some are small and incredibly niche, others simply sit in the shadow of bigger institutions – and they’re all well worth adding to your next city break itinerary.

**  Traditional houses from the Irish Folklife Architectural Drawing Collection

View a selection of beautifully drawn and illustrated ground plans, elevations, crayon drawings and watercolours of houses from the Irish Folklife Collection of architectural drawings at the National Museum of Ireland - Country Life.
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**  Rejected by Museums Around the World, This New Art Exhibition Explores the Historical Roots of the Term ‘Homosexual’

The scale and scope of the exhibition is staggering; it gathers more than 300 works by 125-plus artists from 40 countries, on loan from private collections and major institutions like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Musée d’Orsay.

**  A Museum Honoring the Immigrant Journey Rises in Rotterdam

Sited at the former HQ of the Holland America Line, where millions set off on international journeys, the Fenix Museum brings together art and artifacts of migration.

**  Black history museum quietly rotates exhibits amid Trump order controversy

The National Museum of African American History and Culture is quietly rotating out dozens of artifacts following an executive order signed by President Trump targeting the Smithsonian.

**  China's use of technology brings cultural relics to life

China demonstrates how technology can breathe new life into ancient treasures – transforming traditional museums into immersive cultural experiences that engage the public in powerful new ways.
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**  Who Is I. M. Pei? 10 Things to Know

What inspired the Chinese American architect to make some of the world’s most beautiful buildings?

**  Looking Back at 25 Years of Tate Turbine Hall Commissions

As London’s Tate Modern celebrates its silver jubilee, we revisit some of the most compelling works installed in its Turbine Hall.

**  Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art and Saudi Arabia strike deal to collaborate on exhibitions, conservation and more

The deal centres on the ancient Incense Route trading hub of Dadan in northwestern Saudi Arabia.

**  Museum visitors to touch part of the moon and Mars

Visitors to London's Natural History Museum will be able to touch a piece of the moon and the planet Mars at a new exhibition.
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**  Metropolitan Museum receives 6,500 works from photography collector Artur Walther

The promised gift from Walther and the Walther Family Foundation includes photographs, albums and time-based works by artists including Malick Sibidé, Ai Weiwei, Thomas Struth, Stephen Shore and others.

**  The secret life of the Louvre: inside the world’s biggest museum

The origins of its name remain lost to time: one theory is that it is linked to the word louve — French for “she-wolf” — and that the site was once the hunting ground of wolves.

**  Museums as Agents of Change: The Importance of Sharing Outstanding Practices

Outstanding museum practices begin with acknowledging the lived realities of the communities a museum serves to guide its vision and strategic decision-making.

**  How ancient reptile footprints are rewriting the history of when animals evolved to live on land

Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal, dated to around 350 million years ago.
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**  Artefacts 2025

This year's Artefacts conference will take place at the Norsk Teknisk Museum (Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology), Oslo, Norway, 12-14 October 2025.

**  UMAC in Dubai

At the 27th ICOM General Conference in Dubai this year UMAC is collaborating with three other international committees to produce a diverse and relevant program of presentations.

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