But the project includes a controversial history exhibition that tries to rehabilitate Stalin’s image

Star attraction of Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum has suffered from pigment deterioration and addition of later varnish

Local businesses want to extend access to island Skellig Michael to accommodate eager fans, but preservationists fear that crowds will threaten the medieval ruins and sea bird colonies

Veterans Room, a jewel of the eclectic 19th-century American Aesthetic movement, reopens after $8.3m Herzog & de Meuron-led restoration

Save Venice and Friends of Florence are collaborating on the conservation of paintings and drawings in the two Italian cities

Restorers at Alte Nationalgalerie put right “decades of neglect” to reveal new depths of Caspar David Friedrich’s famous duo

Career success led Karnak priest to replace old titles with better ones on his coffin-in-waiting

Bank of America sponsored the monumental statue’s first full conservation in 25 years

Rare Russian icon originally written off as a “ruin” has finally been restored

Research for Fitzwilliam Museum's new show reveals that in antiquity funerary arrangements were made well in advance

Zurich theatre where the movement was founded 100 years ago is facing an uncertain future

Chief cultural adviser leaves post shortly after Russian president takes aim at his art and culture council and praises efforts of heritage activists

As the fifth anniversary of the Syrian civil war approaches, he continues to document the destruction and looting of the country’s heritage from France and Turkey, with the help of a network of volunteers on the ground

Artist designed and built the 203-year-old villa in Twickenham as a retreat from London art world

Portuguese structure in Cabo Verde is oldest European building in the tropics

Local tourist minister has proposed auctioning tickets to the heritage site to help raise funds

The €44m renovation and expansion will be fully completed this spring

New date suggests Frederick McCubbin promoted Australian Impressionism earlier than experts thought

Visitors can watch conservators at work in the renovated space

The museum is opting for total transparency ahead of a sensitive conservation project

Two decades of grime were removed from The Ecstasy of St Teresa (1647-52)

Historic furnishings damaged and around a dozen objects missing or destroyed

Survey to identify the most endangered sections will begin in Inner Mongolia