Museums & Heritage

Phoenix Art Museum gifted 185 works of Native American art

The acquisition, from the collection of William P. Healey, will form the basis of an exhibition opening at the museum in August

Chichén Itzá reopens after dispute with vendors that led to 13-day closure

A battle over new visitor facilities highlights tensions between tourism development and local livelihoods

Inside the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art's major expansion

The Arkansas museum now has 50% more space for its ever-expanding collection and art-and-wellness programming

The 2026 Whitney Biennial in five key themes

Many patterns emerge across the 56 participants’ works, from an interest in complicating our understandings of US history and interventionism, to new approaches to looking at and making images

Getty Center reveals details of upcoming campus renovations

In addition to replacing its famous tram, the museum will build a more inviting waiting area at the bottom of the hill and a new welcome hall at the top

French project uses AI to visualise how climate change will affect heritage sites

The tool in development analyses photographs and audio as well as meteorological and material data to create an augmented reality model

Whitney Museum workers rallied outside fundraising gala amid contract negotiations

Guests arriving at the recent Whitney Gala were greeted by members of UAW Local 2110 handing out pins and flyers as they seek their second labour contract

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts gifted collection of nearly 2,000 photographs

The gift, from the foundation established by the late collector Howard Stein and his wife Janet, boosts the museum’s photography holdings as it plans to open new galleries dedicated to the medium in 2027

Barrage of Russian missiles damages museums, library and theatre in Kyiv

Among the institutions that were hit are the National Art Museum of Ukraine and the National Chornobyl Museum, Ukraine’s culture ministry reports

Comment | The flaws in the plan to charge entry to British museums

The end of free universal museum entry risks deterring visitors and creating a two-tier system

Heir says Cezanne watercolour in Basel show was lost due to Nazi persecution

The 1888 work depicting Montagne Sainte Victoire was on loan to the Fondation Beyeler’s Cezanne exhibition, which closed Monday

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Fee or free? How entry charges affect museums in the US

While some leaders in the sector say free entry is an ideal worth pursuing to widen access, others say it imperils institutions financially

‘Lost forever, all because of this new tax’: fears for UK church heritage as VAT relief ends

The end of the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme leaves churches facing sudden cost increases, forcing vital repairs to be delayed or abandoned and placing artworks—from medieval carvings to rare murals—at growing risk

Controversy resurfaces in Colombia over treasure-filled San José shipwreck

Allegations of looting and lack of transparency plague the contested galleon that sank in 1708 laden with gold, silver and emeralds

Bill to build Smithsonian women’s museum fails in US congress amid disputes over Trump and trans rights

The previously popular bipartisan legislation was undone by Republican additions about “biological women” and allowing Trump to override its location on the National Mall

Chanel gives Centre Pompidou financial boost with new five-year partnership

The “commitment will strengthen Centre Pompidou’s work across access, scholarship, and the preservation of public knowledge” according to a statement

London exhibition explores untold history of how homelessness was criminalised

Work by artists and activists including 10 Foot, Matt Bonner and Gemma Lees shows how land enclosures and early colonial expansion began to change how unhoused people were treated

Museums in England largely oppose proposal to charge admission for foreign tourists

A storm of opinion is raging in the arts world on whether an admission fee is needed, with some museums arguing the income would be offset by a loss of other revenue

Israeli organisation threatens legal action against Canadian Museum for Human Rights over Palestine exhibition

The Tel Aviv-based group Shurat Hadin is urging the museum in Winnipeg to pause its upcoming exhibition on the Nakba and its legacy to allow for a “legal and scholarly review”

Stonewall monument targeted by Trump administration among the US’s most endangered historic places

The latest edition of the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s annual list spotlights federal erasure and rollbacks to public land conservation

Sainsbury Centre receives one of largest ever UK museum donations

The £91.2m donation from British politician and businessman David Sainsbury will be used for essential renovations to the building

Expansion plans for Rome's Galleria Borghese draw fierce response

Italian heritage preservation organisations object to new construction for the museum which is located within a historically sensitive area

Seoul’s new Centre Pompidou Hanwha museum opens next month—can it live up to expectations?

The French institution’s partnership with the Hanwha Foundation of Culture promises a “reciprocal exchange”, but there are concerns it will be too Western focused

Migrants were a continuous feature of medieval Britain, archaeological study shows

Scientific research shows that rather than a victim of invasion, early medieval Britain was a cultural melting pot

Finnish museum creates a new and radical support model for artists

Espoo Museum of Modern Art has committed to supporting four artists over the next several years with financial, practical and institutional backing

London's Wellcome Collection returns 2,000 manuscripts to the Jain community

Unusually, the objects will not be transferred to their country of origin but to the UK Institute of Jainology for deposit at the University of Birmingham

New York’s Neue Galerie will merge with the Metropolitan Museum

The merger, to be completed in 2028, will bring the Ronald Lauder-founded Neue Galerie’s exceptional holdings of German and Austrian Modern art into the Met’s encyclopaedic collection

Parliamentary report calls for major changes at French museums in the wake of Louvre heist

The French parliamentary commission raises alarms over the “worrying condition” of their collections and proposes 40 recommendations amid rising threats to museums

'A work of conceptual art': Belmond launches new Art Deco-inspired train dining car

The film director Baz Luhrmann and his wife, production designer Catherine Martin, have designed the lavish interior

Greta Thunberg, Hugh Bonneville sign letter defending Southbank Centre chair Misan Harriman

Harriman has been the focus of several articles in conservative UK media outlets following posts he shared on social media