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British Museum Removed the Word 'Palestinian' from Some Displays

02/16/2026

The British Museum in London stripped the word “Palestinian” from some of its displays about the Middle East amid pressure from a prominent pro-Israel group. The Telegraph reported this weekend that UK Lawyers for Israel had written a letter to …

Метки : британский музейпалестинаизраильистория.музейные экспозиции

British Museum Raises $4.8 M. to Keep ‘Tudor Heart’ Pendant in UK

02/10/2026

The British Museum announced that it has successfully raised £3.5 million ($4.8 million) to acquire the “Tudor Heart” pendant and keep the centuries-old object in the UK. The museum described the Tudor Heart as “unlike any object in the British …

Метки : британский музейтюдоровое сердцеистория.искусство#культуранаследие

2024 Was a Record Year for Archeological Finds Made by UK Citizens

01/21/2026

The British Museum announced today that 2024 was a record year for archeological discoveries made in the UK by members of the public, with 79,616 finds recorded. Of those, 1540 were “treasure” as defined by the UK’s 1996 Treasure Act, …

Метки : археологиянаходкибританский музейсокровищаметаллодетекторыистория.

Disgraced Miami Dealer Begins Selling Labubus—and More Art News

10/21/2025

The Headlines WHINING AND DINING. Greece’s culture minister, Lina Mendoni, blasted the British Museum for allowing 800 or so guests to get merry around the Elgin Marbles during Saturday’s £2,000-a-ticket Pink Ball, dubbed London’s answer to the Met Gala, the …

Метки : этикаискусство#культурагрециябританский музейистория.

Norwich Castle Reopens Following $37 M. Restoration

08/14/2025

The Norwich Castle in Norfolk, England, reopened its doors today after a five-year, $37 million restoration overseen by architectural firm Feilden + Mawson. For the first time, visitors can now experience all five floors of the castle, from the basement …

Метки : замокнориджреставрациясредневековая жизньбританский музейкультурное наследие

UK MPs to Debate Banning Advertising by Oil Companies

07/07/2025

On Monday, the UK parliament will debate whether sponsorship and advertising by fossil fuel companies should be made illegal. The move comes after a petition calling to ban such deals—like the £50 million ($63.3 million) partnership between energy giant BP …

Метки : парламентископаемое топливорекламаэкология#культурабританский музей

Staffers Slam British Museum for Hosting Israel Independence Day Party

06/02/2025

Staffers from the British Museum have criticized the museum’s decision to allow the Israeli embassy in London to organize a party on its premises celebrating the 77th anniversary of the founding of Israel, the Art Newspaper reported Monday. Several staff …

Метки : британский музейпротестизраильпалестинцыкультурные отношенияэтика

Open Restitution Africa Aims to Change Conversations on Restitution

05/12/2025

Since British colonial officers confiscated the Ngadji drum in 1902, the Pokomo people in southeastern Kenya have witnessed a significant percentage of their community convert to Christianity or Islam. They can no longer perform certain traditional ceremonies. Prior to British …

Метки : репатриациякультурное наследиеафрикапокамобританский музейngadji

British Museum to Loan Rare Ice Age Objects to Bradford

04/14/2025

The British Museum has announced that it will loan “some of the rarest surviving examples” of Ice Age art to Bradford, the 2025 UK City of Culture.Around 70 objects from the museum will be shown in the northern city as …

Метки : британский музейбрэдфордледниковый периодискусствовыставка#культура

British Museum to Loan Rare Ice Age Objects to Bradford

04/14/2025

The British Museum has announced that it will loan “some of the rarest surviving examples” of Ice Age art to Bradford, the 2025 UK City of Culture.Around 70 objects from the museum will be shown in the northern city as …

Метки : британский музейискусствовыставкаледниковый периодбрадфорд#культура

British Museum Partly Shutters Galleries After Security Breach

01/28/2025

The British Museum was partially closed over the weekend after an ex-employee allegedly shut down its security and IT systems. According to a public statement from a museum spokesperson, the trespasser was an IT contractor fired earlier this month. He …

Метки : британский музейбезопасность#культурарепатриацияартефактывыставки

Brazilian Artist Swipes Historic Coin from British Museum as Part of MFA Project

07/17/2024

Brazilian conceptual artistIlê Sartuzion June 18 stole a historic coin from London’s British Museum, replaced it with a replica, and dropped the original in one of the institution’s donation boxes before departing the building, according to multiple sources. Sartuzi presented …

Метки : художниккражамонетабразилиябританский музейконцептуальное искусствопроектвиде

Nicholas Cullinan to Helm British Museum

03/29/2024

Art historian Nicholas Cullinan has been appointed director of the British Museum. Cullinan joins the beleaguered London institution from the city’s National Portrait Gallery, which he hasledsince 2015. Beginning this summer, he will fill the post leftvacantlast August by Hartwig …

Метки : николас каллинанглавабританский музейистория искусствадиректорлондоннациональ

Veteran Curator Peter Higgs Alleged to Have Pilfered Priceless Artifacts from British Museum

11/07/2023

Noted curator Peter Higgs on August 17 was named in English dailiesThe TimesandThe Telegraphas the British Museum staffer fired last month in the wake of the discovery that a number of invaluable objects had gone missing from the London institution’s …

Метки : питер хиггсбританский музейантичные арт