Hop aboard the Colorado Railroad Museum’s latest attraction
With subway crime surging, John Payne is offering Americans a new, nostalgic way to blow off some steam. Payne is the general manager of the Colorado Railroad Museum and Table … Read More
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Memphis zoo, museums offer free admission to residents in wake of recent tragedies
A number of local attractions in Memphis are offering free admission Friday to help residents cope and recover in the wake of recent tragedies that have rocked the city. The … Read More
LA’s J. Paul Getty Museum returns ‘illegally excavated’ Italian art
A famous museum in Los Angeles will return a set of ancient sculptures that were “illegally” taken from Italy. The J. Paul Getty Museum announced it teamed up with the Italian Ministry … Read More
Native Americans urge boycott of ‘tone deaf’ Pilgrim museum
Native Americans in Massachusetts are calling for a boycott of a popular living history museum featuring Colonial reenactors portraying life in Plymouth, the famous English settlement founded by the Pilgrims … Read More
How to explore New England’s most magnificent historic homes
If walls could talk: Open marriages, the fortunes (and follies) of powerful men and great literary works are baked into the historic homes that riddle New England. This summer, many … Read More
Claes Oldenburg, iconic pop artist, dead at 93
Pop artist Claes Oldenburg, who turned the mundane into the monumental through his outsized sculptures of a baseball bat, a clothespin and other objects, has died at age 93. Oldenburg … Read More
Nevada family secretly living in children’s museum had arsenal of weapons
A family was secretly living and storing an assortment of weapons inside a Nevada children’s museum where the mother and father worked, according to authorities. The arsenal of weapons was … Read More
Climate activists glue hands to Vincent van Gogh painting, other artworks in the UK
British climate activists have glued their hands to the frames of three valuable works of art — including one from Vincent van Gogh — in three separate incidents this week … Read More
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is NYC’s priciest museum
Culture will cost you. Starting this Friday, July 1, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is raising its prices by $5 across the board, making it the most expensive museum in … Read More
Museum task force to protect dresses like Marilyn Monroe’s
After Kim Kardashian allegedly damaged Marilyn Monroe’s 60-year-old dress by squeezing into it for the Met Gala, museums around the world have come together to stop it from happening again. … Read More
