Museums & galleries

Bayeux Tapestry begins epic journey from France to London

A worker prepares to pack the Bayeux Tapestry in a crate for transfer to the British Museum.

Smithsonian head says White House report unfairly characterised US history museum

The 180-year-old Smithsonian includes the National Museum of American History, other museums and galleries, and the National Zoo.

Singaporean Angelita Teo takes over at ArtScience Museum, overseeing attractions at MBS

Angelita Teo (above) takes over from New Zealander Honor Harger who led the museum from 2014 to 2026.

Who needs an art museum when there’s a Museum of Ice Cream in town?

Despite its name, the Museum of Ice Cream, a for-profit amusement centre, has more in common with entertainment restaurant chain Chuck E. Cheese than an educational institution.

Jewellery worth millions stolen in French museum burglary

Jewellery created by French glass maker Rene Lalique at the Lalique museum in Wingen-sur-Moder, France, in 2011.

A billionaire’s bounty of Basquiats goes on display

Basquiat’s Untitled (Baptismal), painted in 1982, receives a final dusting before the public opening of the exhibition, Basquiat: Figures, Signs, Symbols, at the Perez Art Museum Miami in June. Ten of Ken Griffin’s Basquiats are on loan to PAMM.

Thousands rush to get tickets for Bayeux Tapestry’s UK show

(FILES) Workers and volunteers, rest before preparing to pack the Bayeux Tapestry in a crate for transfer to the British Museum, at the Bayeux Tapestry Museum, in Bayeux, northwestern France, on September 18, 2025. Thousands rushed to get tickets on July1, 2026, for the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition in London, with the 11th-century artwork depicting the 1066 Norman conquest of England set to be transported from France for its first showing in the UK, set to be July 11. (Photo by LOU BENOIST / POOL / AFP)

Los Angeles AI museum brings sights, sounds and smells of the rainforest to visitors

Visitors experience Dataland, the “world’s first Museum of AI Arts,” on opening day on June 20, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.

Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia opens new show dedicated to Palestinian embroidery

The Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia’s newly opened exhibition, Tatreez: Reclaiming Palestine Through Embroidery, looks at an age-old Palestinian craft.

Some European museums are free havens to cool off in, while others cannot take the heat

In Paris, the Louvre Museum closed at 4pm instead of 6pm last week because of the heat.

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