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The British Museum is suing a former curator it says stole 1,800 items and tried to sell them
The British Museum went to court Tuesday against a former curator alleged to have stolen hundreds of artifacts from its collections and offered them for sale online .
‘Antiquities doctors’ restore over 1,000 artifacts in country’s east
A regional laboratory in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, home of many different civilizations spanning thousands of years, has performed maintenance and repair works on approximately 1,252 artifacts in 2023 to shed light on cultural history and exhibit them in museums.
Flood-hit museums reopen doors in less than a year
Following the aftermath of floods that hit the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa last year, Şanlıurfa Archaeology Museum and Haleplibahçe Mosaic Museum, which were badly damaged, have reopened their doors to visitors in just 11 months, after repair and maintenance work was completed.
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To make blockbuster shows, museums are turning to focus groups
In January 2023, 14 members of the British public entered a wood-paneled room in the back of the British Museum for a secret presentation. They were there to learn about an exhibition still in development, which the museum wanted kept under wraps.
NY museum closes Native American halls
New York's American Museum of Natural History closed two halls featuring Native American objects starting on Jan. 27 acknowledging the exhibits are "severely outdated" and contain culturally sensitive items.
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Bulgaria: Museums in are Demanding 50% More Money in 2024
Museums in Bulgaria insist on receiving 50% more money next year for the maintenance and modernization of the fund storage and exhibition halls, as well as for raising wages in the sector, as there is a mass departure of specialists. At the moment, there is a serious imbalance between education and culture, the chairman of the Association "Bulgarian Museums" Boris Hadjiyski told BNR.
British Museum eyes ‘partnership’ over Parthenon Sculptures
The British Museum hopes it can reach an agreement with Greece over the Parthenon Sculptures "that requires no one to relinquish their claims," the chairman of the institution's board of trustees said on Wednesday night, reiterating the possibility of a quid pro quo arrangement between London and Athens that would not broach the controversial matter of the sculptures' ownership.
Theft at the British Museum puts spotlight on the Parthenon Sculptures
This summer it became known that more than 2,000 items were stolen from the British Museum over a long period of time.
Museum numbers surge in Türkiye, TÜİK data show
Türkiye witnessed a notable surge in its museum and cultural heritage numbers in 2022, according to the latest data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK).
The report highlights significant growth in the number of museums, artworks, visitors and cultural properties, signaling a recovery in the cultural sector after the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Museums enamored by marketing
American actress Zendaya poses in front of the Winged Victory of Samothrace at the Louvre Museum in Paris to promote French luxury beauty products company Lancome. Her photo shoot is part of a trend allowing museums to be used for marketing purposes.
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