The Bowes Museum in County Durham has bought a stunning 18th-century bronze casket with help from the Art Fund. The casket is thought to be the only one of its kind, featuring sections of Chinese [Read More]
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The British Museum presents Beyond El Dorado power and gold in ancient Colombia an exhibition organised with Museo del Oro on view 17 October 2013 – 23 March 2014. The exhibition features over 200 fascinating [Read More]
The Portland Art Museum presents Samurai! Armor from the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection on view October 5, 2013 – January 12, 2014. Travel back in time and discover remarkable objects that illuminate the life, [Read More]
The British Museum in London presents Women of the pleasure quarters a Japanese painted screen on view 29 August – 3 November 2013. This beautiful screen evokes the world of pleasure and entertainment created for [Read More]
The J. Paul Getty Museum will offer visitors the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience two masterpieces of medieval English art: six dazzling, monumental stained glass figures depicting the Ancestors of Christ from England’s famed Canterbury Cathedral [Read More]
Getty Villa presents The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia: A New Beginning an exhibition on view October 2 and continuing through December 2, 2013. The Cyrus Cylinder is one of the most celebrated discoveries from [Read More]
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, has called on all parties involved in the conflict in Syria to safeguard the country’s cultural heritage and take all possible measures to avoid further destruction. The Director-General’s appeal [Read More]
The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery announced a gift of 374 ancient Arabian artifacts from the American Foundation for the Study of Man. Dating from the eighth century B.C. to the second century A.D., the objects [Read More]
The Winter Antiques Show celebrates its 59th year as America’s most distinguished antiques show, featuring exceptional objects exhibited by 73 specialists in American, English, European, and Asian fine and decorative arts from antiquity through the [Read More]
The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University presents Vietnamese Ceramics From The Menke Collection, an exhibition on view August 24 through December 22, 2013. The history of Vietnamese ceramic traditions reflects the [Read More]
A plate warmer manufactured by Rudolf Wittkopf in Stockholm in 1709, believed to be a unique artifact, has been added to Nationalmuseum’s collection of early 18th-century Swedish silver. The piece, the only known surviving example [Read More]
Bowers Museum presents Jewels of the Connoisseur an exhibition on view through October 6, 2013. In the Bowers’ tradition of bringing fine jewels and rare gems to the Southern California community, the Museum is honored [Read More]
Among the historical treasures that will be on display at the future National Museum of the U.S. Army will be the original Congressional Gold Medal presented to General Winfield Scott for his leadership during the [Read More]
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens presents “Illuminated Palaces: Extra-Illustrated Books from The Huntington Library” an exhibition on view from July 27 to Oct. 28, 2013. In the 18th and 19th centuries, historians, [Read More]
Jimmy Deenihan TD, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, has provided a Departmental grant of €45,000 to enable the digitisation of some of the most important paper-based documents held by the National Museum of [Read More]
Brooklyn Museum opens Divine Felines: Cats of Ancient Egypt, an exhibition on view from July 24, 2013, through December 2014. From domesticated cats to mythic symbols of divinity, felines played an important role in ancient [Read More]
Botín Foundation presents Art in the Age of Altamira an exhibition on view until 29 September 2013. In an exciting collaboration between the Fundacíon Botín, Santander, and the British Museum, London, the histories of art [Read More]
The four surviving original copies of Magna Carta will be brought together for the first time in history in 2015, the year of the 800th anniversary of the issue of the Charter by King John [Read More]