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Documents recently rediscovered in Lithuania are displayed at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. These documents along with more than 170,000 other pages are part of a recently discovered trove of Jewish materials from Lithuania thought to have been destroyed during the Holocaust. (Photo: AP)

Papers thought lost in Holocaust go on display in US

A librarian in Lithuania hid the documents in a church basement to protect them from the Nazis during World War II.

25 Oct 2017 2:40 AM GMT

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Washington's new Museum of the Bible aims to inform, not preach

The eight-level museum in a prime tourist spot two blocks off the National Mall features the world's biggest private...

19 Nov 2017 8:09 AM GMT

In this Tuesday, April 16, 2013 file photo, a model of the future Abu Dhabi branch of the Louvre museum by French architect Jean Nouvel is on display as part of a sample collection at the museum in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo: AP)

Louvre Abu Dhabi draws cosmopolitan crowd on opening day

The Louvre Abu Dhabi, the first museum to bear the Louvre name outside France.

12 Nov 2017 10:12 AM GMT

The exhibit features a sure-footed Hitler standing in front of a huge photo of the gates of Auschwitz. (Photo: AFP)

Indonesian museum removes Nazi-themed exhibit after outrage

In January, a controversial Nazi-themed cafe in the western Javanese city of Bandung closed.

11 Nov 2017 8:32 AM GMT

In this Tuesday, April 16, 2013 file photo, a model of the future Abu Dhabi branch of the Louvre museum by French architect Jean Nouvel is on display as part of a sample collection at the museum in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo: AP)

East meets West as Louvre Abu Dhabi opens in the Gulf

The Abu Dhabi museum was set up under a 2007 inter-governmental agreement between Paris and Abu Dhabi.

7 Nov 2017 12:22 PM GMT

The collection includes the Nokia 3310, which recently got a facelift and re-release, as well as a fully functional, 20-year old, brick-like Siemens S4 model.

No smartphones! Vintage mobile phone museum opens in Slovakia

The museum, which takes up two rooms in his house in the small eastern town of Dobsina, opened last year and is...

7 Sep 2017 4:01 PM GMT

The Museum, which was originally the residence of Portugals royal family in Brazil. (Photo: CNN)

Skull of ancient human found in burned Brazilian museum

The skull, though damaged, was protected by a cabinet that fell over the glass box it was encased in.

20 Oct 2018 6:35 AM GMT

Riley will be trained to detect these pests to add another layer of protection to the already-existing protocols to handle infestations. (Instagram Screengrab/ Museum of Fine Arts)

Dog gets hired for important job at Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Riley, a Weimaraner puppy, has been hired by the museum to sniff out insects and other pests

16 Jan 2018 8:05 AM GMT

US saw the free app taking the Number 1 spot on Google Play in the US as soon as the update was available.

Google Arts and Culture App gets a new feature

The app has portraits sourced from 1,200 international spots and uses pattern recognition to suggest similar portraits.

16 Jan 2018 6:12 AM GMT

The painting had belonged to Kojiro Matsukata, a businessman who collected Western art between 1916 and 1927. (Photo: Pixabay)

Missing Monet returns home to Japan

The oil painting, around two metres long and 4.2 metres wide, was unearthed in the Louvre Museum in Paris in 2016.

27 Feb 2018 1:58 PM GMT

Terracotta warriors. (Photo: Pixabay)

China's terracotta warriors march to Liverpool museum

The exhibit also features a collection of more than 180 Chinese artefacts.

7 Feb 2018 8:00 AM GMT

The life-size 4th century BC white marble bulls head, the star artefact among the works that were all looted in 1981. (Photo: AFP)

Lebanon museum unveils artefacts looted during civil war

The five pieces were discovered on the Phoenician site of Eshmun, near the southern port city of Sidon.

2 Feb 2018 3:53 PM GMT