Watchdog: Lincoln Museum ‘Pimped Out’ Gettysburg Address to Glenn Beck
The state of Illinois has found that the Lincoln Museum offered Glenn Beck the use of the historic Gettysburg Address for his event display.
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Khan Backs Fabian Socialist Scheme for British Slavery Museum in London
Labour’s London mayor Sadiq Khan has come out in support of a British slavery museum in the capital, an idea promoted by the socialist-progressive Fabian Society.
Steamer Shipwreck Found 103 Years After Its Disappearance
A steamer that vanished beneath the waters of Lake Superior more than a century ago has finally been found.
‘They Never Gave Us a Penny’: Brazil Protests as Museum Curators Condemn State Negligence
The grief in Brazil over the loss of the 200-year-old National Museum in Rio de Janeiro to a fire Sunday night has yielded to outrage, as protesters demand the government better fund protection of national treasures and the administrators in charge of the museum decry negligence in remarks Tuesday.
Man Pleads Guilty to Swiping $550,000 Gold Bar from Key West Museum
A California man pleaded guilty Friday to swiping a $550,000 gold bar dating back to the 1600s from a museum in Key West, Florida.
Joniškis Basketball Museum Celebrates Lithuania’s Glory Days
The museum is well worth a visit, even you do not care about basketball, because of the sheer spectacle of intense devotion to a single topic.
Art Museum to Close After Former Nearby Migrant Camp Decimated Visitor Numbers
The Art Ludique museum in Paris is set to close in the new year after a former nearby migrant camp has been blamed for gutting visitor numbers.
Billion-Dollar Louvre Abu Dhabi Opens its Doors After 10 Years Under Construction
After ten years of planning and construction, plus over a billion dollars invested, a new branch of the fabled Louvre museum will open on the island of Saadiyat in Abu Dhabi this weekend.
Getty Museum in Los Angeles Evacuated after Bomb Threat
The Getty Center museum in Los Angeles was evacuated Tuesday afternoon after an unidentified caller reportedly called in a bomb threat.
Thousands of Items Belonging to Auschwitz Victims Newly Uncovered
The Auschwitz museum said Tuesday it has recovered 16,000 long-lost items belonging to Jews killed at the Nazi death camp, decades after they were stored away and forgotten by Poland’s former communist regime.
‘Refugees-As-Guides’ A Hit At Berlin’s Museums
(AFP) – Mohamed Al-Subeeh was a senior restorer at Syria’s best-known mosaic museum, but as war swept deeper into his province, destroying artefacts and threatening his and his family’s lives, he was forced to flee. The 64-year-old from Idlib province
Museum Under Fire For Charging Attendees And Their Dogs, But Letting Migrants In For Free
A German open air museum has defended against discrimination claims after it emerged that migrants are allowed to enter for free while Germans, and even their dogs, have to pay. A picture of prices from the Freilichtmuseum Hessenpark near Frankfurt has been making
History Rewritten: Museum Conducts Politically Correct Purge Of Art
A leading European art museum has expunged politically incorrect words such as “Negro”, “Indian”, “dwarf” and “Mohammedan” from its entire historical collection. The cultural cleansing has occurred as the Rijksmuseum, in Amsterdam, and is endorsed by the International Council of
Jerry Brown Says Wanted Oil Info for ‘Glass Case’
Governor Jerry Brown insists that his request for the Division of Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) to ascertain whether his 2,700-acre ranch lay atop an oil pool was motivated by a desire to obtain information about his ranch that he could store in a “glass case.”
ISIS Threatens to Destroy 30,000 Christian Artifacts in Mosul Museum
Josef Yousif, the director of the Alqush Museum in Mosul, believes his museum is the next target.
