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  • An ancient scroll created to protect Korea makes a rare visit to London
  • Stolen Renoir paintings acquired by British Museum after mistakenly thinking they were African
  • British PM leaves Parthenon Sculptures talks to museum

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ianvisits.co.uk /2 weeks ago

An ancient scroll created to protect Korea makes a rare visit to London

A Buddhist scroll created to seek protection from invasion is among nearly 200 treasures in a major exhibition of Korean artistic heritage.Read more ›

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newsthump.com /1 month ago

Stolen Renoir paintings acquired by British Museum after mistakenly thinking they were African

Four stolen Renoir paintings have been discovered inside the British Museum after the institution acquired them under the false assumption they were looted from Africa.

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ekathimerini.com /1 month ago

British PM leaves Parthenon Sculptures talks to museum

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has reportedly declined to intervene in efforts to return the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece, saying the issue rests with the British Museum’s t...

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theguardian.com /1 month ago

British Museum hosted Palantir founder Peter Thiel in private viewing of Bayeux tapestry

Concern among staff that fragile artwork’s scarce ‘light hours’ given to someone with no known interest in museumThe British Museum privately hosted the Donald Trump-supporting tec...

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nytimes.com /1 month ago

Bayeux Tapestry Exhibition Opens in London

A long-anticipated British Museum exhibition of the 11th-century embroidery opened its doors to the public on Thursday, amid widespread “Bayeux mania.”

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ianvisits.co.uk /1 month ago

Kings, battles and willies: Inside the British Museum’s Bayeux Tapestry exhibition

Beautifully lit and spectacularly displayed, the British Museum’s once-in-a-century exhibition is an emotional encounter with the story that changed England forever.Read more ›

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timeout.com /1 month ago

Why you are not allowed to take pictures of the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum

The British Museum has banned photos of the medieval artefact at the blockbuster exhibition

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bbc.co.uk /1 month ago

Museum agrees to return remains to ancestral homeland

Oxford's Pitt Rivers Museum will return more than three dozen sets of human remains to the Naga people.

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ianvisits.co.uk /2 weeks ago

London Museum’s first exhibition goes back to the city’s Roman beginnings

A free exhibition opening beneath Smithfield in spring 2027 will explore the first 50 years of Londinium through objects left behind by its earliest inhabitants.Read more ›

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mirror.co.uk /1 month ago

British Museum evacuated over 'smoke' as thousands of visitors told to leave

Nearly 4,000 people were evacuated from the British Museum in central London, including those waiting to see the famous Bayeux Tapestry

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scmp.com /2 weeks ago

Cracks in security? Qing dynasty ceramics damaged in British Museum display

Two Chinese ceramics at the British Museum have been damaged while on display and are being restored, sparking fresh debate over how museums should safely exhibit fragile cultural...

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theguardian.com /2 weeks ago

Mary Beard suggests ‘tweaks’ to British Museum’s handling of queues to see Bayeux tapestry

Classicist and museum trustee visited the line after people complained of waiting for hours, with some turned awayMary Beard has intervened in the row about excessively long queues...

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petapixel.com /1 month ago

British Museum Bans Photography of Historic ‘Bayeux Tapestry’ Days After Blockbuster Exhibition Opens

The British Museum has reversed its policy on allowing photography of the Bayeux Tapestry, banning visitors from taking photos of the nearly 1,000-year-old work less than a week af...

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cbsnews.com /1 month ago

Museum to return remains of 39 people taken during colonial rule in India

The Pitt Rivers Museum, one of the world's leading institutions for anthropology, ethnology and archaeology, holds over 6,000 artifacts from the Naga community in India.

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jpost.com /1 month ago

Cairo’s Egyptian Museum completes restoration, relocation of Ramesses II basalt stele

The museum’s director-general, noted that the stele was relocated and restored as part of the museum’s new display plan. It now stands between two other stelae depicting Ramses II.

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bbc.co.uk /1 month ago

Thieves steal Bronze Age artifacts from Spanish museum in four-minute heist

The Treasure of Villena is a unique trove of almost ten kilos of gold, bowls, bottles and bracelets dating back to the Bronze Age.

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theguardian.com /2 weeks ago

From hotel suites to virtual reality, museums turn to licensing deals as costs rise

Natural History Museum and British Museum among cultural institutions leveraging collections and exhibitionsThey are often free to visit but museums are bolstering their finances b...

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bbc.co.uk /1 month ago

Bayeux Tapestry unveiled to UK public for first time at British Museum

Visitors tell the BBC it was a "real privilege" to be among the first to see the tapestry in England.

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bbc.co.uk /3 days ago

Residents report Bayeux Tapestry ticket issues

The British Museum says residents were offered tickets on a "first come, first served" basis.

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cbsnews.com /1 month ago

Ancient gold treasures stolen from museum in "super-fast" raid

The treasure was discovered in 1963 by archaeologist Jose Maria Soler in a vessel sunk in a dried-out riverbed in Villena.

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manchestereveningnews.co.uk /1 month ago

Bayeux Tapestry visitors 'evacuated' as thousands ordered out of British Museum

Around 3,700 visitors were forced to leave the British Museum in London after an alarm went off

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ianvisits.co.uk /1 day ago

Plans to widen the pavement outside the British Museum’s main entrance

The crowded pavement outside the British Museum could be widened to reduce congestion as an interim measure ahead of a proposed pedestrianisation of the entire road.Read more ›

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jewelleryfocus.co.uk /1 month ago

Gemmeus Historical Jewellery creates collections for British Museum Bayeux Tapestry exhibition

The collections take inspiration from historic pieces held by the British Museum and Metropolitan Museum of Art

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theguardian.com /3 weeks ago

Should we refuse to give the Bayeux tapestry back to France? Of course not! So why are we keeping the Parthenon marbles?...

It is simply wrong for the British Museum to hoard what doesn’t belong to Britain. Let the squabbling end and the sculptures be returned to GreeceFor the Bayeux tapestry to return...

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