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Bill developing plan transferring Weitzman Museum to Smithsonian awaits awaits Biden sign-off

A bill aimed at studying the potential transfer of the museum to the Smithsonian Institution unanimously passed the Senate and now awaits President Biden's signature. 

An error for the ages: 4,000-year-old clay tablet immortalizes Sumerian student's math mistake

The student's arithmetic errors demonstrate a shift from memorization to written knowledge in ancient sumer.

Thessaloniki breaks ground on new Holocaust museum

The 9,000-square-foot museum occupying eight floors in an octagon-shaped structure will be located at the site of Thessaloniki’s Old Railway Station.

By LARRY LUXNER/JTA
04/12/2024

Greek PM holds secret meetings with British Museum over Parthenon Sculptures

Reports suggest a loan agreement could see the marbles return to Greece after over 200 years.

He was a star commander in the Roman army. 1,600 years later, his stele made it to the black market

In 2017, unidentified individuals stole the grave stele from the garden of the Yalvaç Museum Directorate.

Janco-Dada museum in the Israeli vilage Ein Hod offers artworks in fund-raising auction

The number of visitors to its exhibitions had virtually plummeted to near-nothing and, like other cultural institutions in northern Israel.

The damage caused to vehicles and buildings from a missile fired from Lebanon, in Haifa

Haifa museums rally to save Templar artifacts

The damaged building was Beit Keller, on the city’s Keller Street, that houses the university’s Schumacher Institute.

By NERIA BARR
19/11/2024

British Museum receives largest donation in its history with Chinese ceramics collection

The donation makes the museum's Chinese ceramics collection the largest outside China, with 10,000 items displayed in a dedicated gallery.

Norwegian museum returns artifacts, skulls taken by explorer back to Easter Island

Four members of the delegation sent from Easter Islands spent the night at the Oslo museum as part of a ritual ceremony to take back the spirits of the remains.

ISIS Prisons Museum: Documenting the horrors of Islamic State detention centers

Inside the football stadium in the Syrian city of Raqqa, the team found prisoner names and Qur'anic verses etched into the walls.

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