Tag: Museum
Political Correctness in the Museum: The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge – Culture
A few years ago a visitor destroyed three Chinese vases worth hundreds of thousands of pounds. Until then, this was the worst thing that had happened to the Fitzwilliam Museum…
The last voyage of the Concorde – supersonic aircraft returns to the museum
The Concorde, the world’s fastest passenger aircraft, was decommissioned in 2003. An example of the British Airways airline can now be seen again in New York after a thorough restoration.…
Crime: Data of more than 37,000 museum visitors stolen
crime Data of more than 37,000 museum visitors stolen The Museum of Natural History Berlin. photo © Christoph Soeder/dpa The Natural History Museum of Berlin was the target of a…
Protests at the opening of the Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam
As of: March 10, 2024 5:50 p.m A museum in Amsterdam now commemorates the persecution of Dutch Jews. Israel’s President Herzog was also present at the opening. There were protests…
The Netherlands’ first Holocaust museum opens in Amsterdam – Culture
With every tram that passed through the “Plantage Middenlaan” during the German occupation of the Netherlands, there was briefly a little hope. This avenue, which runs from the east of…
Hollywood: Oscar feeling in the Academy Museum
Hollywood Oscar feeling in the Academy Museum An “Oscars Experience” is offered at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles. photo © Barbara Munker/dpa Oscar winners are often surprised on stage…
Space Art: The Moon Museum
The space probe “Odysseus” sends art by Jeff Koons into space. She’s in good company there. source site
The State Museum of Egyptian Art in Munich is planning this in 2024. – Munich
When Dirk Altenkirch accompanied archaeological excavations in Qantir, Egypt, as a photographer in 1983, “Mumkin Sura?” an important sentence for him. In German it means: “May I take a photo…
Failed Inventions: The Museum of Failure – Knowledge
The fragment of this text could almost have been submitted as an exhibit for the museum, which is what this is about. It actually should have been finished much earlier,…
Bavaria: Dancing Söder in the ABBA Museum – Bavaria
Markus Söder, known to be a master of self-dramatization, only hesitates – if at all – for a very brief moment. Then the Bavarian Prime Minister enters the karaoke stage…