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** Invaders took away 250 exhibits from Crimean Museum

More than 250 items, taken from the Crimean Ethnographic Museum, are exhibited at the inter-regional exhibition "Peoples of Crimea" in the excursion and exhibition centre "People's House" of the State Museum-Reserve named after M.A. Sholokhov in Rostov Region of Russia.

** Change is good! A history of money

The history of money can be traced back over 4,000 years and includes a host of different objects – some you would expect and others that may surprise you.

** The True Story of Pocahontas

Pocahontas might be a household name, but the true story of her short but powerful life has been buried in myths that have persisted since the 17th century

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** $25,000 ruby, once pride of great Indian mogul, plaything for children

For a few days in the 1920s, according to a cutting from a local paper in Pennsylvania, two children in Leicestershire played with an imperial Indian gemstone, a ruby-red spinel the size of a walnut hanging on a golden chain with a tassel of seed pearls.

** Robert Gentile, A Suspect In Gardner Museum Art Heist

Gardner investigators had reason to suspect Gentile since about 2010, when he submitted to a polygraph examination and denied having advance knowledge of the Gardner heist, ever possessing a Gardner painting or knowing the location of any of the stolen paintings.

** Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Project Should Be Put On Ice

The world financial crisis and the Arab Spring has [sic]changed the equation radically … It may not be such a good idea these days to have an American museum … with a Jewish name in a country [that doesn’t recognise Israel] in such a prominent location, at such a big scale.

** Gainsborough Painting Back On View, Just Ten Days After Attack

One of Thomas Gainsborough’s finest portrait paintings has been restored and reinstalled at the National Gallery 10 days after it was allegedly attacked by a man with a drill bit.

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** Natural history: Backstage at the museum

Sadly, the importance of science centred on museum collections is losing traction; fundraisers and public-relations people are replacing curators, even in national museums.

** A Fold Apart: A NASA Physicist Turned Origami Artist

In 2001 NASA physicist Robert Lang quit his job to focus on his one true passion: creating original origami designs; his works aren’t limited to functional objects, he’s also produced a wide range of original artworks that have been exhibited around the world - see video on this page

** Here’s What Would Happen If You Accidentally Damaged Artwork In A Museum

At the risk of oversimplifying, damaged art is the cost of doing business and, at some point, the visitor experience has to be weighed against the measures taken to protect art.

** Jurassica dinosaur museum project gets lottery cash

The proposed subterranean park on the World Heritage Site would see a glass and steel roof, about a third the size of the Millennium Dome, installed over the quarry.

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** Revamped National Army Museum to feature Napoleon's horse

The Duke of Wellington’s cloak, the skeleton of Napoleon’s horse, Lawrence of Arabia’s robes, the cloak worn by the man who carried the order to the front for the Charge of the Light Brigade, and a twisted piece of shrapnel from an encounter 11 years ago in Helmand province in Afghanistan

** From Botticelli to Bruce Lee, 25 Museum Exhibitions to See in the US This Spring

If April showers bring May flowers, then April exhibitions bring… even more May exhibitions! Here are the shows you should make sure to check out this season.

** Why do people try to destroy museum masterpieces?

There is no such thing as a risk-free museum, but there is a way to minimize risk of damage and theft, a way that many top museums have chosen (the Louvre, the Prado, the Van Gogh, the Uffizi, to name a few), but which the National Gallery has not — install airport-style security at the entrance.

** Portland dockside D-Day museum opens

Portland was used as an embarkation point for personnel, ships and landing craft and hosted a field hospital and a prisoner of war cage, during the operation to liberate Europe from Nazi occupation.

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** Asian Civilisations Museum a living symbol of Singapore’s history

The building was converted into a museum only in 1989 and initially housed artefacts from the Qing dynasty, until the NHB took over and made it the Asian Civilisations Museum in 2003.

** Museum Visitor numbers drop as tourists can't rely on Southern Rail to get them there

The number of people visiting some of London’s most popular tourist attractions fell last year by more than a million last year, as museum and gallery-goers can no longer rely on trains to get them there, an industry leader has warned.

** Giant gold coin with Queen's head stolen from Berlin museum

Police said it was probably stolen by a group of thieves who entered the museum undetected through a window, possibly with a ladder.

** Who Killed the Iceman? Clues Emerge in a Very Cold Case

Armed with a wealth of new scientific information that researchers have compiled, Inspector Horn has managed to piece together a remarkably detailed picture of what befell the Iceman on that fateful day around 3300 B.C.

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** First they came for the libraries, then the museums

Hold onto your artefacts; Auckland's super city council has become frustrated with the city museums' sense of independence and is wielding its biggest bureaucratic weapon: a review.

** Museums, Collections and Industrial Heritage

The Annual Conference of ICMAH (International Committee for Museums and Collections of Archaeology and History) will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, on October 4th-6th, 2017

** The Intercultural Leadership Institute

A New Institute Gives Voice to Narratives from Latinx, Indigenous, and Immigrant Voices in Arts and Culture Field.

** Curators and Communities: Training for Collaboration

2017 Annual ICOM-ICTOP Conference | Windhoek, Namibia

** This Week's Horoscopes

Pisces - You will finally land your dream job this week, an ironic achievement considering how little you’ll be sleeping from now on.

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