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**  In ‘Unprecedented’ Find, Stolen Medieval Artefacts Recovered from Sicilian Collector’s Home

After being stolen more than 30 years ago from a village in Italy’s Tuscany region, a group of stolen medieval artefacts has been located by police in the home of an antiques collector in Sicily.

**  CultureGrrl, the Metropolitan Museum & the Bomb Scare

After I calmed down from what I had thought might be a narrow escape, this hit my inbox: an annoying reminder that nowadays you can’t go anywhere or buy anything without being asked to complete a survey.

**  Accreditation scheme partially reopens after Covid suspension

Arts Council England, which oversees the industry standard in England, says the scheme is taking a phased approach to reopening, focused initially on museums that are new to Accreditation to ensure they can access the benefits of the scheme as quickly as possible.

**  Top 10 books about museums

Whether it is Orhan Pamuk’s love-struck Museum of Innocence, Donna Tartt’s bombing in a New York gallery, or the case of a curator who turned to crime, museums are home to fascinating stories.

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**  The Rise Of Group Curation — A New Model?

As the Biennale of Sydney unveils its new curatorium, we look at shifting exhibition models in a post-pandemic rethink, as international travel is limited and trust among peers elevated.

**  It Is Time to Include AANHPIs In Museum Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion Efforts

Some of the roots of anti-Asian racism and xenophobia trace back to the mid-nineteenth century, when the first waves of Chinese immigrants came to the US during the gold rush in search of new beginnings.

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When the Getty Centre reopens, visitors will wander through galleries that have been painstakingly cleaned, rid of any insects, and treated to head off future pest activity.

**  Whale Wax Helps Scholars Solve Mystery of Supposed Leonardo da Vinci Sculpture

As detailed in the journal Scientific Reports, the team used radiocarbon dating and chemical analysis to pinpoint the work’s creation to the 19th century—some 300 years after Leonardo’s death in 1519.

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**  The Legacy of European Art and Curiosity Cabinets

In 1908 Austrian curator and scholar Julius von Schlosser wrote a treatise on this late-Renaissance collecting and display practice, theorizing that it was a critical precursor to the modern museum.

**  Archaeologists Alarmed By Proposed Renovation At Acropolis

In an open letter to the public, the signatories, including figures from the universities of Oxford, Durham and Brown, called for the -cancellation of a project they believe will lead to the “devaluation, concealment and degradation of the greatest archaeological and artistic treasure that has been bequeathed to modern Greece”.

**  Was The Emperor Nero Really So Wicked? Probably Not

Launching just days after the museum itself is expected to reopen its doors, Nero: the man behind the myth will bring together more than 200 artefacts that, say its curators, present a more complex picture of a figure long reviled in popular culture.

**  A Jane Austen Museum Wants to Discuss Slavery. Will Her Fans Listen?

The museum, Jane Austen’s House, touched a nerve when its director said that it would include details about Austen and her family’s ties to the slave trade, including the fact that her father was a trustee of a sugar plantation on the Caribbean island of Antigua.

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**  Samsung Founder’s Heirs To Donate Thousands Of Art Works In Inheritance Tax

The family plans to donate 23,000 art pieces from Lee’s personal collection to two state-run museums.

**  Becket’s brutal murder reimagined in museum – with his skull as a finale

In the first major exhibition about Becket, the murder, and the cult that rose up following his death, the British Museum is to display a wide range of the surviving objects from the crime scene.

**  New duck-billed dinosaur species discovered in Japan

Palaeontologists say the find is important as it provides new insight into hadrosaur migration, evolutionary changes and the prevalence of dinosaurs in Japan.

**  Renaissance-Era Florentine Frescoes Spent Centuries Hidden in Plain Sight

Renovations at the Uffizi Gallery revealed two overlooked paintings of Medici dukes, among other intriguing finds.

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**  Museum Kept Bones of Black Children Killed in 1985 Police Bombing in Storage for Decades

Outrage erupted over the revelation that the likely remains of two young victims were held in and studied at Ivy League institutions.

**  Baby Mammoths Were Meals for These Sabre-Tooth Cats

Fossils from a Texas site suggest that the predatory felines not only snatched mammoths from their herds, but dragged the remains back to their cave.

**  National Football Museum acquires super league protest T-shirt

The National Football Museum in Manchester has acquired a T-shirt worn by a Leeds United player in protest at the plans to create a European Super League (ESL).

**  New online exhibition displays skills of traditional currach building

A selection of archival material detailing the currach building process has just been made available for online audiences by the National Museum of Ireland - Country Life.

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**  Webinars - European Year of Rail
In order to enable an exchange of ideas and experience on how to deal with railway and tramway heritage within the framework of the European Year of Rail, we will be organising two online events before the summer holidays, during which aspects of railway heritage conservation can be discussed.

**  Landmark exhibitions resurrected on extended reality platform
Past shows from 15 museums and galleries brought together on new virtual arts ecosystem.

**  National Gallery's Guided Meditation Video Series
Join for a new way to connect with National Gallery masterpieces. Guided meditations encourage you to slow down, take a few moments for mindfulness, and reach a deeper level of connection with yourself and with art.

**  Researchers Determine Coelacanth Faked Own Extinction To Escape Massive Gambling Debt
Admitting that the shifty fish has managed to evade detection by mankind for thousands of years, researchers at the University of Michigan Museum of Palaeontology discovered Wednesday that the coelacanth successfully faked its own extinction in order to escape a massive gambling debt.
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