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Two Renoir paintings stolen from French museum are recovered
The two works were seized last month when thieves cut through a fence and smashed a window at the Renoir Museum on the French Riviera.
October 9, 2026How AI is creating a UK super-museum and revealing our planet's history
More than 70 million specimens from 100 UK collections will be put into an online digital museum
September 30, 2026Fossil found on Welsh beach ends 'confusion' over 200-million-year-old fish teeth
Fossilised teeth across Europe had been wrongly identified until the latest find in south Wales.
September 28, 2026Thieves steal Renoir paintings from French Riviera museum - Reuters
Thieves steal Renoir paintings from French Riviera museum Reuters
September 8, 2026How the hair of a museum bear is helping tackle wildlife crime
Hayden Leigh, a forensic science graduate, is studying the hair of Boris the bear.
September 6, 2026V&A workers to strike over pay and conditions
Workers at three Victoria and Albert museum sites are due to strike and further staff plan to work to rule.
August 26, 2026Hidden museum gallery to reopen after 83 years
The gallery, which has been closed since 1943, will reopen from 16 September.
August 22, 2026Jellyfish mesmerise in their own museum in Florida
The Jellyfish Museum in Pompano Beach is believed to be the first in the US dedicated entirely to the floating predators.
August 19, 2026Four 'extraordinary' Renaissance paintings stolen from Italian museum
The works were taken overnight without alarms being triggered, raising suspicion of a professional hit.
August 16, 2026Moment €9m worth of art stolen from Italy museum
Police released the CCTV footage after the art, which was stolen in March, was recovered.
August 14, 2026Italy recovers Renoir, Cezanne and Matisse works stolen from museum - reuters.com
Italy recovers Renoir, Cezanne and Matisse works stolen from museum reuters.com
August 14, 2026Trump orders signs outside Smithsonian history museum to correct what he calls 'inaccurate information' - Reuters
Trump orders signs outside Smithsonian history museum to correct what he calls 'inaccurate information' Reuters
July 24, 2026'True jewel' museum and gallery wins UK award
The Box, in Plymouth, wins the 2026 Art Fund Museum of the Year award.
June 25, 2026Obamas host star-studded opening of Chicago presidential centre
The campus opens to the public this weekend with a museum, community amenities and more to honour the 44th US president.
June 19, 2026London Museum Smithfield site to open in November
The building will become a new home for Banksy's piranhas and the UK's oldest hand-written document.
June 18, 2026Drones hit historic museum in Russia-annexed Crimea as officials alter train schedule - Reuters
Drones hit historic museum in Russia-annexed Crimea as officials alter train schedule Reuters
June 10, 2026Tasmanian government apologises over stolen body parts scandal
An investigation found that 177 human specimens from dozens of bodies were secretly kept by a museum.
May 19, 2026Italy's famed Uffizi admits cyber-attack but denies security breach
Hackers were reported to have infiltrated IT systems - but the gallery says its works are safe.
April 3, 2026Ancient golden helmet recovered more than a year after Dutch heist
The helmet and three golden bracelets were stolen in January 2025, but one bracelet is yet to be found.
April 2, 2026Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse paintings stolen in Italian job
The paintings were taken from a museum in Parma by four masked men in the middle of the night, police say.
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Two Renoir paintings stolen from French museum are recovered
The works, Jeune fille au puits and Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano, were stolen last month Two paintings by Auguste Renoir stolen a month ago from a museum in the south of France have been recover
How AI is creating a UK super-museum and revealing our planet's history
Beetles that look as if they are gold plated are among the millions of specimens that will be available to view online Researchers are using AI to create a vast digital museum of millions of specimen
Fossil found on Welsh beach ends 'confusion' over 200-million-year-old fish teeth
Jonathan Bow, pictured with his son at Lavernock, says he was happy to have "contributed to science" An amateur fossil hunter's discovery of a 200-million-year-old fish jawbone has helped solve two c
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How the hair of a museum bear is helping tackle wildlife crime
Hayden Leigh, a forensic science graduate at the University of Staffordshire, has been studying the hair of Boris the bear A student has been using hair from a 120-year-old museum exhibit to help fin
V&A workers to strike over pay and conditions
Workers at three Victoria and Albert museum sites in London will strike next month over pay, health and safety, and working conditions. Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union members at V&A East
Hidden museum gallery to reopen after 83 years
The original Osteology gallery as it was back in 1893 A gallery that has remained closed to the public since World War Two is to reopen at London's Natural History Museum next month. The gallery, wh
Jellyfish mesmerise in their own museum in Florida
With neon lights and mesmerising creatures, a museum in Pompano Beach, Florida, is believed to be the first in the US dedicated entirely to jellyfish. These ancient sea creatures have lived in the oce
Four 'extraordinary' Renaissance paintings stolen from Italian museum
Three of the five surviving panels of the Polyptych of San Gregorio were taken Four Renaissance paintings of "extraordinary value" have been stolen from a museum in Sicily, Italy's culture minister h
Moment €9m worth of art stolen from Italy museum
Police have recovered three paintings that were stolen from a museum in Italy earlier this year. CCTV footage of the theft on the night of 22 March was released by authorities, showing two masked thi
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'True jewel' museum and gallery wins UK award
The Box, in Plymouth, won the £120,000 prize fund along with the title 2026 Museum of the Year A museum and art gallery has won a national award for being "a leading example of what a civic museum ca
London Museum Smithfield site to open in November
The London Museum's new Smithfield Market home will open on 28 November, with Banksy's piranhas, the UK's oldest hand-written document and part of the infamous Whitechapel fatberg all set to go on per
Drones hit historic museum in Russia-annexed Crimea as officials alter train schedule
Ukrainian drones struck a historic museum in Russian-annexed Crimea, leading to reduced train services and fuel shortages. Russia also faced widespread drone attacks on oil infrastructure and cities,
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'No dignity': formal apology for stolen body parts
Tony Santi (left) died in 1976 but it took 50 years for all his remains to be buried together. (PR IMAGE PHOTO)Families of more than 100 people whose remains were secretly kept after autopsies and giv
Tasmanian government apologises over stolen body parts scandal
The Tasmanian government has apologised for a decades-old scandal in which body parts taken from autopsies were secretly kept - and in some cases put on display - without the consent of families. The
Tasmania government apologises for display of autopsy body parts in museum without consent
By Adam Holmes Topic:Medical Ethics Tue 19 May 2026 at 12:14pm John Santi and Phil Harris outside parliament in Hobart shortly before the apology. (ABC News: Loretta Lohberger) A formal apology ha
Italy's Uffizi Galleries hit by cyberattack, director blackmailed: media
ROME, April 3 (Xinhua) -- The Uffizi Galleries, one of Italy's most prestigious museums, was hit by a cyberattack earlier this year that disrupted internal systems, and its director was also threatene