Museums Exhibits - Page 28

April 13, 2023

Museum in New York to debut 'world's largest, playable' Donkey Kong arcade game

The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York, is building a 20-foot-tall Donkey Kong arcade machine, making it the largest, playable construction of the game.

April 12, 2023

Meteorites hit Maine, museum offers $25K reward for fragments

The Maine Mineral and Gem Museum is offering a $25,000 reward to anyone able to locate meteorites weighing a kilogram or more from a Saturday afternoon shower over the Canadian border.

March 20, 2023

Museum research discovery prompts ceremony for slain officer in Washington, DC

A volunteer conducting research for a museum found that a slain officer was not added on a national memorial. A ceremony is scheduled to honor William C. Callihan in Washington, D.C.

March 13, 2023

FBI returns 50 stolen artifacts to museums in 5 states

Federal authorities say dozens of artifacts stolen from 17 U.S. museums in the 1970s have been seized and repatriated to their legal owners.

March 2, 2023

'Freedom matters': Dallas exhibit at George W. Bush Presidential Center has opened

The George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, Texas, opened a new exhibit about American freedom — and includes such artifacts as the Magna Carta and the Declaration of Independence.

March 2, 2023

Museum of American Women to feature 'transgender women' in order to be 'inclusive'

The Smithsonian is reportedly working toward building a museum dedicated to American women, and it already has signs of both racially charged and gender-related political agendas.

February 22, 2023

Smithsonian Air and Space Museum responds to House Republicans demanding answers for booting pro-life students

The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum responded to House Republican's demands for answers following the expulsion of a group of students for wearing pro-life hats.

February 20, 2023

Egypt's oldest museum unveils renovated wing, ancient 50-foot scroll

The Egyptian tourism and antiquities ministry recently unveiled a renovated wing of a 120-year-old museum billed the history-rich African nation's oldest.

January 27, 2023

UK museums shy away from using ‘mummy’ to describe ancient Egyptian remains: it’s ‘dehumanizing’

Separate from the linguistic debate, the question of whether it is ethical to display human bodies in this way is still a live issue.

January 18, 2023

London's 'Irish Giant': Museum wants to remove controversial skeleton display

Charles Byrne stood 7'7" and requested a burial at sea to avoid dissection, but a collector bribed someone to help him steal the body and replace it in the coffin.