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June 2, 2022

Dallas man broke into museum, damaged art worth millions because he was ‘mad at his girl,’ police say

Dallas police say 21-year-old Brian Hernandez broke into the Dallas Museum of Art and destroyed ancient artifacts worth millions because he angry with his girlfriend.

May 31, 2022

Mona Lisa left smeared in cake but unharmed after apparent climate protest stunt targets painting

Da Vinci's Mona Lisa was left unharmed after being smeared in cake on Sunday at the Louvre in Paris by an apparent protester disguised as an old woman.

May 31, 2022

New exhibits honor ‘Peanuts’ creator Charles Schulz’s 100th birthday

Three new exhibits in Ohio and California celebrating “Peanuts” creator Charles Schulz are opening this year. Two exhibits are already open and the third is set to open in September.

May 6, 2022

Goodwill find in Texas turns out to be ancient Roman bust

A marble bust that a Texas woman bought for about $35 from a Goodwill store is temporarily on display at a San Antonio museum after experts determined it was a centuries-old sculpture missing from Germany since World War II.

January 20, 2022

Theodore Roosevelt statue removed from front of NYC's Museum of Natural History

The monument to Theodore Roosevelt that has stood prominently in front of the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan for over 80 years has now been removed — the statue is headed for North Dakota.

December 29, 2021

Smithsonian announces 4 museums will close due to COVID-related staffing issues

Smithsonian announced that it will temporarily close the African Art, Postal, Anacostia and Asian Art Museums.

October 17, 2021

Chicago museum fires all of its mostly White female, financially well-off docents for lack of diversity

The Art Institute of Chicago fired all of its trained volunteers and guides last month, who were mostly older White women, in order to diversify its team.

September 20, 2021

‘New’ Van Gogh drawing never displayed publicly now at Amsterdam museum

A recently discovered work by Vincent van Gogh is now being exhibited for the first time in public at the Amsterdam museum that bears the Dutch master’s name.

August 4, 2021

Henry Ford Museum's 'Driven to Win' exhibit celebrates racing in America

August 2, 2021

Iceberg wall collapses at Titanic Museum in Tennessee, at least 3 guests hospitalized

At least three guests were injured Monday night after an iceberg wall collapsed at the Titanic Museum Attraction in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.