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 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.
July 6, 2021 Python escapes from aquarium in Mall of Louisiana The Blue Zoo Aquarium inside the Mall of Louisiana was closed Tuesday after a python used in shows to entertain children escaped from its enclosure, according to reports.
July 5, 2021 Open-air museum of rebuilt historic buildings in UK becomes TikTok hit during lockdown The Black Country Living Museum, an open-air exhibition hall of rebuilt historic buildings, in the United Kingdom got hit hard by the pandemic.
June 30, 2021 Bible Museum Magna Carta exhibition explores role of Bible and English Church in struggle for liberty A new exhibit at the Bible museum in Washington D.C. will examine the struggle for liberty in the context of the role of the centuries-old Magna Carta and the English Church from its creation through the present day.
June 28, 2021 National Archives criticized by Republicans over report labeling Rotunda example of 'structural racism' Republican lawmakers took aim at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) over the agency’s racism task force report that called the National Archives' own Rotunda an example of "structural racism."
May 19, 2021 New York City works to turn page on COVID-19 pandemic More than a year after coronavirus shutdowns sent “the city that never sleeps” into a fitful slumber, New York could be wide awake again this summer.
April 30, 2021 Kamala Harris will be first VP to get wax figure at Madame Tussauds Kamala Harris will be the first vice president to have a wax figure made of her at Madame Tussauds museum in New York City because of her historic ascendance to the role, the museum announced Thursday, according to reports.
