Susannah Place: Sydney’s Oldest Row of Houses Shows Life Exactly as It Was Lived
A row of Sydney houses, built by Irish settlers in 1844, survives plague, slums, and gentrification as a museum of lived-in history.
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Hello Houston – The Commuter Cut: Three Spotlights, One Episode
A trio of reports — superintendent, exhibition, summit — make up one episode, each a single spotlight, none joined to the rest.
Two Rivers Heritage Museum Hides a Surprising Collection Behind Its Modest Exterior
A modest museum hiding a surprising treasure trove of local history, oddities, and hands-on exhibits in Washougal, Washington.
1,400-Year-Old Maya Urn Shows a Dead Ruler Arriving in the Underworld
A 1,400-year-old Maya urn from Guatemala at The Walters Art Museum shows a ruler becoming a jaguar spirit among skulls and gods of the dead.
Just Short of Its 200th Birthday, Philadelphia’s Academy of Natural Sciences Shuts Down
A landmark natural history museum shuts down, just short of its 200th birthday. Can Philadelphia save it?
WWII Training Camp That Sprang Up Overnight in North Carolina Gets Its Own Museum
A museum preserves the remains of a vanished wartime city: uniforms, maps, and artifacts from Camp Butner, North Carolina.
How AINA Gallery’s Debut Show Rewrites the Rules of Artistic Discovery
A gallery's satirical instruction reveals how Western museums treat non-Western artists as discoveries, erasing living artists in favor of dead ones.
Unions Reach Tentative Agreements at Brooklyn Museum and American Folk Art Museum
Brooklyn Museum and American Folk Art Museum unions reach tentative agreements, avoiding strikes after authorizing walkouts.
Rome Unveils Its Largest Surviving Wall Mosaic, Hidden Beneath the Baths of Trajan
A vast mosaic of ancient splendor and a painted city's ruin now dwell together beneath the Baths of Trajan.
The Oldest Museum in Mumbai: How the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum Tells the Story of Bombay
Mumbai's oldest museum, once Victoria and Albert, now honors Dr. Bhau Daji Lad. See the model of Bombay Castle and more.
Trump’s pressure campaign hits the Smithsonian, as officials grapple with cultural politics
The Smithsonian faces a culture war over its Franklin exhibit, accused of moving from education to activist politics.
Armory Show Review: Quiet and Downcast
A quiet Armory Show sits amid a noisy fair of overlooked artists, a monstrous building that once was a museum.