26 h. ago Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum announces southern outpost in Eindhoven

Museum, which includes rich collection of Vermeers and Rembrandts, currently shows only fraction of its 1m objectsAmsterdam’s Rijksmuseum, which holds the world’s largest trove of paintings from the Dutch Golden Age, has announced plans to open an outpost in Eindhoven.The museum, which showcases only a fraction of its more than 1m objects, said on Thursday it would construct the 3,500 sq metre centre over the next six to eight years. Continue reading...

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28 h. ago Council ‘deeply saddened’ by theft of more than 600 items from museum collection

Four men are thought to have entered a building in the Cumberland Road area of Bristol.

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29 h. ago Suspects sought after more than 600 artefacts stolen from museum collection

CCTV images have been released of four unknown men police want to speak to in connection with the artefacts’ disappearance.

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30 h. ago Hundreds of items of ‘cultural significance’ stolen from Bristol Museum archive

Police are appealing for information

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9 d. ago French art museum nicknamed ‘Little Louvre’ reopens after 14 years

The Basque country museum houses an extensive collection of Old Masters said to rival the Louvre’s

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1 week ago TALK OF THE TOWN: V&A is just not ready for Freddie as it turns down Queen frontman's fashion collection

The personal assistant and confidant of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury said he offered London's Victoria & Albert Museum 1,000 items from Freddie's collection to put on display, but was knocked back

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1 week ago An archaeologist is racing to preserve Sudan's heritage as war threatens to erase its cultural past

Archaeologist Shadia Abdrabo is working to create an online database of Sudan's archaeological sites and museum collections

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3 w. ago Museum finds ‘Hollywood legend’ in 17th Century painting – but who’s the A

A POLISH museum has extended an unusual invitation to a visiting Hollywood legend. The National Museum in Wroclaw reached out to the actor after hearing the star was travelling through Poland. The museum revealed that it holds a 17th-century portrait in its collection that looks astonishingly like Robert De Niro. Painted in 1628 by Bartholomaus...

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