WATCH: Climate Activists Hurl Soup at Mona Lisa Painting in Paris’ Louvre Museum
Two climate activists threw soup at the face of Leonardo da Vinci’s famed Mona Lisa painting in Paris on Sunday morning.
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Watch: Just Stop Oil Climate Crazies Smash Glass Protecting 17th Century Painting with Hammers
Two Just Stop Oil activists were arrested after using hammers to smash the glass protecting a painting at the National Gallery in London.
Stolen Treasures Scandal Brings Down Director of British Museum Hartwig Fischer
The German art historian who has led the British Museum since 2016 has stood down over a growing scandal over nearly 2,000 stolen artefacts.
WATCH: Antifa Clash with Protesters Outside Drag Queen Story Hour Performance for Children
Leftist Antifa radicals clashed with protesters outside a performance of Drag Queen Story Hour for kids at the Tate Britain museum in London.
Christian Students Sue Smithsonian for Kicking Them Out over Pro-Life Hats
Christian students are suing the Smithsonian National Air Space Museum (NASM) for allegedly violating their First and Fifth Amendment rights by kicking them out for wearing pro-life hats following the 50th annual March for Life.
Museums To Enforce Bag Bans After Climate Extremist Art Attacks
Museums across Europe are introducing bans on bringing bags into galleries following several attacks on art by climate extremists.
Commie Cash: Academy Museum Won’t Discuss Ties to China’s Wanda Group After $20 Million Donation
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles officially opened its doors to the public on Thursday after years of planning, construction, and delays. And like many things in the movie business these days, the museum comes with prominent ties to Communist China.
Italian Museum Director Resigns in Protest over Coronavirus ‘Green Pass’
Fabrizio Masucci, president and director of Naples’ Sansevero Chapel Museum, resigned from his post Monday in protest against the requirement of the new “Green Pass” in museums.
Cuppa Racism? Museum Targets Jane Austen’s Tea Drinking in BLM Inspired Race Review
Pride and Prejudice author Jane Austen’s affinity for drinking tea will be examined in a Black Lives Matter-style “historical interrogation” at a museum honouring the famed writer.
Woke Wars: Don’t Be ‘Bullied’ by ‘Left-Wing Campaigns’, Culture Sec Begs Museums
The Conservative culture minister has told the institutions trusted with preserving Britain’s cultural heritage not to let themselves be “bullied” by “left-wing campaigns”, as convenors of museums and other spaces come under increasing pressure from Black Lives Matter-inspired activists to unperson historical figures.
Scotland’s Oldest Museum Hires ‘Curator of Discomfort’ to Confront ‘White Supremacy’
Scotland’s oldest public museum has created the position of ‘Curator of Discomfort’ to take the museum out of its “institutional comfort zone” and confront historical and modern-day “white supremacy”.
Trump ‘Baby Balloon’ Joins the Museum of London Collection
The Museum of London has acquired the infamous 20-foot inflatable caricature of President Donald Trump, which was a mainstay of anti-Trump protests.
Smithsonian Institution Closing 19 D.C. Museums, National Zoo amid Coronavirus Outbreak
The Smithsonian Institution announced on Thursday that 19 museums in Washington, DC, and the National Zoo will close starting on Saturday because of the novel coronavirus.
Nolte: Half-Billion Dollar Newseum Boondoggle to Close Permanently in January
The only good the Newseum ever did was the pleasure millions of Americans felt as they watched it fail.
Scientists: ‘Hollywood Stars’ Are Pricing Dinosaur Fossils out of Museums, Research Projects
Hollywood stars and other wealthy individuals are reportedly pricing dinosaur fossils out of museums and the hands of scientists, resulting in paleontologists calling for a worldwide halt of private sales.
Curator: Emphasis on Families in History ‘Privileges Heterosexual Lives’
The public programmes curator for the National Trust has said the charity should stop emphasising the importance of families in stately homes as it “privileges heterosexual lives”.
D.C. Restaurants, Museums Give Freebies to Furloughed Federal Workers, No Treats for Tourists
Some D.C. restaurants, museums, and even banks are offering freebies to furloughed non-essential federal employees during the shutdown.
