Museum

Tel Aviv Museum of Art reimagines exhibitions amid wartime conditions

With museums closed and sirens ongoing, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art adapts by bringing art experiences into safe rooms and shelters.

‘The event is not over’: An innovative new way to see art at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
(L to R) Exhibition initiator-organizer Janet Belleli Goodvach, researcher Emma  Zucker, and graphic designer Lorien Tova Balofsky.

Finding meaning in dark times: A Viktor Frankl exhibition in Tel Aviv

Makeshift pistol built by 16-year-old Uzi Aharoni in 1948, to be displayed at the HaEmek Museum in the Galilee, northern Israel, April 21, 2026.

Makeshift pistol from Israel's War of Independence to be displayed at Ha'emek Museum for first time

Patricia Heaton onstage during the America Reads The Bible Event At The Museum Of The Bible on April 19, 2026, in Washington.

Nationwide Bible reading event marks 250 years of scripture in America


Europe’s largest Apple museum opens in the Netherlands

The city of Utrecht has become a pilgrimage destination for technology enthusiasts, with the opening of the continent’s most comprehensive museum dedicated to the legacy of Steve Jobs.

Apple Museum in Utrecht, the Netherlands

Priceless Romanian artifacts recovered a year after being stolen from Dutch museum

The Dutch government last year paid 5.7 million euros to compensate Romania for the theft.

Golden Helmet of Cotofenesti and gold bracelets recovered after being stolen from a Dutch museum, April 3, 2026.

‘Astonishingly fun’: UK’s No.1 attraction isn’t what you think

The shake-up at the top followed two years in which the British Museum had led the rankings.

A woman walks with shopping bags on Oxford Street during Boxing Day sales, in London, Britain, December 28, 2025.

“Unbelievable”: Tourists smash 10,000-year-old, 90 kg mammoth tusk

The item was described as a "one-of-a-kind artifact". Investigators say one of the men allegedly climbed onto the other’s shoulders.

 Hunter discovers rare mammoth tusk in West Texas.

Ancient Egyptian scribes used 'Wite-Out' correction liquid to fix mistakes in sacred texts

While preparing a papyrus for the museum’s upcoming “Made in Ancient Egypt” exhibit, conservators noticed a thick white pigment lining the body of a jackal illustrated in one of the scenes. 

Scene from Ramose's Book of the Dead showing an illustration of a jackal corrected with "Wite-Out," March 18, 2026.

Online activities: Museums offer programs for kids during Operation Roaring Lion

There is likely no substitute for leaving the house and taking the kids places, but now that this is impossible, many museum and cultural organization websites offer online activities for children.

Mask-making workshop in the style of Picasso on the Haifa Museum website

Israeli photographer discovers the Jewry of Maine

The exhibition will run through May 3 and conclude with a public poster presentation by students from Colby College.

THE COVER of Hedva Rokach’s book ‘Faces and Facets of Jewish Life in Maine.’

Real-life Indiana Jones: British Museum to hire ‘treasure hunter’ to find stolen artifacts - report

Since the original 2023 announcement of the theft, the museum has recovered 654 of these, the most significant of which was 268 gems returned all at once by the United States.

London, England, General view of the British Museum with visitors, Bloomsbury, March 2025.

Poland’s Jewish museum director returns, seven years after being pushed out by nationalist politics

Dariusz Stola steered the Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw from its founding in 2014 to become a breakthrough in Poland’s recognition of its extinguished Jewish past. 

Dariusz Stola receives the appointment as the Museum of the History of Polish Jews' director from Marta Cienkowska, the Polish minister of culture and national heritage, in February 2026.

Saved by a square: A rainy-day miracle at Jerusalem’s Hebrew Music Museum

When rain shut down Dead Sea plans, the Hebrew Music Museum turned a Birthright setback into an unforgettable Jerusalem experience.

Kikar Hamusica: View of Jerusalem’s Music Square with its various restau rants and outdoor music performance spaces.