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Make beautiful, scientific music: The new exhibit at Jerusalem's Bloomfield Science Museum

An exciting new exhibition called Tune In! that will be open for a year at Jerusalem’s Bloomfield Science Museum promises to be fascinating for children and adults alike. 

 More than one music lover can hit cylinders suspended on metal strips with mallets to make rhythmic music from tubes of varying lengths.
 Ancient sarcophagus of 'Pa-di-Hor-pa-khered' returns to Egypt.

Ancient sarcophagus of 'Pa-di-Hor-pa-khered' returns to Egypt

 Museum finds 67.5-million-year-old dinosaur fossil beneath parking lot.

Museum finds 67.5-million-year-old dinosaur fossil beneath parking lot

  A view of the new Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, in April 2025.

Opening of Cairo’s Grand Egyptian Museum gets postponed yet again


National Museum of Brazil reopens after 2018 fire

Visitors will be welcomed by the Bendegó meteorite, which survived the fire and symbolizes the institution's resilience.

 The Bendegó meteorite.

Turkey hands over Babylonian and Akkadian clay tablets to Iraq

The Iraqi government has launched what has come to be known as "recovery diplomacy" as part of its efforts to recover looted artifacts.

 Clay tablets inscribed with cuneiform script on display in Iraq.

Fast-footed fossil with outsized toes rewrites small-dino story

Originally misidentified as Nanosaurus, the metre-long teen fossil is the most complete early small dinosaur skeleton ever discovered, researchers say.

 Fast-footed fossil with outsized toes rewrites small-dino story.

The "Fourth Pyramid" waits: Grand Egyptian Museum postpones inauguration due to regional tensions

Egyptian Prime Minister Madbouly announced new opening date to be determined after coordination with concerned parties.

 The "Fourth Pyramid" waits: Grand Egyptian Museum postpones inauguration due to regional tensions.

Report: British Museum, Greece agreed on Parthenon loan - museum denies any such deal

Downing Street clarified no intention to amend legislation allowing transfer of Sculptures.

 The Elgin Marbles, a collection of Greek sculptures from the Parthenon in Athens on display in the British Museum.

Mental health issues cited as tourist damages Terracotta Army statues

Authorities launch investigation into how visitor breached security to enter pit.

 Mental health issues cited as tourist damages Terracotta Army statues.

Museum: Artifact shows playful, serious sides of 19th-century sexual health and attitudes

 Rijksmuseum displays rare 1830s condom with erotic engraving.

Capital Jewish Museum to reopen after fatal shooting of Israeli embassy staff

"This tragedy will not keep us from telling the story of the greater Washington region’s Jewish history for visitors from around the world," the museum's Executive Director said.

 A tribute and flowers for Israeli Embassy staff members Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim are seen outside the Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum.

Archaeologists Unveil 5,000-Year-Old Bread at Küllüoba Höyüğü Excavation

The bread is the first known example of leavened, baked bread, dating back approximately 5,000 years.

 This bread is 5,000 year old. It's made of emmer wheat and lentils.

Iranian reports: Rate handwritten Qurans manuscripts stolen from Iranian museum

Manager and two guards arrested; main perpetrator identified via CCTV but still at large.

 Blue dome of Vali Shrine mosque viewed from a rooftop. On the rooftop of Shah Nematollah Vali Shrine, Mahan, Iran.

Not your conventional science museum: An exploration of science without walls

Located on the campus of the world-famous Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, it is the first totally outdoor interactive science museum in the world, one operated entirely by the visitors.

 The four-story ‘Clore Person, with inflatable organs that are activated by climbing inside the giant statue