The British Museum is partially closed to the public after an employee who had been fired broke in and shut down computer ...

The British Museum experienced a security breach when a fired IT contractor shut down some systems. The museum deals with theft allegations involving a former curator, and faces ongoing calls to ...

The museum says capacity is limited, with members and those who already hold tickets given priority.

Part of the museum's permanent collection was closed on Friday, while temporary exhibitions will remain closed over the ...

“You are,” Smith says as I stare at the newly exposed bright filigree of the Viking sword found in a river I have spent a ...

Lalit Mohan Sen was the first Indian whose Gandhi & Tagore woodcuts were acquired by London’s Victoria & Albert Museum for ...

Lyn Williams says that when her husband, renowned landscape painter Fred Williams, died prematurely in 1982, he feared his ...

To legitimize its custody of the manuscript, found in an Afghan cave, the Museum of the Bible invoked the Universal ...

Millions flocked to the 1851 Great Exhibition in Hyde Park to marvel at the world’s treasures — from priceless diamonds to ...

After establishing herself as a leading proponent of nonrepresentational art, she left it behind — along with her position in ...

As the Nazis systematically excluded Jews from public life, they first tried to deport Goldberg’s father, then threatened to ...