LONDON.- This major exhibition brings together for the first time some of the finest sacred treasures of the medieval age. It features over 150 objects drawn from more than 40 institutions including the Vatican, European church treasuries, museums from…
Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe at the British Museum
LONDON.- This major exhibition brings together for the first time some of the finest sacred treasures of the medieval age. It features over 150 objects drawn from more than 40 institutions including the Vatican, European church treasuries, museums from…
British Museum Announces Acquisition and Display of Ancient Iraqi Ivories
LONDON (AP).- And then there were some — lots, in fact. The British Museum announced Monday it has acquired 6,000 ancient carved ivories that were excavated in Iraq with the help of mystery maven Agatha Christie. The pieces were found at the site…
London’s Natural History Museum: Earliest Human Skull-Cups Made in the UK
LONDON.- One of the human skull-cups made by ice age Britons 14,700 years ago unearthed from Gough’s Cave. The process required great skill and knowledge of anatomy. The 3 cups are made out of 14,700-year-old human skulls and were found in Gough’s…
London’s Natural History Museum: Earliest Human Skull-Cups Made in the UK
LONDON.- One of the human skull-cups made by ice age Britons 14,700 years ago unearthed from Gough’s Cave. The process required great skill and knowledge of anatomy. The 3 cups are made out of 14,700-year-old human skulls and were found in Gough’s…
New Installation Features Cabinets and Caskets from Metropolitan Museum’s Collection
NEW YORK, NY.- Thinking Outside the Box: European Cabinets, Caskets, and Cases from the Permanent Collection (1500–1900)—on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on December 7, 2010— features 100 works selected from the Museum’s Departm…
New Installation Features Cabinets, Caskets, and Cases from Metropolitan Museum’s Collection
NEW YORK, NY.- Thinking Outside the Box: European Cabinets, Caskets, and Cases from the Permanent Collection (1500–1900)—on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on December 7, 2010— features 100 works selected from the Museum’s Departm…
Detroit Institute of Arts Participates in High-Tech Treasure Hunting Game
DETROIT, MI.- In conjunction with the Detroit Institute of Arts’ (DIA) Inside|Out project, the DIA has launched a high-tech treasure hunting game on www.geocaching.com. To play the game, called Geocaching, players use a GPS device to locate container…
New Hampshire Man’s Maple Collection Makes Up Bulk of Museum
BETHLEHEM, NH (AP).- To know Charlie Stewart was to know his maple collection. Old sap buckets and yokes, sugar molds, spouts, yards of tubing, tin syrup containers — he had it all. Along with old postcards and bottle memorabilia, the longtime Sug…