Museum of Scotland wins best building award
The BBC reports, the team behind the £47.4m refurbishment of the National Museum of Scotland has won the country’s top architecture prize. Read More
Traditional Arts and Ethnology Centre, Lao PDR
The Traditional Arts and Ethnology Centre in Luang Prabang, Lao PDR, was launched in July 2007 to promote understanding of Lao PDR’s ethnic diversity and advocate for the survival and transmission of its cultural heritage. Read More
UNESCO-ICCROM museum storage survey results
A recent UNESCO-ICCROM survey shows precious artifacts kept in museum storage facilities worldwide are not as safe as we may like to think. Read More
UK Museum awarded £50000 for Japanese collection
RENEW is a collecting scheme that helps UK museums create new collections or replenish and develop their existing holdings. This year, University of Durham Oriental Museum, was awarded £50,000. Read More
Budapest: Korean Art in the 18-19th Century
The Hopp Ferenc East-Asia Museum of Art, Budapest, Hungary, has a temporary exhibition presenting the extremely exciting culture of Korea. Interiors, ceremonial clothing and ornamented objects represent Korean art. Read More
National Museum of Scotland
The building of the new Museum of Scotland, which opened in 1998, to tell the country’s history from earliest times to the present day, created a landmark museum in Edinburgh for the nation. Read More
Launch of International Museum Day 2012
The worldwide community of museums will celebrate the 35th anniversary of International Museum Day around 18 May, 2012. Read More
Photo Exhibition Dublin: China through Scottish eyes
At the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, there is an photography exhibition on loan from the Wellcome Library, London, featuring photos of China taken by Scottish photographer John Thomson between 1868 and 1872. Read More
Quai Branly Museum, France
The creation of the Quai Branly Museum (musée du quai Branly) Paris, France, an institution entirely dedicated to the arts and civilizations of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas, was the result of a political desire to see justice rendered to Non-European cultures. Read More
Guimet Museum of Asian Art, France
The Guimet Museum of Asian Art (Musée National des arts asiatiques Guimet) in Paris, France has one of the largest collections of Asian art outside Asia. Read More
