The Rosetta Stone played a vital role in researchers deciphering hieroglyphics. It was found in 1799, but wasn't fully deciphered until many years later.
Gaining special access to museums and historic buildings is something hotels can excel at. It’s an industry where being able ...
Stonewood Design’s museum uneasily combines a restored Victorian Cornish rectory with a stark exhibit on Boer War ...
In fact, many travelers say it's the best museum in all of London. What's more, it's free to visit. From the Rosetta Stone to the Parthenon Sculptures to Mesopotamian objects, the British Museum ...
and the Tobacco Museum. The building uses a post-tensioned structure through active reinforcement reducing slab death and increasing span sizes. The Facade is covered using the Flexbrick system.
operators have begun to use four empty niches in the building's facade to showcase more art. In the coming months, four new sculptures by South Korean artist Lee Bul will adorn the museum's exterior.
This fall the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s facade will feature strange ... where she learned to handle stone and metal. A devotion to the handmade, to everyday craft, defines Lee’s practice.
The government agreed to purchase Sloane’s collection and then built the British Museum so these items could be displayed to the public. The Museum remained part of the British Museum until 1963, when ...
In 2022 the British Museum hailed a bequest of Chinese antiquities by the late Hong Kong businessman, philanthropist and former trustee Joseph Hotung as one of the most generous gifts in its three ...
The new director of the British Museum has reportedly vowed that he will not pander to any political agenda - and ruled out adding 'politically correct labels' to exhibits. It comes amid ...
The new director of the British Museum has said he will not add politically correct labels to exhibits. Dr Nicholas Cullinan, a 46-year-old art historian and curator, left his post as director of ...
Especially now that the Stone Harbor Museum has put together an exhibit of her work, with help from Swift’s family. Teri Fischer was looking for unique ways to attract locals and visitors to the ...