Africa “On November 28, 2017, inside a packed amphitheater at the University of Ouagadougou … under the...” Readings
Global “Anyone remotely interested in the politics of civilization will be aware that museums are the repositories...” Readings
United States When the Fénykövi Elephant was unveiled for the first time at the United States’s National Museum of Natural History in 1959, guests and dignitaries... Did You Know?
Thailand Set in the Golden Triangle—the name given to the point where Laos, Myanmar and Thailand meet along the Mekon River—is a museum with an... Did You Know?
United Kingdom William Bullock, who initially trained as a jeweler, first opened a museum in Liverpool in 1795, moving it to London fourteen years later. It... Did You Know?
France “A clamor, in the distance. A crowd running under the rain beating down, between the canvases the...” Readings
Massachusetts “The scene into which we stepped bears description. The American Wing is built around a sizable...” Readings
Founded in 1683, the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, is the world’s oldest university museum. To put it in perspective, the year it first... Did You Know?
Afghanistan In 1988, a decade into Afghanistan’s bitter civil war, officials at the country’s national museum decided to hide its most valuable artifacts for fear... Did You Know?
Japan The Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum in Osaka, Japan, is devoted entirely to instant noodles. It boasts a chicken ramen factory where you can... Did You Know?
Egypt In March, researchers at the British Museum in London discovered the world’s oldest tattoo on an Egyptian mummy that had been housed in the... Did You Know?
