Tag: Cultural history museums
Jewish Museum in Berlin opens kids’ museum about Noah’s Ark
BERLIN — Torrential rain pours down, waves break and big puddles splash as visitors enter the new children's museum at the Jewish Museum in...
3 interested in Charlottesville Confederate statues, so far
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Three entities have already expressed interest in acquiring two statues of Confederate generals from downtown Charlottesville parks, including one that was...
Boom in Native American oil complicates Biden climate push
NEW TOWN, N.D. — On oil well pads carved from the wheat fields around Lake Sakakawea, hundreds of pump jacks slowly bob to extract...
Museum loses contract over event deemed racially insensitive
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A North Carolina county cut ties on Tuesday with a historic museum that planned to put on a reenactment of a...
Virginia city council votes to remove Confederate statues
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Officials in a Virginia city have voted unanimously to remove two statues of Confederate generals from downtown parks, including one that...
Alaska Jewish museum, gay bar tagged with swastika stickers
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A tall, thin man wearing a hood and a mask was caught on a security camera plastering Nazi stickers on a...
Washington, DC, to loosen virus restrictions this weekend
WASHINGTON — With COVID-19 numbers dropping, officials in the nation’s capital are relaxing a number of restrictions after more than a year of lockdown....
Lost frescoes to greet visitors when Italy’s Uffizi reopens
MILAN — Recently discovered frescoes will greet visitors to Florence’s Uffizi Galleries when the museum reopens after months of being closed due to the...
3 resign from Auschwitz council after politician appointed
WARSAW, Poland — Three members of an advisory council for the Auschwitz-Birkenau museum in Poland have resigned after the government appointed a former Polish...
Many history interpreters of color carry weight of racism
Stephen Seals stood onstage waiting to be auctioned off. Moments later, a white slave auctioneer pointed a gun at one of the other Black...