Museums
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‘It’s sacred to us’: register of Bounty mutineer’s descendants returns to South Pacific
Pitcairn Register details lives of ‘extraordinarily resilient’ Tahitian women enslaved during notorious mutiny…
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Ancient India review – snakes, shrines and sexual desire power a passionate show
British Museum, LondonA lovable elephant deity and a floating serpent goddess are just two of the highlights i…
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Stories woven in cloth in Pakistan’s first textile museum
Nasreen and Hasan Askari open Karachi museum with her 1,000-piece centuries-old collection from trade crossroa…
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Pharaohs, masks and bronze age boats: six standout new museums around the world in 2025
Openings across Africa and Asia offer new cultural experiences in stunning architectural surroundingsFrom a no…
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Silk Road leads from Uzbekistan to London for landmark exhibition
British Museum will host treasures from Samarkand in a bid to dispel cliches of camels, spices and bazaarsA mo…
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Oxford University to return 500-year-old sculpture of Hindu saint to India
Indian high commission made claim bronze depicting Tirumankai Alvar which it believes may have been lootedOxfo…
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Blockbuster show on Genghis Khan opens in France after row with China
Exhibition features objects never before seen in Europe and draws lessons from Mongol empire relevant to today…
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How to deal with offensive statues | Brief letters
A lesson from India | Superficial self-care | On yer bike | Sunak SunkRe commemorating slave traders (Letters,…
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‘Rural life is being written out’: Gauri Gill on photographing India’s forgotten people
From cobra-headed deities behind tills to the farmers who invaded Delhi, set up camp and stayed for a year, th…
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Reopened Manchester Museum gives voice to south Asian diaspora
‘It’s time for a whole host of other perspectives,’ says museum’s director after £15m redevelopmentAfter 18 mo…
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Taiwan museum admits breaking artefacts worth £66m
A bowl, teacup and plate – dating from 15th and 17th centuries – were broken in three separate incidentsTaiwan…
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Manchester Museum to reopen with ‘ordinary folk’ co-curating new gallery
Director says it’s ‘time to tell new stories’ as people from south Asian diaspora contribute experiencesA muse…
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K-everything: the rise and rise of Korean culture
From music to movies, technology to food, the world has fallen in love with everything South Korean. Ahead of …
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From viral art to tennis balls of protest: New Zealand museum collects Covid’s living history
Even as the pandemic rolls on, Te Papa Tongarewa is assembling objects that will chart Aotearoa’s coronavirus …
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‘Ultimate honour’: remains of hundreds of Moriori returned in biggest repatriation yet
Remains returned from UK Natural History Museum as well as from across New Zealand, a century after being dug …