Nefertiti bust should be returned to Egypt, historians say

The opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum comes with renewed calls for the restitution of the famous Nefertiti bust, which has ...
Artnet

After Paris and London, Berlin Museums See Drop in Visitor Numbers

The Berlin State Museums (SMB), which include a number of the German capital’s most popular art institutions—such as the Pergamon Museum on Berlin’s Museum Island, and the Hamburger Bahnhof, dedicated ...
Newsweek

9 Best Museums in Berlin

Berlin is the capital of the 20 th century. And nothing better captures that than its museums, which are deep in Nazi and Cold War history. But beyond that, there are incredible museums dedicated to ...
Artnet

Critics Call This New Berlin Museum the ‘Most Expensive Cloakroom in the World.’ With Its Grand Opening, the Public Now Gets to Decide

How do you construct an unforgettable but practical 21st-century wonder on a UNESCO World Heritage Site that is already jam packed with striking but impractical architecture? It took 20 years, but ...
Courthouse News Service

Berlin Museum to Return Aboriginal Remains

"four Aboriginal men and two boys. Mount Molloy." Positive, SW before 1907 Australia Mount Molloy Presentation: on cardboard (photo board) Cardboard format (photo): 32.1 x 23.6 cm Image format (photo) ...
The New York Times

Vandals Deface Dozens of Artworks in Berlin Museums

The Berlin police are asking visitors to the Museum Island for help figuring out who defaced 63 objects, but declined to comment on the possible role of a German conspiracy theorist. By Melissa Eddy ...
Hypebeast

70 Ancient Artifacts Vandalized Across Berlin Museums

Earlier this month, a group of unknown vandals took to three institutions on Berlin’s museum island to pour an oily substance across ancient artifacts. Objects included in the attack on October 3 were ...
NPR

Dozens Of Artifacts Apparently Vandalized At Berlin's Museums

Statues and Ancient Egyptian sarcophagi are among about 70 objects that have been damaged with an oily substance at several of Berlin's major museums. Police, who believe vandalism to be the cause, ...