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British Museum removes the term Palestine from certain Middle East exhibits

The museum told The Jerusalem Post that the term Palestine no longer holds a neutral designation and may be understood in reference to political territory.

London, England, General view of the British Museum with visitors, Bloomsbury, March 2025.
The Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building, set for sale and likely demolition, houses murals by multiple Jewish artists.

Activists urge Jewish Museum to help preserve Wilbur J. Cohen Building at risk of demolition

 The main entrance to the Vilnius Ghetto in Lithuania during World War II.

Holocaust education: Why telling Lithuania’s Jewish story matters more than ever - opinion

‘Memento Mori’ by Adi Harush and Ben Tzur references Victorian mourning jewelry and the arc between heritage and contemporary works.

Melting Point at the Museum for Islamic Art shows what jewellery can be


How the Euphrates shaped Eridu, the oldest city in history

The irrigation network consists of over 200 primary canals, some of which stretch up to nine kilometers in length and are between two and five meters wide.

 Fired clay brick stamped with the name of Amar-Sin, Ur III, from Eridu, currently housed in the British Museum.

12th-century 'Buddha Sheltered by Serpent King' returns to Nepal

The Art Institute of Chicago announced on Monday that it is returning sculpture after new research found that the object had been stolen.

 12th-century 'Buddha Sheltered by Serpent King' returns to Nepal.

Shape-shifting science: Jerusalem exhibition unveils self-morphing materials

The ‘Automorphia’ exhibition at Bloomfield Science Museum

 Exhibits explain automorphia: Contemplation and focus shape a reaction to cycles of humidity variation.

Mummies are disappearing from museums. Here’s why

The exhibition of human remains is only allowed in 'essential' cases, and when displayed, they must be correctly documented and contextualized.

 Replica of a Guanche mummy.

Lebanese-French architect Lina Ghotmeh chosen to redesign Ancient Galleries at British Museum

Ghotmeh's studio, LGA, was unanimously chosen for the project after a nine-month competition that received over 60 entries.

 Lion from Babylon in the British Museum, London on 12 December, 2014.

The world of Yaacov Agam reexperienced

The work of Yaacov Agam both inspires and provokes questions. A visit to the Yaacov Agam Museum of Art (YAMA) in Rishon Lezion provides answers to many of them.

 Yaacov Agam.

Female Palestinian photographer Karimeh Abbud honored in new exhibit

Eretz Israel Museum shines incisive light on an early 20th-century Palestinian photographer.

 Karimeh Abbud, one of the most important female Palestinian photographers in history.

Grapevine: Knesset Museum underway

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 The Knesset building, home of Israel's legislature, in Jerusalem, on November 14, 2022 (Illustrative).

Green with envy: Haifa’s must-visit new attraction

Every top football club in the world has a museum showcasing its history, legendary players, trophies, and nostalgic memorabilia. Maccabi Haifa has now joined these elite clubs.

 The museum entrance counter

Greece to open new underwater archaeology museum in Piraeus in 2026

The museum, which will exhibit ancient archaeological artifacts discovered in the sea, is the largest cultural project currently underway in Greece.

 Greece to open new underwater archaeology museum in Piraeus in 2026.