Smithsonian Magazine5h
How Do Diamonds Get Their Fancy Colors?
From brilliant blues to fiery reds, discover how nature crafts diamonds in every color, and why some shades are rarer than ...
EPA shuttering museum that cost $315 per visitor to stay open — with barely anyone showing up
The scarcely visited museum cost a whopping $4 million taxpayer dollars to build in accordance with Smithsonian standards and ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN1d
See for Yourself One of the World’s Rarest Red Diamonds at the Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum
Laid out like an orchestra in a quiet gallery room, 40 colorful gems have one of the planet’s most distinguished conductors: a red diamond, 2.33 of the rarest carats in the world, shining like a ...
ARTnews on MSN7h
Sudan National Museum Looted, Museum Attendance Returns to a ‘Natural Level,' and More: Morning Links for April 1, 2025
SUDAN'S NATIONAL MUSEUM WAS LOOTED while Khartoum was under control of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for two ...
Mommy Poppins on MSN20h
Guide to Visiting the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian in NYC
The National Museum of the American Indian in NYC has been around for more than 30 years, but is arguably one of the most ...
The Art Newspaper8h
Exclusive | The world’s most-visited museums 2024: normality returns—for some
A new museum in Shanghai leaps into our top ten and European museums continue their strong performance, but our exclusive ...
After 120 Years Stored in a Museum, an Indigenous Shrine Returns Home
Taken from a First Nation community in Canada, the shrine recently began a more than 3,000-mile journey back from the ...
Irish Independent on MSN6d
More than €1m spent so far on major refurbishments of Dublin’s Natural History Museum
€1.07m has been spent so far on a major refurbishment programme of the Natural History Museum – otherwise known as the Dead ...
Did Neanderthals migrate as far east as China? Discovery of stone tools suggests it’s a possibility
Archaeologists in China’s Yunnan province unearthed stone tools crafted in a style associated with Neanderthals that hasn’t ...
Al Jazeera on MSN4d
Trump orders removal of ‘improper ideology’ from top US museums
Trump’s new executive order targets what he describes as the spread of a “divisive, race-centered ideology” at museums.
The New York Sun12h
EPA To Shutter Multimillion-Dollar Biden-Era Museum Championing ‘Environmental Justice’ and Climate Change That Saw Fewer Than 2,000 Visitors
The ‘scarcely visited’ museum ended up costing taxpayers $315 per attendee just to stay open, says EPA Administrator Lee ...