Following significant gains in local elections, Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) Ekrem İmamoğlu once again led the elections during Sunday’s mayoral elections. İmamoğlu is also known for supporting cultural life in Istanbul. Since the beginning of 2024, Istanbul locals have been pleased to
Over the years since 2013, more than 6,000 human skeletons collected from 38 excavation sites across various regions of Türkiye have been housed at the Mehmet Akif Ersoy University (MAKÜ) Department of Anthropology in Türkiye’s Denizli Province. These bones and fossils have
A regulatory office is currently investigating the British Museum following allegations that the institution has maintained excessive secrecy regarding 11 Ethiopian artifacts in its collection, which were looted by soldiers in 1868. These artifacts consist of sacred wood and stone altar tablets
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City is to sell Claude Monet’s painting Christie’s this May; the artwork could fetch as much as $25 million. Co-owned by the heirs of Ethel B. Atha, the painting has garnered an estimated value of
On March 27, the Sci-Fi World Museum opened in Santa Monica, featuring the Star Trek bridge as its venue. The designers constructed four different versions of the Enterprise-D’s bridge for the 1987 television series, Star Trek: The Next Generation. Unfortunately, the first
The British Museum announced on March 28 that it had appointed Nicholas Cullinan as its new director. Cullinan will replace Hartwig Fischer, who resigned after a theft scandal at the museum. Nicholas Cullinan, the director of the UK’s National Portrait Gallery, becomes
A judge has issued a ruling mandating that a former curator, accused by the British Museum of pilfering numerous artifacts, must return any gems or jewelry belonging to the institution that may be in his possession. The museum alleges that Peter Higgs,
The Orsay Museum in Paris commemorates 150 years of Impressionism today with an unprecedented gathering of the masterpieces that ignited the movement, alongside a captivating virtual reality journey transporting visitors back in time. Through cutting-edge VR technology, attendees of “Paris 1874: Inventing
The boat, once used by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk for sightseeing, has undergone restoration and is now open to visitors at the Naval Museum in Çanakkale. Known as the “M/G Acar,” this vessel was previously employed to transport Atatürk from the renowned Savarona
Turkish painter Osman Hamdi Bey’s second rendition of “The Tortoise Trainer” has found a new home in the permanent exhibition titled “Viewing Turkish Painting” at Türkiye İş Bankası Painting and Sculpture Museum. Dated 1907, this version now resides alongside the first rendition
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