Noticias
Unesco planning virtual museum of stolen cultural artefacts
Project aims to raise awareness of trafficking and the relationship between artefacts and communities.
More than 130 taxidermied animals in a South Dakota museum were found to contain arsenic. Nobody knows what to do with them
The museum was promptly shut down to the public, but debates about the fate of the animals rage on outside the silent menagerie’s closed doors.
A Hedge Fund Titan Is Suing Over Four Monet Paintings Worth $45 Million That Were Lost In a Michigan House Fire
Recently filed documents in a high-stakes art insurance lawsuit revealed that several eight-figure Monet paintings were destroyed in a fire.
Azerbaijan’s takeover of Nagorno-Karabakh raises fears about the fate of Armenian heritage sites in the region
While the Azerbaijani president has promised to protect cultural and religious sites in the region, others have called for their demolition.
La Policía investiga daños vandálicos en tres cuadros en Zamora, dos cedidos por el Museo del Prado
Los daños, realizados con un objeto punzante y que son visibles únicamente mirando con detenimiento los cuadros, son objeto de investigación policial.
The Great Wall of China Has Suffered 'Irreversible' Damage After Two Workers Excavated a Shortcut Through the Cultural Relic
Two suspects accused of digging a hole to create a Great Wall of China shortcut have been arrested, officials said.
UNESCO Listing Sparks Chaotic Tourist Boom in Ancient Thai Town
As Thailand celebrates a new World Heritage Site designation, locals and experts are concerned the area isn’t fit for a surge of visitors.
Así se protegen los tesoros del arte frente al cambio climático
Todo un rosario de nuevas técnicas y estrategias se pone en marcha para blindar los grandes museos y colecciones de los desastres naturales.
Indigenous community fighting a mine in Palawan wins a milestone legal verdict
In a move celebrated as a victory by an Indigenous community that since 2005 has been fighting plans to mine nickel in a protected area, the Philippine Supreme Court issued a verdict mandating the company and government agencies involved in the project to address Indigenous concerns about forest destruction.