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A massive ocean predator named Tylosaurus rex has been hiding in plain sight for decades, misidentified in museum drawers. Paleontologists discovered the 43-foot sea giant by taking a second look at fossils labeled as a different species.
Anderson Taylor just earned a Guinness World Record as the world's youngest male museum curator, opening his own natural history museum at age 9. Now he's fundraising to buy the building and expand his collection for the whole community.
A fish skull forgotten in a London museum drawer since 1885 just filled a 50-million-year gap in evolution. The discovery proves that even dusty old collections can still rewrite science.
After six years of closure and uncertainty, the Dolores Olmedo Museum will welcome visitors back to Mexico's largest collection of Frida Kahlo paintings on May 30. Community action saved the beloved Xochimilco museum from permanent closure and relocation.
The Grand Egyptian Museum has become the world's third most visited museum with 6.5 million visitors, marking the first time an Egyptian museum has reached this prestigious global ranking. This milestone highlights Egypt's growing reputation as a leading cultural tourism destination.
Egyptian citizens will get free access to most museums nationwide on International Museum Day. It's a celebration of culture that brings ancient history closer to everyone.
Egypt's new Grand Egyptian Museum just earned a spot on TIME's World's Greatest Places for 2026, showcasing 100,000 artifacts including King Tut's complete collection under one roof. The world's largest archaeological museum dedicated to a single civilization now stands as a cultural beacon on the Giza plateau.
A father-son team turned their family's old apartment building into the world's largest toy museum, displaying 45,000 toys from a collection of over one million. For just 50 pesos (about $1 USD), visitors can explore four floors of everything from vintage wooden toys to entire rooms dedicated to Barbie and Snoopy.
The American Museum of Natural History is creating a free digital spectral database from its world-class mineral collection, giving researchers everywhere access to 150+ years of geological treasures. Scientists in fields from archaeology to forensics can now identify unknown materials without traveling to New York.
A Davenport gallery owner just set a Guinness World Record with her collection of 38,000 spoons that tell America's story. What started as a gift from her great-grandmother 36 years ago has become a museum celebrating 250 years of history.
Museums across Uzbekistan are drawing global visitors with rare Silk Road artifacts, early photography collections, and interactive exhibits that bring centuries of cultural exchange to life. From ancient wall paintings in Samarkand to pioneering art preservation in Nukus, these institutions are making history accessible to new generations.
A 21-year-old college student created Anthropeum, a free daily game where players guess the origins of artifacts from the Met Museum's collection. The game deliberately showcases underrepresented cultures to help players discover art they've never seen before.
The Times has recognized Egypt's Grand Egyptian Museum as a modern world wonder, celebrating the billion-dollar architectural masterpiece that finally opens its doors after years of anticipation. The museum unites cutting-edge technology with 5,000 years of Egyptian history in one breathtaking space.
A groundbreaking exhibition reveals the hidden contributions of Indian artists and plant collectors whose work shaped botanical science but went uncredited for centuries. The Museum of Art and Photography is honoring International Museum Day by giving away free annual passes to visitors who bring their "museum buddy."
Ferris State University's Jim Crow Museum is moving to a new 26,000-square-foot facility with help from hundreds of volunteers learning museum preservation skills. The expanded space will triple the museum's capacity to teach about racism's history and the movements that fought against it.
A bone fragment collected in 1985 and stored in London's Natural History Museum has been confirmed as Antarctica's first dinosaur fossil. Modern imaging revealed the 82-million-year-old bone belonged to a young long-necked herbivore that roamed the continent when it was warm and green.
A renowned Thai artist refused to sell his paintings for decades to keep them accessible to everyone. Now his family is opening a museum to honor that vision and preserve his public collection.
Ferris State University's Jim Crow Museum is getting a major upgrade, and hundreds of volunteers are carefully moving more than 30,000 historical artifacts to a new 26,000-square-foot facility. The expanded museum, opening this fall, will transform three decades of teaching tolerance into a space that also celebrates how people fought back against racism.
A bungling burglar spent three hours ransacking a True Crime Museum in England, inadvertently capturing his perfect mugshot on security cameras. The ironic twist has museum staff hoping he'll soon pose for a real police photo.
A forgotten fossil stored in a museum drawer since 1962 just solved a 500-million-year mystery about life on Earth. Scientists say the discovery proves ancient oceans teemed with life during a period once thought nearly empty.
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