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Ronald Lauder is giving his entire Neue Galerie museum, including over 600 artworks and a $135 million Gustav Klimt masterpiece, to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. The donation represents one of the largest gifts ever given to a museum and ensures the collection remains public forever.
Short track speed skating icon Arianna Fontana donated her racing suit to the Olympic Museum, celebrating a 20-year career that made her Italy's most decorated Olympian. The 36-year-old brought her family to honor the team effort behind her incredible 14 Olympic medals.
Five major Sacramento museums raised nearly $500K on Big Day of Giving but now face a critical volunteer shortage. They're calling on the community to donate something just as valuable as money: their time.
A Michigan military museum is getting a major upgrade thanks to Home Depot volunteers who keep coming back. The Jackson team is donating materials and labor for their sixth project at the museum in a multi-year partnership.
The Smithsonian Institution marks 180 years since a British scientist who never visited America donated his fortune to build the world's largest museum complex. Today, 19 free museums in Washington DC welcome millions of visitors annually, proving knowledge should be accessible to everyone.
A Texas foundation donated $1.1 million to restore a historic museum honoring America's longest-serving House Speaker. The Sam Rayburn Museum in Bonham will get critical repairs while staying open to visitors.
A children's museum in Bentonville just received a transformational $3 million donation to triple its learning spaces. The gift brings the museum closer to creating new areas where thousands of kids can explore, play, and develop crucial early skills.
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.
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.
British billionaires are donating at unprecedented levels, with the top 20 philanthropists now giving an average of £126 million each. Two donors just pledged £150 million apiece to the National Gallery in the largest museum gifts ever recorded.
A rare 17th-century artist's sketchbook containing 30 perfectly preserved drawings just found its forever home at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum. The sketches survived intact for nearly 400 years, a remarkable feat when most similar works were torn apart and lost to history.
When Karen Stash saw her father deteriorating on dialysis, the Carteret nurse gave him one of her kidneys and a second chance at life. Now she's using her story to inspire others in Hispanic communities to consider organ donation.
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.
Skilled union electricians are donating their time to restore a 151-year-old fire station that will become home to a new bicycle manufacturing museum. Their volunteer work is saving the nonprofit thousands of dollars while giving apprentices hands-on experience with historic buildings.
Anderson Taylor started planning his own natural history museum at age 7, and by age 9, he'd opened the doors in his small Illinois town. Now 11, he's officially the youngest male museum curator ever according to Guinness World Records.
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.
After 25 years of planning, the Museum of Youth Culture opens in London's Camden neighborhood, celebrating how teenagers from flappers to emos shaped society. The museum honors the rebellious spirit of young people through personal photos, rave flyers, and artifacts spanning a century of subcultures.
Actor Jesse Eisenberg gave a kidney to someone he'll never meet and says he wishes he had more to give. His donation likely started a chain that helped multiple people get life-saving transplants.
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