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Syrian-Armenian Specialists at Yerevan’s Matenadaran Preserve Arabic Manuscripts for the Future
4+ hour ago (355+ words) By Anton Geissler (Hetq intern) Karin Abelyan is the expert on restoring Arabic manuscripts at the Matenadaran, Armenia’s most important manuscript depository, located in Yerevan. The texts being restored are stored in a large green safe embedded in the wall…...
Lyttelton museum seeks $8 million from Christchurch ratepayers
9+ hour, 58+ min ago (1024+ words) Online florist Bloomex faces Commerce Commission action after 232 concerns. The organisation responsible for thousands of Lyttelton historical artefacts wants Christchurch ratepayers to contribute $8 million towards a new museum and provide $300,000 a year to help operate it. The Lyttelton Historical Museum…...
Try and survive a Victorian workhouse at this newly reopened Yorkshire museum
3+ hour, 30+ min ago (458+ words) Visitors can now do laundry, sample gruel and bake bread at Ripon Workhouse Museum The makeover, made possible by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, involved fixing a leaky roof and rotten windows, revamping rooms and opening up an original workhouse…...
Türkiye eyes new UNESCO sites at 2027 Istanbul session
1+ hour, 19+ min ago (790+ words) Türkiye, which has 22 sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List, will host the 49th session of the World Heritage Committee in Istanbul in 2027. The country, whose first site was inscribed on the list in 1985, has 80 sites on UNESCO’s Tentative List, the…...
A History of Mining in the UK
1+ hour, 27+ min ago (1264+ words) Mining in the UK dates back roughly 4000 years, to Bronze Age communities working with tin (Sn) and copper (Cu) in Cornwall around 2000 BC. Image Credit: Alexey Fedorenko These early deposits attracted metalworkers long before written records existed. Roman influence expanded…...
Pioneer Village Museum to unveil authentic Ojibwe exhibit
2+ hour ago (535+ words) Visitors are welcome to enter an authentic wigwam in Ojibwe Village. Cindy Fowler ties a wigwam. Lloyd Fowler was among many volunteers who helped to build Ojibwe Village. Richard LaFernier of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa stands…...
Roman inscription found in Northumberland fort by history enthusiast
9+ hour ago (226+ words) A Roman artefact has been discovered during excavations in Northumberland. A partial Roman inscription was discovered last week at the Magna Roman Fort in the southwest quadrant of the site, buried in post-Roman terraces. The stone, believed to have been…...
Natural History Museum in Tring can become home to blue plaque for female scientist
2+ hour, 32+ min ago (233+ words) Permission has been granted for a new blue plaque in Tring to honour a renowned palaeontologist who was one of the first female scientists at the Natural History Museum. On Thursday (August 13), Dacorum Borough Council agreed to listed building consent…...
African American history museum on National Mall marks a decade with anniversary events
2+ hour, 38+ min ago (512+ words) August 18, 2026, 6:22 AM The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture is preparing to celebrate its 10th anniversary next month, marking a milestone for a museum whose first donor plans to be there for the occasion. Donnette Cooper became involved…...
Orphanage museum closed for repairs after flood - AOL
4+ hour, 19+ min ago (358+ words) A museum has been forced to close "until further notice" after a burst pipe in a flat above it caused a flood. The George Müller Museum in Ashley Down, Bristol, celebrates the history of a Victorian era orphanage and contains…...