Museums News

Crime Museum News
- Seventy-five years later, debate over Bugsy Siegel murder still ragesby Marylynne Corona on June 18, 2022
As Americans opened their newspapers on June 21, 1947, they saw large headlines about the murder of Benjamin “Bugsy” Read more →
- HBO Max series ‘Tokyo Vice’ explores Japan’s criminal underworldby Marylynne Corona on June 10, 2022
A new television drama series, available in its entirety on HBO Max, focuses on organized crime in Japan, featuring aRead more → The post Read more →
- Three charged in Hells Angels shooting of rival Vagos riders during...by Marylynne Corona on June 3, 2022
It was supposed to be a peaceful motorcycle ride near Hoover Dam in honor of America’s war dead, followed byRead more → The post Three Read more →
- Stuffing murder victims in barrels a common practice since mid-19th...by James Riter on June 1, 2022
In April 1858, workers at the Hudson Valley Railroad’s freight house smelled an awful stench coming from a wooden barrelRead more → The Read more →
- Body in the barrel at Lake Mead has makings of Mob hitby James Riter on May 19, 2022
Coroner: Will take at least a year to identify the remains The post Body in the barrel at Lake Mead has makings of Mob hit Read more →
British Museums News
- Stripping barkon June 15, 2022
The freshly cut beehive is stripped of the outer layer of bark.
- Chopping treeon June 15, 2022
A length of wood is cut from a dead tree.
- Splitting beehiveon June 15, 2022
The beehive is split in half lengthways by hammering steaks into the wood.
- Shaping beehiveon June 15, 2022
The beehive is shaped into a cylinder and cut to the correct length.
- Collecting Resourceson June 15, 2022
A series of plant resources are collected from nearby forest areas.
- Transporting beehiveon June 15, 2022
The beehive is moved from the location where it was cut in the forest to a former homestead in Koropkwen glade.
- Hollowing beehiveon June 15, 2022
Each half of the beehive is hollowed out.
V & A Museum News
- Africa Fashion: Why focus group voices matterby Janet Browne on June 23, 2022
For every museum object, there are countless stories that can be told, and many voices that can unlock them. But how can we make Read more →
- Co-designing and collaborating with young people for the Africa...by Mia Lewis on June 23, 2022
Co-design is a participatory approach to developing projects, where a target audience recognised for having a significant stake Read more →
- Call-out for applicants for the Field Notes summer schoolby Johanna Agerman Ross on June 23, 2022
For the second iteration of Make Good: Rethinking Material Futures (supported by John Makepeace OBE), the V&A is Read more →
- Making Africa Fashionby Christine Checinska on June 22, 2022
Africa leads the way when it comes to cutting edge global fashions. The impact of African creativity cannot be denied. Yet there Read more →
- V&A Illustration Awards: In Conversation with Kate Milner (Student...by Rebecca Law on June 22, 2022
There are many simple acts we can do to mark World Refugee Week (20 – 26 June 2022) and one of these is to read a book that Read more →
American History
- Making history happen: Reflecting on DACA and its impactby GrantJo on June 14, 2022
In 2011, one year after the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act failed to pass through the Senate, Read more →
- 2 experts, 165 coins, 1 really big headby GrantJo on May 31, 2022
While installing a new exhibition called Really BIG Money, we—collections manager Jennifer and mount maker Laura—faced a Read more →
- Sparkles under the spotlight: Designing a costume for Kristi Yamaguchiby GrantJo on May 11, 2022
Picture it: you're sitting with thousands of other audience members in a darkened arena. Suddenly, a spotlight illuminates a Read more →
- Servant of God: How a 1960s magazine addressed gay men’s spiritual...by GrantJo on May 6, 2022
The cover of the December 1960 issue of “ONE: The Homosexual Viewpoint,” titled “Homosexual, Servant of God,” picturing Read more →
- What can really BIG money teach us about our world?by GrantJo on March 29, 2022
Long feathers that shimmer in the light. A formidably heavy stone ring. An iron blade taller than most children. A hoard of Read more →