All news on the topic: Museums

The Princess of Wales visited the V&A's new museum - Young V&A - in London's Bethnal Green on Wednesday as she spent time chatting with children asking about their ambitions

A beautiful, secret mansion tucked away just off Hampstead Heath boasts two art galleries, a museum, library and a huge garden. The Grade I listed building, built in 1704, is run by a self-sustaining charity

The Mirror's Milo Boyd was taken on a mystery road trip in a Sixt rental Audi to the West Country, following ChatGPT's quest of unearthing some hidden British gems

A tiger shark that killed a 23-year-old Russian tourist and may have killed twice more last year has been embalmed and is being prepared for an exhibition at a museum in Egypt, according to local media

Greenwich Council is to discuss the possible ban of ice cream vans on several of its roads owing to the "nuisance" caused on pavements" as well emissions from idle engines

Consumer magazine Which? has revealed the UK’s best-rated museums, galleries, cathedrals, and historic sites that offer free admission, based on a survey of 7,000 people

Staff at Wayne County Historical Museum in Richmond, Indiana, were left perplexed after a mummified rat-human hybrid was dumped outside the gate without paperwork

Tina Turner's property in Stäfa, Switzerland, may now be used to showcase memorabilia from the superstar’s career. Queen of Rock ’n’ Roll Tina died on Wednesday aged 83

The author, who was left blind in one eye after a knife attack last August, surprised guests at the PEN America Literary Gala, and told them: 'It's nice to be back, as opposed to not being back, which was also a possibility'

The gang carried out the “highly planned” raid on the The Green Vault in Dresden, Germany, one of the world’s most valuable collections of treasures

Dad-of-three David Massey, 41, converted his garage into a 1940s-inspired hideaway, complete with submarine doors and a whisky bar, so he can reminisce about 'happy times'

Fiona Whitty and mum Beryl take a luxury trip back in time on the Flying Scotsman after it turns 100 and rolled out of its permanent home at York’s National Railway Museum

Hereford, Durham, Bath, Rye and Dundee are among the best cities in the country to go to if you enjoy spending time by yourself and prefer to stay away from large crowds

The Museum of Liverpool, High Lodge Thetford Forest in Suffolk, Windsor Great Park in Windsor and National Railway Museum in York are among the attractions you can visit for free

Pierce Brosnan and Keely Shaye Smith were seen looking more loved-up than ever at the Met Gala on Monday

Paris Hilton looked stunning as she rocked the Met Gala red carpet for the first ever time to pay tribute to Karl Lagerfeld

An artwork called 'Comedian' was eaten by a 'hungry' student who was visiting the Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea - and the incident was filmed by a friend

Anita Atkinson, 66, has spent the last four decades collecting tea sets, trinkets, paintings, flags, books and even cardboard cut-outs to celebrate her love for the monarchy - she has artefacts going back to the 18th century

Anna Valentine, one of Camilla’s favourite designers, recreated the elegant midnight blue gown that she wore to the annual Diplomatic Reception in December 2022, the first of King Charles III’s reign

Children who were given crayons to occupy them during a museum visit apparently ended up scrawling all over a 230-year-old statue, leaving the National Trust 'dismayed'

The Valiant Soldier in Buckfastleigh, Devon, was a popular hang out for servicemen during World War Two, but after its licence was suddenly revoked in 1965 it closed almost overnight and remained frozen in time

Art collector Laura Young bought the sculpture from a Goodwill store in Texas, America, for £28 but later discovered it's actually a 2,000-year-old ancient Roman work of art

Last week a photo of a woman posing taken and shared by Maria Murphy at the Auschwitz concentration camp museum went viral, causing huge amounts of outrage on Twitter

The home of Josef Fritzl in Amstetten, Austria, has been transformed into nine apartments rented out by young people after landlords Herbert and Ingrid Houska bought it and renovated it

The shameless woman is seen posing on the railway track in front of Auschwitz Birkenau in Poland, where more than 1 million people were murdered during World War 2