A special ceremony held last week in Australia celebrated 17 sacred objects from the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection at the University of Virginia being repatriated to the Arrernte, Warlpiri and ...

The collections of the National Museum of the American Indian include thousands of objects and images acquired during expeditions conducted or sponsored by our predecessor institution, the Museum of ...

From whale earwax to a shimmering ammonite shell, the “Objects of Wonder” exhibition spotlights some of the museum’s most intriguing specimens Jack Tamisiea For seven years, “Objects of Wonder” has ...

The Preservation Society of Newport County announced it is cleaning up its collection of historical objects.

The taking of the Native totem poles and other objects from Cape Fox village is one of the most frequently retold episodes of the Harriman Expedition. Earlier in the trip, on Kodiak Island, the artist ...

The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum in Geneva has a collection of over 360 objects made by political prisoners and prisoners of war from over 60 countries. Many were given by detainees ...

Philipp Blom is a cultural historian, writer and journalist who lives in Vienna. He is the author of "To Have and To Hold: An Intimate History of Collectors and Collecting" and, most recently, "A ...