Cultural Institutions and Parks
New York's Metropolitan Museum to open 7/7
Mar 21, 2013 17:20 EDT
For the first time in four decades New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art will open seven days a week starting this July, the director announced Thursday.
Major hyperrealist painting show opens in Madrid
Mar 21, 2013 11:38 EDT
An exhibition of 50 paintings by hyperrealist artists whose works depict shop windows, camper vans, street views and other everyday scenes in such painstaking detail that they resemble photographs opens Friday in Madrid.
Remains of huge fossilized flying reptile displayed in Rio
Mar 20, 2013 20:06 EDT
The fossilized remains of a huge prehistoric flying reptile was unveiled Wednesday at the Rio de Janeiro National Museum where an international congress on the extinct species is to be held in May.
Famed French cave paintings on exhibit in Chicago
Mar 20, 2013 16:59 EDT
Stunning reproductions of the famed cave paintings of Lascaux are being displayed for the first time outside of France at an exhibit in Chicago opening on Wednesday.
Amazon's Bezos recovers Apollo 11 engines
Mar 20, 2013 16:22 EDT
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos claimed success Wednesday in his mission to recover Apollo 11 moon mission engines that plunged into the ocean decades ago.
Tens of thousands join British budget day strike
Mar 20, 2013 11:41 EDT
At least 95,000 civil servants went on strike in Britain on Wednesday, closing courts and museum galleries in a dispute over pay, pensions and working conditions timed to coincide with the government's annual budget.
London museum cancels gig over damage fears
Mar 20, 2013 09:25 EDT
London's prestigious Victoria and Albert Museum said Wednesday it had been forced to cancel a concert by "grind metal" band Napalm Death because of fears that the music will quite literally bring the house down.
Famed French cave paintings on exhibit in Chicago
Mar 19, 2013 22:21 EDT
Stunning reproductions of the famed cave paintings of Lascaux are being displayed for the first time outside of France at an exhibit in Chicago opening on Wednesday.
$3 tag sale find sells at Sotheby's for $2.23 million
Mar 19, 2013 18:53 EDT
A $3 tag sale buy has turned into a massive windfall for the lucky bargain hunter: the Chinese bowl sold for $2.23 million at an auction at Sotheby's on Tuesday.
Storm-damaged Statue of Liberty to reopen by July 4
Mar 19, 2013 17:43 EDT
The Statue of Liberty will reopen by July 4 once repairs to extensive damage inflicted on the New York landmark by Hurricane Sandy are completed, US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Tuesday.
British woman injured fleeing feared sex attack in India
Mar 19, 2013 08:25 EDT
A female British tourist suffered leg injuries after she jumped out of a hotel window Tuesday over fears of a sex attack in the Indian city of Agra, home to the Taj Mahal, police said.
British woman injured fleeing India sex attack: police
Mar 19, 2013 06:35 EDT
A female British tourist was admitted to hospital after jumping through a hotel window Tuesday over fears of a sex attack in the Indian city of Agra, home to the Taj Mahal, police said.
US tightrope walker to tackle Grand Canyon
Mar 18, 2013 18:33 EDT
He's at it again. The US tightrope artist who crossed Niagara Falls last year will try to do the same at the Grand Canyon -- but this time much further up and without a safety harness.
Boston art thieves got away with it: US authorities
Mar 18, 2013 16:53 EDT
The FBI said Monday that they finally know who conducted a daring art heist in Boston exactly 23 years ago -- but the thieves can no longer be prosecuted.
From go-go to punk: Washington's underground edge
Mar 18, 2013 03:55 EDT
Forget what you think you know about America's stiff and stodgy capital city.
158 rhino killed in S.Africa since start of year
Mar 15, 2013 11:17 EDT
Poachers have killed 158 rhinos in South Africa's national parks since the beginning of the year, a rate of more than two a day, environment officials said on Friday.
Mating season over for Japan's pandas
Mar 15, 2013 03:46 EDT
A Tokyo zoo put its pandas back on display on Friday after keepers decided mating season was over, with wellwishers hoping their two attempts would bear fruit.
New Jewish museum in Poland unveils synagogue roof
Mar 13, 2013 14:33 EDT
It is not as ornate the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, but a life-sized replica of the polychrome ceiling of an 18th-century synagogue inspired awe as it was unveiled in the Polish capital.
Britain's Charles and Camilla in Qatar
Mar 13, 2013 14:21 EDT
Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla arrived on Wednesday in the Gulf state of Qatar on a regional tour that has also seen the royal couple visit Jordan.
Rare Sumatran tiger kills Indonesia farmer: villagers
Mar 13, 2013 05:46 EDT
A Sumatran tiger has killed a cocoa farmer in Indonesia, villagers claimed Wednesday, in the latest apparent attack by the rare wild cat as its habitat is rapidly cleared for plantations.
