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- Science Museum ‘must lay down conditions’ to fossil fuel sponsors Fri, 17 Dec 21, 12:28amUK’s former chief scientific adviser Sir David King adds to growing pressure on the London museum
- In defence of Science Museum’s sponsors | Letter Fri, 26 Nov 21, 4:48amBob Ward, an adviser on two of the museum’s energy exhibitions, responds to a campaign letter expressing concern over its fossil fuel ties
- Dozens of academics shun Science Museum over fossil fuel ties Sat, 20 Nov 21, 2:22amPressure mounts over museum’s sponsorship deals as open letter expresses ‘deep concern’
- Extinction Rebellion activists glued to Science Museum site in Shell protest Mon, 30 Aug 21, 5:09amDemonstrators attach themselves to railings in reaction to museum taking funding from oil firm for Our Future Planet show
- The Science Museum’s carbon capture exhibition is not ‘greenwash’ | Letter Fri, 23 Apr 21, 3:15amBob Ward says the the museum is performing a vital public service in putting on the exhibition, sponsored by Shell
- Why is the Science Museum still being contaminated by Shell’s dirty money? | George Monbiot Wed, 21 Apr 21, 3:00pmIt is extraordinary that the museum is receiving funding from a fossil fuel giant for an exhibition on, of all things, the climate
- Sustainability for York National Railway Museum Central Hall Thu, 2 Apr 20, 4:30amLondon-based architecture practice Feilden Fowles has won an international design competition to create the new Central Hall for the National Railway Museum in York, England...
- Open-air Destination Crenshaw museum celebrates the heart of black Los Angeles Tue, 17 Mar 20, 2:30amAt the close of Black History Month, over 2,000 community members, business owners and artists gathered for the groundbreaking of Destination Crenshaw, an outdoor cultural experience to celebrate the heart of black Los Angeles...
- Roaming shipping container museum brings contemporary art through Panama Sat, 7 Mar 20, 2:30amPanamanian architect Héctor Ayarza has figured out a cool and sustainable way to bring art to the masses. His fantastic Wandering Museum is a roaming structure made out of two reclaimed shipping containers. The project...
- Artist suspends a giant cube filled with images of ocean plastic inside a London museum Fri, 27 Sep 19, 12:30amArchitectural and design studio Sam Jacob Studio has unveiled a new installation that highlights the burgeoning threat that plastic waste poses to the planet...
- Kengo Kuma unveils bold timber museum in Turkey that pays homage to the region's Ottoman heritage Wed, 18 Sep 19, 4:30amThe world-renowned architects of Kengo Kuma and Associates have just unveiled a stunning museum in Turkey. Located in Eskisehir, the Odunpazari Modern Museum features several stacked timber boxes that seemingly rise out of...
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center reopens with a sustainable, future-proof renovation Sat, 7 Sep 19, 12:30amAfter nearly a year of renovations, the Netherlands' prized Naturalis Biodiversity Center — a museum and research center with one of the largest natural history collections in the world — has just reopened to the public...
- Celebrate mom with these 10 gifts of time this Mother's Day Tue, 7 May 19, 12:30amMother's Day is the time of the year to really show how much you appreciate Mom. You can always go the traditional route and get your mother a nice card and some flowers, or you can make the day more meaningful by spending...
- Controversial artist seeks to build a UFO-like house near Edvard Munchs studio Tue, 6 Feb 18, 11:45pmFor the last years of his life, world-renowned artist Edvard Munch lived in a remote cabin in a forest outside of Oslo, where the solitude helped him produce hundreds of paintings and drawings...
- Thomas Heatherwick unveils massive museum carved out of a historic grain silo Mon, 18 Sep 17, 10:14pmProlific architect Thomas Heatherwick just finished transforming an old grain silo in Cape Town into South Africa's largest art museum - the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa...