British exhibition probes power and taboo in Polynesia
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In the 18th and 19th centuries, European explorers brought back home gold cloaks of Polynesian chiefs, feather &quot;god heads&quot; and wood temple figures from the islands of the eastern Pacific.
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When the mayor of Rouen, in Normandy, arranged recently to return the mummified, tattooed head of a Maori warrior to New Zealand, Franceâs Ministry of Culture stepped in to block him.
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The story behind an exhibition: postcards, designs, photography, travels, history, stamps and law enforcement.
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WASHINGTON - The newly opened National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) is what its director likes to call &quot;different.&quot; Unlike past museums set up by outsiders, this showplace is directed, curated, and staffed largely by native Americans.
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A knockout exhibition of Aztec artifacts at New York's Guggenheim Museum reveals a rich culture.
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A co-op of painters in Tibet are attempting to remake a culture bound by centuries of tradition and hemmed in by narrow stereotypes.
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A 3,000-year-old burial site in Vanuatu containing 60 headless skeletons and skulls in pots is helping end the mystery over colonization of the Pacific and the first Polynesians, archaeologists said on Tuesday.
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A new traveling exhibit gives a glimpse of Afghanistan's diverse cultural legacy, rescued from the Taliban's destruction
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The new permanent exhibition on human origins at the American Museum of Natural History merges notable achievements in paleontology and genetics.
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The British Museum in London unveils a major programme featuring cultural treasures from Sudan.
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Staged photographs produce some class acts
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Sex crime trials on the tiny British Pacific colony of Pitcairn Island are all set to begin, threatening the future of a tiny community infamously founded by mutineers more than 200 years ago.
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Politics and art donât always mix well, but the combination has yielded a rare chance for Hong Kong residents and visitors to see what is arguably Chinaâs most famous painting.
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Harry MosesÂs entertaining documentary portrays the debate between connoisseurship and science as a culture war.
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Flatulence, faeces, urination ... and all that's disgusting, sticky and foul-smelling about the human body and how it functions makes for an unusual but educational new Paris exhibition aimed at children.
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Adiences of an exhibition are being invited to see what they would look like if they had cosmetic surgery.
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The discovery of remains of a tiny human closely related to man on the remote Indonesian island of Flores and tales of Hobbit-like creatures who still roam its jungles have triggered an influx of visitors in search of a fabled lost world.