virtual museum news

Google Arts & Culture has partnered with more than 500 cultural institutions to offer 'virtual museum exploration', following the temporary closure of thousands of art ... More

The complete works of 17th-century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer – a collection of 36 paintings spread throughout 18 collections in Europe and the US – ... More

Long-running plans to build a permanent home for the Universal Hip-Hop Museum (UHHM) in the US have moved a step closer to reality, after architects ... More

During this year’s annual Washington Spa Alliance Symposium, on 17 March at the National Press Club, pioneers of the modern US spa industry – including ... More

The Oculus Rift virtual technology has provided a unique solution for stolen works at galleries and museums, with one developer showcasing lost works through a ... More

Plans have been announced to open the UK’s first dedicated national museum dedicated to the art of videogames. The National Videogame Arcade in Nottingham will ... More

Musician Nick Cave has launched a virtual museum known as the Museum of Important Sh*t – a unique collection of ordinary objects with extraordinary significance. ... More

A museum dedicated to video games has been made available in a fully immersive virtual world using the Oculus Rift headset technology. Initially released in ... More

The National Museum of Patriotism in Atlanta, Georgia, US is to change its name to The National Foundation of Patriotism. At the same time it ... More

The University of Wales, Newport has created an online virtual museum which will show how the town's medieval castle and ship may have looked in ... More

Academics at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) in the UK have joined forces with the National Media Museum to launch the UK's first National Video Game ... More