Ministry of Culture news

A donation of US$5.5m (€4.96m, £4.55m) will go towards the development of a new visitor services centre at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial – the museum located ... More

Scandinavian architecture practice Henning Larsen have been tapped to expand the Opéra Bastille – the largest opera house in Paris. The renovated structure will feature ... More

Polish firm FAAB Architektura have revealed plans to extend the Museum of Pawiak Prison (MPP) in Warsaw. The renovated building, which will occupy the former ... More

As part of its efforts to encourage tourism and significantly improve its leisure offering, the kingdom of Saudi Arabia has announced plans to form its ... More

The Peruvian government has introduced a permit system for Machu Picchu in an attempt to better control footfall at the Unesco World Heritage site. Starting ... More

A new museum celebrating French art, aesthetics and urbanity is set to be built in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, with a design by Pritzker-winning ... More

The Museum of the Second World War in Poland faces an uncertain future after the country’s Supreme Administrative Court gave permission for the ruling nationalist ... More

A unique museum dedicated to a single bronze statue of Apoxyomenos has opened its doors on the Croatian island of Lošinj. The CK25m (US$4m, €3.6m, ... More

Seven international architecture studios have been shortlisted to design the landmark new home for the Latvian Museum of Contemporary Art in Riga. Henning Larsen Architects, ... More

Italy’s government has approved €300m (US$325m, £220m) plans to protect its most important heritage sites in need of restoration. Despite having more UNESCO-recognised World Heritage ... More

Greece’s heritage attractions are about to bump up prices by as much as 430 per cent as the country’s government tries to find new sources ... More

Young people working in grassroots sports projects in developing countries are being offered an opportunity to become future sports leaders thanks to a new United ... More

Governments across the Middle East have been urged by heritage experts to consider establishing tourism police departments to protect the region’s endangered heritage sites. Speaking ... More

After more than a decade of development, the Vucedol Culture Museum by Radionica Arhitekture has opened its doors to the public, setting up shop at ... More

South Korea’s government is planning a massive US$23.3bn (€20bn, £15.3bn) investment into four separate mega-projects aimed at boosting the country’s tourism industry. As part of ... More

Peru’s Ministry of Culture has announced plans to construct and launch a national museum, with work to start this year and the new facility to ... More

The first major museum to be built in Morocco since it gained independence from France in 1956 has opened in Rabat. Showcasing modern and contemporary ... More

Turkey’s cultural heritage has received a huge boost over the past decade, with visitors to museums and historic sites increasing by more than 420 per ... More

The United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (UNESCO’s) overarching aim of ‘Building peace in the minds of men and women’, has moved one step ... More

This year’s International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) Asian Attractions Expo (AAE) will take place in Beijing, a move organisers say was prompted ... More

The governor of the Indian state of Goa has called for the creation of more science museums, especially in rural areas, in order to give ... More

The Danish Maritime Museum in Helsingor, Denmark has opened its doors to the public following innovative design work from Danish architecture firm BIG, which created ... More

Korea has unveiled its first national contemporary history museum, which focuses on the end of the 19th century when the nation opened its ports to ... More

A 115-bedroom luxury museum hotel in Istanbul, Turkey, is to be operated by the Jumeirah Group from 1 May, following the signing of a management ... More