Housed within the lobby of a popular shopping centre in Colombo, the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art is the sole museum in the country focused on displaying and creating public engagement for Sri Lankan contemporary art
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The Netherlands returned formal ownership to Sri Lanka of six colonial-era treasures on Monday (28), including a more than 275-year-old cannon inlaid with gold, silver, bronze and rubies
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1911 – The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee
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It has long been a beguiling and mysterious treasure of the British Museum: a collection of sketches for jewellery and other lavish ornaments, commissioned during the reign of Henry VIII from artist Hans Holbein, for a time the court…
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BERLIN- A schnitzel made from cow's udder, or cheese made with mites? What is unappetizing for some is a tasty meal for others - and that's exactly the point at the Disgusting Food Museum. Inspired by an exhibition in the Swedish city of…
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By Allyson Waller WARSAW - An Egyptian mummy that for decades was thought to be a male priest was recently discovered to have been a pregnant woman, making it the first known case of its kind, scientists said. Scientists in Poland made…
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By Amal Jayasinghe COLOMBO - An almost 90-year-old car that once belonged to Britain's late Prince Philip is now the centrepiece of a seaside museum in Sri Lanka. The Duke of Edinburgh, whose funeral was held on Saturday (17), was a car…
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GENEVA - FIFA on Tuesday (22) announced it had filed a criminal complaint against former president Sepp Blatter over the finances of its loss-making museum in Zurich. In a statement FIFA said it had "lodged a criminal complaint with…
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By Jean-Louis DE LA VAISSIERE PARIS -  The archeological crypt of Notre-Dame reopens on Wednesday with an exhibition retracing the cathedral's turbulent history nearly 18 months after it was ravaged by fire. The April 2019 blaze…
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