The work of the British artist Samuel Palmer is characterized by images of an idealized pastoral life. Painted while he was ...

A new exhibit at the British Museum Museum, Arctic culture and climate, features crafts from two N.W.T. Indigenous artists.

These artworks might be ancient but they still form a major part of the everyday lives of those who practice Hinduism, ...

The British Museum has never been merely a trove of exquisite art works. It was also intended, through the depths of its holdings, to be an archive of the world—a library of things.

The British Museum on Thursday named Nicholas Cullinan, an art historian who currently runs the National Portrait Gallery in London, as its new director, ending an unsettled period in which the ...