Protesters block Louvre in support of French student movement
French students are now blockading the world’s busiest museum.
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French students are now blockading the world’s busiest museum.
O Museu Nacional da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) irá receber o investimento de R$ 10 milhões para dar continuidade aos trabalhos de recuperação após o incêndio sofrido em 2018. O anúncio foi feito pelo ministro da Educação, Leonardo Barchini. A instituição passou por um grande incêndio e, desde então, está em obras para restaurar parte do acervo que foi perdido e reconstruir as estruturas danificadas. Entre 2023 e 2026, o MEC investiu outros cerca de R$ 68 milhões no museu. "Não mediremos esforços para garantir que esse patrimônio nacional possa ser totalmente reconstruído", disse o ministro, ao visitar o museu. Tombado pelo Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional (Iphan), o museu guardava o maior acervo de história de ciência natural da América Latina e funcionava como uma importante instituição de pesquisa científica, trabalho este que segue ativo com acadêmicos produzindo e divulgando conhecimento. Graças ao trabalho das equipes que se dedicaram ao Núcleo de Resgate de Acervos, inúmeras coleções puderam ser recuperadas, parcial ou inteiramente. O incêndio ocorreu em setembro de 2018, ano em que a instituição completava 200 anos de história, e atingiu o Paço de São Cristóvão, espaço que abrigava a maior parte do acervo do museu, destruindo cerca de 85% dos 20 milhões de itens preservados no local. Foram perdidos documentos, livros, coleções fósseis, mobiliários do primeiro reinado e peças herdadas da família imperial. Além dos itens, o fogo arruinou salas de aula, laboratórios, computadores e a fachada histórica do museu.
The world's most-visited museum "will eventually have to close its doors to the public" unless the French state steps in to finance a major overhaul, Louvre director Christophe Leribault told Le Figaro on Wednesday, in the latest dire warning about the creaking institution hit by a string of scandals including water leaks, ticket frauds and a high-profile jewel heist.
Kyoto, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)--Nintendo Co. will open its first restaurant, Super Family Restaurant, next month at the Nintendo Museum in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan. The Japanese gaming giant on Tuesday gave media representatives a preview of the restaurant, showcasing dishes inspired by Nintendo games such as "Super Mario Bros." The restaurant has 80 seats. Among the menu items i...
North Korea now has a museum for its bombs. The National Defence Revolution Museum, which opened on Sunday, is the country’s first dedicated exclusively to military hardware, from rifles to intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). Observers say it is also intended to send a message to Washington and Seoul, serve as a permanent showroom for the North’s arms exports and visibly enshrine its nuclear programme as an irreversible part of state policy. Third-generation ruler Kim Jong-un cut the...
For anyone who has visited the Chinese galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, there is one work that stops them in their tracks. Stepping into Gallery 206, home to Chinese Buddhist art, visitors are met by a monumental wall – over 15 metres wide and 7.5 metres tall (nearly 50 feet by 25 feet) – covered in a Buddhist assembly so vast and majestic that it momentarily erases the Manhattan bustle outside. Here stands the Medicine Buddha, a 14th century Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)...
Two Chinese ceramics at the British Museum have been damaged while on display and are being restored, sparking fresh debate over how museums should safely exhibit fragile cultural treasures. The museum confirmed on Friday that a bowl had fallen from its shelf and landed on a small box on the bottom shelf, damaging both pieces. “Both objects are already with our expert conservation team for complete restoration,” the museum said. The museum, which said the incident occurred on October 4, noted...
Botero's Peace Dove fell at the National Museum of Colombia on 6 October. No one was hurt, but the bronze has dents and paint loss and awaits restoration. The post Botero Peace Dove Damaged in Museum Fall appeared first on The Rio Times.
In a Moscow museum that once housed evidence of Stalin-era repression, serene family scenes flickered on a screen as a narrator hailed the tranquillity of pre-World War II life in the Soviet Union. The museum – set up to commemorate the “genocide of the Soviet people” – has elbowed out the award-winning Gulag History Museum, a harrowing collection that had for years cast a light on the killings and imprisonment of millions under Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. But since Russia launched its...
São Paulo Daily Brief for Tuesday October 6, 2026: weather forecast, free museum picks, market mood after the vote, transport and tonight's plans. The post São Paulo Daily Brief — Tuesday, October 6, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.