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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🟦 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 | The government abandons any moves to introduce admission charges to England's national museums — it commits to entry being "free, forever, for everyone to access."
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🟦 A space-themed Pokémon trail and shop is coming to the Science Museum next month
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Space-themed Pokémon trail and shop coming to the Science Museum
Pokémon is taking over the Science Museum in London this autumn
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🟦 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 | The V&A will make voluntary redundancies in order "to reduce costs" The PCS union believe an operational deficit in the millions is expected in the coming years
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Exclusive: V&A launches voluntary exit scheme ahead of scheduled strike action - Arts Professional
The V&A has opened a voluntary exit scheme open to all staff, Arts Professional can reveal, with the news coming as staff represented by Prospect and
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🟦 NEWS 🚨 | Talks about the future of the Parthenon Sculptures have collapsed, reports the Telegraph www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09...
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🟦 We Brits love to queue—and the Bayeux Tapestry queue is the talk of the (London) town! V excited to be quoted in the New York Times about what it's like to visit the Tapestry exhibition at the British Museum. TLDR: yes there's a long line, but it's worth it www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/a...
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
🟦 It's the final weeks to see Constable's The Hay Wain in Ipswich — the first time its ever been shown in Suffolk, the place it depicts I explored the show and Constable Country earlier this year 🌱
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As The Hay Wain arrives in Ipswich, here's how to explore Constable Country
Inspired by the Hay Wain, explore the Suffolk landscape that John Constable painted
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
🟦 It's the final weeks to see Constable's The Hay Wain in Ipswich — the first time its ever been shown in Suffolk, the place it depicts I explored the show and Constable Country earlier this year 🌱
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As The Hay Wain arrives in Ipswich, here's how to explore Constable Country
Inspired by the Hay Wain, explore the Suffolk landscape that John Constable painted
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🟦 I went to see the Bayeux Tapestry on its second day open to the public to see what the visitor experience is like One big thing: photography has been banned. Permissions to take your own snaps lasted one day ❌ 📸 Here's what I else I thought of the exhibition of the century at the British Museum👇
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Photos banned at Bayeux Tapestry exhibition
PLUS: Manhunt for Renoir museum thieves
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
🟦 NEWS 🚨 | The government has told National Museums Liverpool that its International Slavery Museum will be exempt from any policy forcing England's national museums to charge foreign tourists for entry
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🟦 NEWS 🚨 | Lonnie G. Bunch III resigns as head of the Smithsonian In the face of White House attacks, he says he will depart at the end of the year
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Smithsonian’s Secretary to Resign as Trump Tries to Rule the Institution
In the face of escalating White House attacks about how museums present American history, Lonnie G. Bunch III has announced his decision to depart.
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🟦 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 | Four works of art by Renoir are stolen in a museum heist in France www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
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Renoir: Four works of art stolen from museum in France
Two thieves broke into the museum in on Tuesday, stealing "four works of art" - one of which they dropped as they fled, a local mayor says.
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🟦 History. Made. After all the build up — and after 1,000 years! — I can’t believe it’s finally here Astonishing to have got so close to this remarkable treasure this morning ✨
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
🟦 Michael Lewis gave the King a tour of the Bayeux Tapestry this week 👑 Before that honour, Michael spoke to me about how this landmark exhibition at the British Museum has all come about, and what its legacy will be 💬 "I am still rubbing my eyes a bit!" he told me
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Bayeux Tapestry curator Michael Lewis takes us behind the scenes of the British Museum's blockbuster exhibition
The Bayeux Tapestry exhibition curator reveals how this landmark loan to the UK was achieved
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🟦 💬 "To see this astonishing artefact back in Britain for the first time in 1000 years is the most moving moment of my career" Reviews for the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum are in. And its ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ from the Telegraph "This is vivid, involving storytelling" www.telegraph.co.uk/art/reviews/...
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🟦 As HM The King unveils the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition at the British Museum tonight, I’ve been speaking to the show’s curator In my latest newsletter, I speak to Michael Lewis about his role in securing this history-making loan to Britain and what it means to him after all these years 🇬🇧 🇫🇷
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Curating the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition
INTERVIEW: British Museum’s Professor Michael Lewis
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🟦 NEWS 🚨 | Later today, HM The King and President Macron will officially open the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition at the British Museum The museum will close at 1pm in preparation
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Macron in Britain to help unveil Bayeux tapestry for historic exhibition
French President Emmanuel Macron will be the first EU leader to meet new British Prime Minister Andy Burnham during a two-day visit to the UK that began Wednesday. Macron will first inaugurate a histo...
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
🟦 NEWS 🚨 | Claudia Winkleman stars in British Museum's new Bayeux Tapestry film — as new tickets revealed
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Claudia Winkleman stars in British Museum Bayeux Tapestry film as new tickets revealed
TV icon Winkleman stars in trailer announcing the next Bayeux Tapestry ticket release
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
🟦 The date of the next Bayeux Tapestry ticket drop has been revealed As have the closure dates for 3 of the V&A sites due to strike action And there's news of a huge museum raid in Spain, and a £71m Rembrandt could be leaving the UK It's all here in my latest newsletter! 💫👇
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REVEALED: Next Bayeux Tapestry ticket drop
PLUS: Strikes will shut V&A sites
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🟦 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 | The next tranche of tickets to see the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum will go on sale on 21 October at 10am. The news was announced tonight at Piccadilly Circus, where the famous screens debuted a new trailer for the exhibition starring museum trustee Claudia Winkleman
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🟦 A big surprise — I'm in the Times! 🗞️ 💫 It was an early morning visit to the newsagent today after I discovered I get a mention in today's The Times: print and online thank you very much 😆 The paper's Art Critic Laura Freeman highlights my newsletter 'maxwell museums' in her column 🙏
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
🟦 NEWS 🚨 | Rembrandt’s 1657 ‘Portrait of Catrina Hooghsaet’ is at risk of leaving the UK for second time in 11 years Saving it will cost a museum £71m If it can be acquired, it will be one of the most expensive purchases for a British institution ever This will be v hard to keep here
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Minister acts to help save Rembrandt masterpiece from leaving the UK
The government has temporarily banned a Rembrandt painting worth £71 million from being taken out of the UK permanently
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
🟦 Farewell then, Yayoi Kusama, arguably the world's most famous contemporary female artist She died two weeks ago aged 97, with her death announced today 🟡 🔴 🟢 🔵 ⚪️ Her career absolutely boomed in the 21st century, and she was hugely prolific even in the past few years
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"In 2022 Frances Morris, then director of Tate Modern, warned that big loan shows were over in the age of tough budgets and the climate emergency... Well, after a challenging few years, the big-loan blockbuster is back." Fab celebration of the blockbuster exhibition by Laura Freeman in the Times
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Show me the Monet! How the art blockbuster came back
The arrival of the Bayeux Tapestry in London and the Tate’s unprecedented Monet show may herald the beginning of a new golden age of museum loans
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
🟦 "Our greatest achievement probably came when quite a prominent person from the industry told us...that they’d never really seen this many normal people in an art gallery" 📝 I'm stoked that @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com is the latest guest columnist in my newsletter 📩
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Calling all art world outsiders 🚨
GUEST COLUMN: London’s new art club for ‘normal’ people
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 12/08/2026
ANNOUNCEMENT: All our sundials will be out of order this evening between about 6pm and 8pm, we apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. Normal service will resume tomorrow. In unrelated news, enjoy the eclipse later... Photos: Mike Selby, Annapurna Mellor, Chris Davies, John Millar
A wall-mounted sundial inside a walled garden. Text on the sundial reads: "fear god, obey ye king"A traditional sundial on a plinth, formal gardens surround itThe sun beams down on a traditional sundial, with heather visible in the backgroundA shot of a sundial from above. It's mounted on a stone plinth. Text on the side reads "KEW BRIDGE"
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
🟦 A Burberry display is coming to the V&A in London — and it will shine a spotlight on the fashion brand’s much-loved and enduring trench coat 🧥
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V&A's Burberry trench coat display will mark 170 years of fashion brand
A Burberry display is coming to the V&A in London in September 2026
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
🟦 My latest post dives into the biggest UK and global stories from museums, art and heritage. This week’s headlines include: 🗞️ V&A staff strike over ‘Amazon-style’ conditions 🗞️ “Cultural vandalism” as British glass museum closes 🗞️ Philadelphia Museum of Art shocks with $10m deficit
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V&A strike over ‘Amazon-style’ conditions
PLUS: “Cultural vandalism” as glass museum closes
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
🟦 Lisa Nandy survived, but will free museum entry last under Andy Burnham's new government?
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Lisa Nandy survived, but will free museum entry last under Andy Burnham's new government?
Charging foreign tourists for museum entry might be a tempting quick financial win for Andy Burnham
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
🟦 The new director of Tate has been announced — and they’re taking a big pay cut British curator Jessica Morgan will take up the role in Jan 2027. She’s led the New York-based Dia Art Foundation since 2015. 📩 This is the top story in my weekly museum, art and heritage news Substack👇
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Tate's new director takes a pay cut
PLUS: Shock as Nandy keeps culture job
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
🟦 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 | British curator Jessica Morgan — currently Director of Dia Art Foundation in New York — has been appointed the new Director of Tate, succeeding Maria Balshaw
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
🟦 A packed week of news from the world of museums, art and heritage ⤵ ✨ A first look at the Bayeux Tapestry as it’s unpacked in Britain ✨ Wham! chintz! And clay! lead the the V&A’s 2027 shows ✨ The Beatles birthplace gets Liverpool blockbuster ✨ Closure of Cardiff’s national museum “realistic”
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Wham! and chintz! lead V&A's 2027
PLUS: Legionnaires' bacteria found in NYC museums
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
🟦 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 | Lisa Nandy REMAINS culture secretary in Andy Burnham’s cabinet WOW! 🤯
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
🟦 The Prime Minister Andy Burnham has paid tribute to President Macron’s in a phonecall on his efforts to bring the Bayeux Tapestry to the UK
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Bayeux Tapestry latest From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
🟦 Another day, another major raid on a museum (and again in France) Thieves steal objects worth millions from the — publicly owned — Musée Lalique in Grand Est The town's mayor said “The security company did not intervene immediately; they did not call the gendarmes"
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Lalique jewels worth €4m stolen in latest French museum raid
A private security firm is under fire after a cleaner was first to arrive at the burglary scene in Alsace and call police
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
🟦 9 hour queues to snap up Bayeux Tapestry tickets, and David Bowie's archive heads on tour PLUS bosses consider closing National Museum Cardiff, and the official portrait of former German chancellor Angela Merkel has been unveiled These are the museum, art and heritage stories you need to know!👇
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9-hour queues for Bayeux Tapestry tickets
PLUS: David Bowie archive heads on the road
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Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · 02/07/2026
The British Museum is celebrating its “single biggest day of ticket sales” for an exhibition in its history, bringing in more than £2.5 million from those keen to see the Bayeux Tapestry.
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British Museum generates £2.5m from Bayeux Tapestry tickets in one day - Arts Professional
The British Museum is celebrating its "single biggest day of ticket sales" for an exhibition in its history, bringing in more than £2.5 million from those
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
🟦 Queue for Bayeux Tapestry tickets "paused" after 2h50m... Struggling under demand? We'll wait and see!
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
🟦 My ticket to the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum secured! 🎟️ Was in the online queue bang on 10am and it took 20 mins — for me I have to say it was very seamless! (Let's see how it holds up this morning...) Can't wait!
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Mr Bean Hurrah
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
🟦 NEWS 🚨 | Young V&A museum in East London will close tomorrow until Friday due to the heatwave Statement says: "Due to extreme weather, Young V&A will close at 13.00 on Tuesday 23 June and reopen at 10.00 on Friday 26 June" Tickets for Wallace & Gromit exhibition will be automatically refunded
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
🟦 Tate Modern’s upcoming Frida Kahlo exhibition has generated the highest ticket pre-sales in Tate's history 41,000 tickets have been sold to Frida: The Making of an Icon so far 📲 Here's all the latest museum and art news you need 👇
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Tate's Kahlo show sees record demand
PLUS: Members crash British Museum Bayeux booking
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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
#OTD 30 years ago - 19 June 1996, a former gasworks site on the north of Greenwich Peninsula was selected by the Millennium Commission as location of the Millennium Exhibition. The NEC Birmingham, Pride Park in Derby and Bromley-by-Bow in East London were the other locations on the final short list.
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
🟦 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 | The £400m new London Museum at Smithfield Market will open to the public on Saturday 28 November
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
🟦 NEWS 🚨 | Tate Modern’s upcoming major exhibition on Frida Kahlo has generated the highest ticket pre-sales in Tate's history 35,000 tickets have already been sold to Frida: The Making of an Icon, with ten days still to go before opening
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
🟦 the end of a wonderful era www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Revolutionary British artist David Hockney dies aged 88
Bradford-born painter whose sun-kissed visions of California broke world records at auction has died
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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Just need everyone to know that the Belgium men's soccer team has new jerseys based on the art of Rene Magritte and this is the official photo shoot
Soccer player wearing fedora and with a green apple floating in front of his face, mimicking the Magritte painting "The Son of Man." The soccer player is wearing a jersey with a pattern of pink and blue stripes with half-visible spheres.Soccer player wearing fedora and with a green apple floating in front of his face, mimicking the Magritte painting "The Son of Man." The soccer player is wearing a jersey with a pattern of pink and blue stripes with half-visible spheres.Soccer player biting an apple. The soccer player is wearing a jersey with a pattern of pink and blue stripes with half-visible spheres.Soccer player wearing fedora and with a green apple floating in front of his face, mimicking the Magritte painting "The Son of Man." The soccer player is wearing a jersey with a pattern of pink and blue stripes with half-visible spheres.
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
🟦 London's newest museum is open! The £12.5m Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration — the world’s largest space dedicated to the art form — has opened its doors Its unveiling was the top story in my newsletter, which featured 13 news stories from the world of museums, art and heritage 👀 ⤵
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London's newest museum opens
PLUS: Where are Birmingham's masterpieces?
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Museums + Heritage @museumsandheritage.com · 03/06/2026
News | Chanel CEO joins British Museum board of trustees museumsandheritage.com/advisor/post…
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
🟦 maxwell museums EXCLUSIVE 🚨 Today I reveal an “exceptionally rare” Egyptian antiquity — one of the very first Ancient Egyptian artworks to have arrived in Britain — is to be auctioned for the first time The 4,300-year-old funerary sculpture will head to Christie’s in London with a £3m estimate
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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
🟦 I have a proper art world exclusive in my Substack tomorrow My subscribers will get the big scoop before anyone else in the world — and it's a story with global interest Sign up (for free!) to not miss it! 🚨 maxwellmuseums.substack.com/welcome
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Laura Kuenssberg's Shocking Phone Call
ALT: Laura Kuenssberg's Shocking Phone Call
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