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As coronavirus restrictions ease in Germany, museums and galleries temporarily reopen for public
•Museums throughout Germany closed at the beginning of November as coronavirus cases increased. Under new regulations, museums in areas with fewer than 50 new infections weekly per 100,000 residents can open without major restrictions, other than a standard mask, hygiene and social distancing rules.
Oldest shell horn found in a cave in 1931 plays its songs as clear as the sea
•The horn was found in Marsoulas cave that isn't located near an ocean, so prehistoric people either moved around a lot or used trading networks to get it.
At Remember Bhopal Museum, histories of those affected by 1984 disaster are preserved against apathy, neglect
Vaishnavi Suresh •The Remember Bhopal Museum actively involves survivors to tell the story of the world’s worst industrial disaster and one of India’s longest-running environmental justice movements.
At Mumbai's Museum of Ordinary Objects, on display is the extra-ordinariness contained within mundane things
Aarushi Agrawal •The Museum of Ordinary Objects in Mumbai is an initiative that crowdsources ordinary objects and showcases the relatable, universal stories they tell.
Ami Kolkata: A museum housed within Metcalfe Hall re-imagines the City of Joy, reflects its democratic spirit
Roy •Ami Kolkata has its mandatory Tagore and Ray, but it also has a stairwell lined with quirky posters – old movie classics as well as vintage ads for Horlicks malted milk, Lily barley biscuits, and Firpo’s machine-made bread. It celebrates Kolkata biryani and Chinatown breakfasts as much as it honours its pioneers like Raja Ram Mohun Roy and Begum Roqeya.
Baghdad war museum honours Iran-backed militia’s sacrifices in war against Islamic State
•A war museum glorifying the sacrifices of thousands of mainly Shiite militiamen who died fighting the Islamic State group has been opened in Baghdad
Narendra Modi inaugurates Subhash Chandra Bose Museum at Red Fort, says 'we are committed to fulfilling his ideals'
Fp Staff •Modi also inaugurated three other museums — Yaad-e-Jallian Museum (based on Jallianwala Bagh massacre and World War I), the museum on 1857 (India's first war of Independence), and Drishyakala (Museum on Indian Art) — at the same venue.
One foot in Lahore, the other in Chandigarh: How Partition's sundering affected a museum's artifacts
Vandana Shukla •The collection at the Government Museum of Chandigarh, divided in Lahore on 10 April 1948, came this side of the border after long and complex negotiations between the representatives of the two newly formed governments of India and Pakistan.
Vintage cellphone museum opens in Slovakia, displays 1,500 models and 3,500 pieces including duplicates
•Slovak technology buff is offering visitors to his vintage cellphone museum a trip down memory lane.
Teen Murti row: Manmohan Singh guided by Congress rhetoric, new museum at complex won't tarnish Nehru's legacy
Sanjay •Manmohan Singh has written to Narendra Modi, urging him to not make changes to the Teen Murti complex, a memorial dedicated to Jawaharlal Nehru.