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Page from a Qurʾan manuscript in Kufi script, Iraq, Abbasid dynasty, 8th–9th century. Courtesy of Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg

Inspiring SWANA

4 Jul 2025 — 4 Jul 2026 at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg in Hamburg, Germany

Current events

In all countries

Portolan charts, late 16th-early 17th century

The art of history

29 Oct 2024 — 2 Feb 2025 at the Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao in Bilbao, Spain

Witches. Out of the shadows, exhibition view. Courtesy of Pointe-à-Callière

Witches. Out of the shadows

25 Oct 2024 — 6 Apr 2025 at the Pointe-à-Callière in Montreal, Canada

Excavated by N.I. Veselovsky, Chased plaque in the form of a deer, Kostromskaya Burial mound No 1, 1897. Courtesy of State Hermitage Museum

Epochs, burial mounds, findings

25 Sep 2024 — 26 Jan 2025 at The State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia

William Lionel Wyllie, Drawing. Courtesy of National Maritime Museum

Celebrate 70 years of Cutty Sark in Greenwich

20 Sep 2024 — 3 Feb 2025 at the National Maritime Museum in London, United Kingdom

Unknown, White river, Jamaica, about 1915. Courtesy of Columbus Museum of Art

Fragments of epic memory

19 Sep 2024 — 26 Jan 2025 at the Columbus Museum of Art in Columbus, United States

Various artists, The european Qur’an, exhibition view. Courtesy of Weltmuseum Wien

The european Qur’an

18 Sep 2024 — 24 Aug 2025 at the Weltmuseum Wien in Vienna, Austria

Reclining Buddha, a pose which is sometimes used to depict the death of Siddhattha Gotama. Sculptures made of alabaster became popular and were made in large quantities in mid-19th Myanmar, A.1869.17. Courtesy of National Museum of Scotland

Theravāda Buddhism

16 Sep 2024 — 9 Mar 2025 at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Superheroes, exhibition view. Courtesy of NRW-Forum

13 Sep 2024 — 11 May 2025 at the NRW-Forum in Dusseldorf, Germany

Michaëlle Sergile, To all the unnamed women, exhibition view. Courtesy of McCord Stewart Museum

To all the unnamed women

13 Sep 2024 — 12 Jan 2025 at the McCord Stewart Museum in Montreal, Canada

Draft title page spread for The power broker, ca. 1974. Courtesy of Robert A. Caro Archive, Patricia D. Klingenstein Library and New-York Historical Society

Robert Caro. The power broker at 50

6 Sep 2024 — 2 Feb 2025 at the New-York Historical Society in New York, United States

Various artists, We are not strangers here, exhibition view. Courtesy of the California African American Museum

We are not strangers here

5 Aug 2024 — 2 Feb 2025 at the CAAM in Los Angeles, United States

Various artists, Beauty as rhythm, exhibition view. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum

Beauty as rhythm

27 Jul 2024 — 31 Jan 2025 at The State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia

Morris Berd, Industrial Philadelphia, the workshop of the world, 1952. Courtesy of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Philadelphia revealed. Unpacking the attic

18 Jul 2024 — 6 Apr 2025 at the PAFA in Philadelphia, United States

Campaign for Nuclear disarmament protest, Glasgow, c1980s. Courtesy of National Museums Scotland

Cold War Scotland

13 Jul 2024 — 26 Jan 2025 at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Black cowboys. An American story, exhibition view. Courtesy of Witte Museum

Black cowboys. An American story

15 Jun 2024 — 9 Feb 2025 at the Witte Museum in San Antonio, United States

Mihály Zichy, The marriage of Tsesarevich Alexander Alexandrovich and Tsesarevna Maria Feodorovna on 28 October 1866 in the Great Church of the Winter Palace, 1867. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum

Wedding ceremonies in Russia

15 Jun 2024 — 30 Mar 2025 at The State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia

Patrons. The story behind the Serlachius art collection, exhibition view. Courtesy of Serlachius Museum

Patrons. The story behind the Serlachius art collection

15 Jun 2024 — 16 Feb 2025 at the Serlachius Museum in Mänttä, Finland

Photographed by Krysten Resnick, Member of the LSHO, Hayley. Courtesy of Pitt Rivers Museum

Ola i ka wai (water is life)

12 Jun 2024 — 30 Jun 2025 at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, United Kingdom

Torah finials, Georgia, Tbilisi, Surami community, 1880. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

Jewish ceremonial art from the Jewish Museum, New York

23 May 2024 — 5 Jan 2025 at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, United States

Close to home, exhibition view. Courtesy of Queens Museum

19 May 2024 — 19 Jan 2025 at the Queens Museum in Queens, United States

These gold, silver and amber pieces were found in the grave of an Illyrian woman, suggesting she had power and high standing in her community, Iron Age, 550–450 BCE. Courtesy of the National Museum of Serbia and the Canadian Museum of History

First royals of Europe

5 Apr 2024 — 19 Jan 2025 at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Canada

William Lionel Wyllie, Davy Jones's locker. Courtesy of National Maritime Museum

29 Mar 2024 — 4 Jan 2026 at the National Maritime Museum in London, United Kingdom

Various artists, Cracking the cosmic code. Numerology in medieval art, exhibition view. Courtesy of WCMA

Cracking the cosmic code. Numerology in medieval art

22 Mar — 22 Dec 2024 at the WCMA in Williamstown, United States

Ready to party! Exhibition view. Courtesy of Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg

Ready to party!

16 Feb 2024 — 19 Jan 2025 at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg in Hamburg, Germany

The heart and soul of Saint-Henri, exhibition view. Courtesy of Pointe-à-Callière

The heart and soul of Saint-Henri

8 Feb 2024 — 11 May 2025 at the Pointe-à-Callière in Montreal, Canada

Piotr Razumikhin, Portrait of Alexander von Benckendorff. Courtesy of State Hermitage Museum

Diplomat, poet and censor

29 Dec 2023 — 31 Dec 2024 at The State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia

Owned by Imam Saif bin Sultan al-Yarubi (Qaid al-Ard’), Sabre (shamshir), 1675. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum

The Omani empire. Asia and Africa

9 Dec 2023 — 26 Jan 2025 at The State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia

In 1893, Queen Lili`uokalani of Hawai`i sent
members of a royally chartered Hula troupe to
the World Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Courtesy of Field Museum

Chicago’s legacy hula

26 May 2023 — 9 Mar 2025 at the Field Museum in Chicago, United States

Permanent events

In all countries

Goryeo Dynasty I. Courtesy of National Museum of Korea

Goryeo Dynasty I

Permanent event at the National Museum of Korea in Seoul, South Korea

Applied Arts and Everyday Culture. Courtesy of Salzburg Museum

Applied Arts and Everyday Culture

Permanent event at the Salzburg Museum in Salzburg, Austria

Paleolithic Period. Courtesy of National Museum of Korea

Paleolithic Period

Permanent event at the National Museum of Korea in Seoul, South Korea

The Navy's small boats. Courtesy of Sjöhistoriska museet

The Navy's small boats

Permanent event at the Sjöhistoriska museet in Stockholm, Sweden

The Byzantine Castle. Courtesy of Museum of Byzantine Culture

The Byzantine Castle

Permanent event at the Museum of Byzantine Culture in Thessaloniki, Greece

Chine. Courtesy of Musée du Cinquantenaire

Permanent event at the Musée du Cinquantenaire in Brussels, Belgium

Park Byoung-rae Gallery. Courtesy of National Museum of Korea

Park Byoung-rae Gallery

Permanent event at the National Museum of Korea in Seoul, South Korea

Northern Estonia. Courtesy of Estonian Open Air Museum

Northern Estonia

Permanent event at the Estonian Open Air Museum in Tallinn, Estonia

Jonas Basanavicius Birthplace. Courtesy of Lietuvos nacionalinis muziejus

Jonas Basanavicius Birthplace

Permanent event at the Lietuvos nacionalinis muziejus in Vilnius, Lithuania

Native American. Courtesy of Snite Museum

Native American

Permanent event at the Snite Museum in Notre Dame, United States

Recorrido Historico. Courtesy of Museo del Ejército

Recorrido Historico

Permanent event en el Museo del Ejército in Toledo, Spain

Tocados e Identidad en el Norte de Chile. Courtesy of Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino

Headdresses and Identity in Northern Chile

Permanent event at the Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino in Santiago, Chile

Room of Archaeology. Courtesy of Muzeum Warszawy

Room of Archaeology

Permanent event at the Muzeum Warszawy in Warsaw, Poland

Household Appliances. Courtesy of Národní technické muzeum

Household Appliances

Permanent event at the Národní technické muzeum in Prague, Czech Republic

Cultures In The Crossfire. Courtesy of Penn Museum

Cultures In The Crossfire

Permanent event at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia, United States

Find in Focus. Courtesy of The Vasa Museum

Permanent event at The Vasa Museum in Stockholm, Sweden

World Gallery. Courtesy of Horniman Museum

Permanent event at the Horniman Museum and Gardens in London, United Kingdom

Napoleonic wars. Courtesy of Heeresgeschichtliches Museum

Napoleonic wars

Permanent event at the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum in Vienna, Austria

Robert R. McCormick Halls of the Ancient Americas. Courtesy of Field Museum

Robert R. McCormick Halls of the Ancient Americas

Permanent event at the Field Museum in Chicago, United States

The Holocaust, Exhibition view. Courtesy of Holocaust Memorial Museum

Permanent event at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, United States

Island Southeast Asia. Courtesy of Eskenazi Museum of Art

Island Southeast Asia

Permanent event at the Eskenazi Museum of Art in Bloomington, United States

The history of diving. Courtesy of Sjöhistoriska museet

The history of diving

Permanent event at the Sjöhistoriska museet in Stockholm, Sweden

Latest Collections. Courtesy of National Museum of China

Latest Collections

Permanent event at the National Museum of China in Beijing, China

North Peru. Courtesy of MAP Cusco

Permanent event at the MAP Cusco in Cusco, Peru

Concept and Encounter. Courtesy of Residenzschloss

Concept and Encounter

Permanent event at the Residenzschloss in Dresden, Germany

Plato polícromo con pedestal

Materiales: Cerámica

Clásico 600- 900 d.C.

Medidas: 55mm de alto

Design and Meaning in Cocle Pottery

Permanent event at the Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino in Santiago, Chile

The history of fishing in Hungary. Courtesy of Museum and Library of Hungarian Agriculture

The history of fishing in Hungary

Permanent event at the Museum and Library of Hungarian Agriculture in Budapest, Hungary

“Cemí”. Trigonolito

Materiales: Piedra

Período Tardío 800- 1600 d.C.

Medidas: 130 mm de alto x 230 mm de ancho

Shamanism in the Caribbean

Permanent event at the Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino in Santiago, Chile

Cultural Precinct. Courtesy of The Royal BC Museum

Cultural Precinct

Permanent event at the Royal BC Museum in Victoria, Canada

Máscara antropomorfa

Materiales: Metal

Intermedio Temprano 100 - 800 dC

Medidas: 215 mm de alto x 215 mm de ancho

Moche Metallurgy

Permanent event at the Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino in Santiago, Chile

Sepa farm. Courtesy of Estonian Open Air Museum

Permanent event at the Estonian Open Air Museum in Tallinn, Estonia

Galway GAA. Courtesy of Galway City Museum

Permanent event at the Galway City Museum in Galway, Ireland

African Voices. Courtesy of Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History

Permanent event at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, United States

A Story of Graz. Courtesy of GrazMuseum

A Story of Graz

Permanent event at the GrazMuseum in Graz, Austria

The Century of Forest Improvements. Courtesy of Lusto

The Century of Forest Improvements

Permanent event at the Lusto in Punkaharju, Finland

Past events

In all countries

Prehistories. Courtesy of Historiska museet

at the Historiska museet in Stockholm, Sweden

Anatolian Weights and Measures Collection. Courtesy of Pera Museum

Anatolian Weights and Measures Collection

at the Pera Museum in Istanbul, Turkey

Osman Hamdi Bey. Courtesy of Pera Museum

Osman Hamdi Bey

Permanent Exhibition at the Pera Museum in Istanbul, Turkey

Awa Tsireh, Bird; San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, ca. 1930. Courtesy of Newark Museum

Native Artists of North America

Long-term Installation at the Newark Museum in Newark, United States

Rumore di acque, photo by Claire Pasquier

Teatro delle Albe. Noise in the Waters

30 January - 16 February 2014 at La MaMa, New York

Installation View 'My Hair: Black Hair Culture, Style and Politic' at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 2013. Courtesy of Fitzwilliam Museum.

The Power of Objects

Origins of the Afro Combs, 2 July - 3 November, at Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK.

Film4 Summer Screen

8 August - 21 August 2013 at Somerset House, London.

Frankfurt Book Fair © Frankfurter Buchmesse, Photo by Peter Hirth

Frankfurt Book Fair

at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Art library in Nettuno Place, in Bologna.

Artelibro Art Book Festival

21 September - 23 September 2012 in Bologna for the 9th edition.

Photos by Ludovic Des Cognets. © Elastic Theatre, 2012

Julius by Elastic Theatre

24 August — 29 September 2012 at GV Art Gallery, London.

The Queen's Diamond Jubilee 2012

One of the UK's biggest tourist attractions of 2012, along with the Olympics games, will be the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, to celebrate the 60 years of the Queen's reign.

Don Giovanni (Act II): Peter Mattei (Don Giovanni)-Picture by Marco Brescia & Rudy Amisano

Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

From 7 December 2011 to 14 January 2012 at Teatro alla Scala of Milan.

Flawless and English National Ballet

Flawless and English National Ballet collaborate on a new production for 2012. HMV Apollo Hammersmith 1 – 2 June 2012 and UK Tour 9 June – 8 July 2012.

Barbara Hammer: The Fearless Frame

3 February 2012-26 February 2012 at Tate Modern in London.

Mark Boulos, Still from All That Is Solid Melts into Air, 2008, Two-channel video (color, sound).

Projects 97: Mark Boulos

March 21, 2012–July 16, 2012 at MoMA in New York

Shrek the Musical will run from March 20th through April 1st, 2012.

The Belching Ogre Is Back!

From March 20th through April 1st, 2012, the Toronto Centre for the Arts will host Shreck the Musical. The belching ogre and its friends are back to donate entertainment and smiles on the face of youngsters and adults

The Berlinale International Film Festival.

The Berlinale International Film Festival

Berlinale, the 62nd International Film Festival, will be held at the Berlinale Palast, in Berlin, Germany, on February 9th through February 19th, 2012. The annual event will show over 400 films of every genre, length, and format

Backbeat will run through March 24th, 2012.

The Story of the Beatles In A Musical

From now through March 24th, 2012, the Duke of York Theater, in London, will host Backbeat.

The international Vilnius Book Fair.

The Vilnius Book Fair

The 13th international Vilnius Book Fair, along with the Baltic Book Fair, will be held on February 23rd through February 26th, 2012 in Vilnius, Lithuania. The event introduces the novelties of Lithuanian publishers as well as its neighbors’

Colored decorations through the streets of Vietnam for the celebration of Tet.

Tet, Lunar New Year Festival

The month of January and February are the most interesting festival months in the year for Vietnam; in fact, throughout these months, plenty of festivals and special events are organized throughout the country

IMEX America, 2011.

IMEX America, the new meeting and incentive trade show held at the Sands in Las Vegas, October 11th through October 13th, 2011, has hosted 2,000 buyers, 1,700 attendees and well over 2,000 exhibitors for the inaugural event

Peter Pan, the Eternal Child

The show Peter Pan is now performing at the 360 Entertainment Theatre, in Boston, Massachusetts. The exhibition will include 22 actors, stunning puppets, epic music, and dazzling flying sequences along with amazing videos

Blackmail to the State

On November 3rd, 2011, the theater Anteo in Milan, Italy, will host Sebastiano Ardita’s new book presentation, “Blackmail to the State.” The book is the reconstruction of the massacres that took place 20 years ago

International Film Festival

On October 27th through November 4th, 2011, the Auditorium Parco della Musica, in Rome, Italy, will host the International Film Festival. A spectacular event that will involve the entire city of Rome with different initiatives

Houston Book Fair

On November 5th, 2011, the Museum of Printing History, in Houston, Texas, will hold the ninth annual Houston Book Fair. At the event, there will be a range of items, such as reasonably priced used books, collectible and rare manuscripts

Nightmare on Grayson

With Halloween just around the corner, Nightmare on Grayson has opened its doors once again; for over 20 years the best Haunted House in San Antonio has entertained and terrorized a wide audience of all ages. The event will run through October 31st

The charming story of the King and I will be performed on November 8th, 2011 through January 8th, 2012, at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The unique love story has captured the hearts of many, young and older

Miami Book Fair International

On its 28th year, the Miami Book Fair International, will open on November 13th and will run through November 20th, 2011. The eight-day literary event will take place at the Miami Dade College, and it will include entertainment and various activities

Die Nacht kurz vor den Wäldern

Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Seitenbühne, Do 13. bis So 16. Oktober.

Capodarco Short Film Festival

Cinema against social exclusion is back; from November 2nd through November 6th, 2011, the Capodarco Short Film Festival will be held at Fermo, in the Marche Region, Italy. The winner will be awarded the “Anello Debole” prize

The Ottawa Antiquarian Book Fair

The annual appointment with the unique Ottawa Antiquarian Book Fair

Maschera di Ferro Festival

On October 1st through October 2nd, 2011, the streets of Pinerolo will reenact the story of The Man in the Iron Mask; on the event's last day, the mask will be removed and the man behind will be revealed, as every year is played by different actors

SalinaDocFest 2011

On September 20th through September 25th, 2011, Salina, in the Eolian Islands, south of Italy, will host the fifth edition of the Salina Doc Fest, international Festival of the narrative documentary dedicated to the Mediterranean people.

Chicago Cinema Workshop

Chicago will host a 2 day hands-on filmmaking on October 3rd through October 4th, 2011. The event will be divided in two different sections, and will include cinema production and real world shooting conditions; it will include details of HD production

Internationales Literaturfestival Berlin

07. bis 17. September 2011.

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