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Hellenistic figurines depicting a child, a woman suckling an infant, and a youth. Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority (Meidad Suchowolski/Israel Museum)
October 10, 2026, 2:31 pm
From birth to play, new exhibition explores childhood in ancient Israel
Israel Museum traces the lives of children through 500,000 years of artifacts: ‘What’s amazing about these toys is how similar they are to today’
By Zev Stub
Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel demonstrators wave flags over the Brooklyn Museum during a protest demanding a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, in the Brooklyn borough of New York, May 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
October 1, 2026, 7:15 pm
ADL project documents exclusion of Jews in museums, publishing, entertainment
‘State of the Arts’ platform ranks art museums, outlines experiences of authors and offers guidelines to cultural institutions to better accommodate Jews
By Luke Tress
Statues of Henry and Clara Ford look over the garden at their historic Fair Lane home in Dearborn, Michigan, September 2, 2026. (Andrew Lapin/JTA)
September 15, 2026, 5:32 am
‘Long overdue’: Newly restored Henry Ford home will confront his antisemitism
Curators at Fair Lane, the pioneering industrialist’s historic manor, say conspiracy-laden ‘newspaper’ and other antisemitic expressions to be addressed when museum reopens next year
By Andrew Lapin
Police officers patrol in front of the entrance of the Musee Renoir after four paintings, valued at $10 million, were stolen from the museum in an early-morning break-in, with the two suspects still at large, in Cagnes-sur-Mer on September 8, 2026. (Valery HACHE/AFP)
September 8, 2026, 11:48 am
Thieves steal works worth $10 million from Renoir museum in France
Pair of crooks grabbed four paintings by French impressionist painter, but dropped one as they ran off, Cagnes-sur-Mer mayor says
By Agencies
A Van Cleef and Arpels necklace stolen from Vienna’s Museum of Applied Arts, on August 27, 2026.(INTERPOL via X)
August 29, 2026, 8:14 pm
Vienna thieves steal diamond necklace Egyptian queen wore at daughter’s wedding to future Iran shah
Police say the robbers bought tickets to exhibition before smashing display case and snatching the precious jewelry, the latest high-profile heist to hit a European museum
By AFP
Museum employees unpack a carved stone panel after Syrian authorities unveiled antiquities returned from France at the National Museum in Damascus, Syria, July 8, 2026.(AP/Ghaith Alsayed)
July 10, 2026, 11:48 am
France returns 23 Syrian treasures kept for 15 years due to severed ties
Artifacts flown to Damascus aboard Macron’s presidential aircraft include Roman bronze objects, Byzantine and Islamic-era pieces, mosaic panel that once adorned the Umayyad Mosque
By AP
Hebrew Book Week at Tel Aviv's Sarona in 2025 (Courtesy)
June 8, 2026, 4:48 pm
Culture events called off in wake of Iranian missile attacks
Hebrew Book Week opening and inaugural Theater Award ceremony are postponed, many museums close doors
By Jessica Steinberg
The Jewish cemetery in Sint Eustatius had its first burials in 1720. (CC BY-SA 4.0/Jrryjude)
April 27, 2026, 5:16 pm
Did this tiny Caribbean island’s Jewish community help win the US Revolutionary War?
A new exhibition opens at the Weitzman Museum in Philadelphia about a small group of Sephardic merchants on Sint Eustatius and the outsized impact they had in the fight for America’s freedom
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Pioneering kinetic artist Yaacov Agam receiving the Israel Prize on April 20, 2026, at the Yaacov Agam Museum of Art (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
April 22, 2026, 10:12 am
‘Creativity is the basis of Judaism’: Yaacov Agam, father of kinetic art, receives Israel Prize
Accepting the award in the eponymous museum he helped design ahead of Wednesday’s ceremony in Jerusalem, the 97-year-old creator charms admirers — and a ToI journalist
By Jessica Steinberg
A young visitors at the Tel Aviv Art Museum. July 31, 2025. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
April 6, 2026, 1:52 am
Against the odds, Tel Aviv Museum of Art makes world’s top 100 for visits
Institution is ranked 77 globally, based on number of visitors in 2025, despite being closed for many days because of security situation
By Jessica Steinberg
Visitors pose for a group photo under Hatshepsut statue, at the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, Egypt, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
November 2, 2025, 8:46 am
With pomp and fanfare, Grand Egyptian Museum opens as ode to ancient civilization
Museum, the biggest worldwide dedicated to a single civilization, will exhibit some 50,000 artifacts of pharaohs and Egyptian gods
By Samy Magdy
Actors playing out the 1898 visit of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Holy Land as part of a new exhibit at the Haifa City Museum, through February 2026 (Gani Katzner)
August 4, 2025, 1:17 pm
Summer brings the Templers, Japanese crafts and an AI artist chat to life in Haifa
In the northern port city, visitors can build a German Protestant sectarian’s house, fold an origami crane, or compare old and new Herzls
By Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative: People watch workers move the Adas Israel Synagogue, the oldest synagogue in Washington, to a new location down the street, where it became part of the Capital Jewish Museum, on January 9, 2019, in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
April 10, 2025, 2:02 am
US Jewish cultural institutions reeling as Trump defunds arts and humanities
Widespread cuts are touted as cutting costs, but come two years after a Biden administration initiative described museums as a critical tool against the spread of antisemitism
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
The opening of a new exhibit at Haifa's Tikotin Museum on December 31, 2024 (Courtesy Keren Avni)
January 9, 2025, 1:33 pm
With Hezbollah rockets halted, Haifa’s cultural scene experiences post-ceasefire boom
Long-delayed Haifa Film Festival finally marks 40th year, as Tikotin Museum celebrates iconic Japanese wave print and Haifa City Museum waxes nostalgic about Israel’s homegrown car
By Jessica Steinberg
Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel students and demonstrators shout slogans at the campus of SOAS University of London as students occupy parts of university campus in London, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
November 30, 2024, 2:51 pm
UK Jewish philanthropist quits volunteer art work over ‘alarming rise of antisemitism”
Candida Gertler announces move to protest ‘normalization of hate’ as London museum severs its ties with her amid calls to boycott her for Israel advocacy, friendship with Netanyahu
By ToI Staff
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