National Museum

Remains of The National Museum of Brazil.

4 September, 2018 - 13:55 ashley cowie

20 Million Artifacts In Latin America’s Largest Museum - Gone - In Blazing Inferno

Saint Christopher's Palace in the Quinta da Boa Vista park, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil had served as residence for both the Portuguese and Brazilian royal families before becoming the...

Some of the artefacts found after disappearing from the National Museum of Iraq. Ceerwan Aziz

12 April, 2018 - 01:59 ancient-origins

Fifteen Years After Looting, Thousands of Artifacts are still Missing from Iraq’s National Museum

Craig Barker / The Conversation On April 10 2003, the first looters broke into the National Museum of Iraq. Staff had vacated two days earlier, ahead of the advance of US forces on Baghdad. The...