museum

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Last month, King Felipe, while visiting a museum exhibition showcasing Mexican Indigenous women, conceded that the actions of Spanish conquistadors had featured “much abuse” and raised “ethical controversies.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

King Felipe VI made the remarks while speaking with Mexico’s ambassador to Spain, Quirino Ordaz, during a visit to a museum exhibition in Madrid about the role of women in pre-Columbian Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

For Michael Govan, its director, the building was merely a means to an end, which was to change the definition of the museum itself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

There was no urgent need to redefine the purpose and character of a museum, to abolish more than two centuries of acquired knowledge and start again.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

I was afraid Cleopatra’s Needle would be put inside the museum or some other building, and it would cost money to see it.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman