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Dutch police have arrested three people over the theft of a 2,400-year-old gold Dacian helmet and several priceless bracelets from a museum in the city of Assen.

The government in Bucharest has said it will dispatch a team of forensic scientists to aid in the recovery of a 2,400-year-old golden helmet—one of Romania’s most cherished national treasures—stolen in a daring heist at a museum in the Netherlands.

An architectural firm in Poland has picked up an international award for its design of the Polish History Museum in Warsaw.

The last museum outside of Russia dedicated to Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin has closed its doors after nearly 80 years of operation.

This Saturday, Poznań’s Old Market Square will be the site of a unique event, “Wuchta Wiary na rowerach,” organized by the Museum of the Greater Poland Uprising 1918-1919.

English football legend Wayne Rooney is again in the spotlight after a wax figure purporting to be the former Manchester United forward went viral on social media.

Hundreds of cultural institutions across Poland opened their doors wide to the public for the annual Long Night of the Museums this Saturday. This event, which has been a cherished tradition for over two decades, allows visitors to explore museums and historical sites free of charge, with many venues offering exclusive events.

Museums and historical sites across Poland will welcome visitors free of charge on Saturday night, May 18, as part of the annual Long Night of Museums event.

The renowned Dutch post-impressionist’s painting ‘Farmhouse Among Trees’ was made available to the public as the centerpiece of a special exhibition which opened on Friday at the Museum of John Paul II and Primate Wyszyński, in the Temple of Divine Providence in Warsaw’s Wilanów district.

An unknown perpetrator threw a Molotov cocktail through the window of the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia director’s office in Riga on Tuesday night, causing a fire to break out.

The Sybir Memorial Museum in Białystok, a cultural institution opened in September 2021, has been awarded the prestigious title of European Museum of the Year 2024, as announced by the European Museum Forum on Tuesday. The award ceremony is scheduled to take place in May 2024.