Between Chicago's Skydeck And Navy Pier Is A Top-Rated Museum Full Of Dark, Unsettling History

Discover one of America's most macabre museums, situated in the heart of Chicago, that highlights a grisly period of history ...
Untapped Cities

IN PICTURES: The Cloisters, a Medieval Museum on the Hill

When I want to take a quick breather from the relentlessness of New York City, I seek out places that allow me to both relax and explore. Something about wandering through an unfamiliar place ...
Cleveland.com

Medieval ‘Creation’ exhibit leans into museum-university collaboration between Case, CMA

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) exhibition “Creation, Birth, and Rebirth” brings together a wide-ranging, deeply human exploration of “sacred narratives of the medieval world.” It ...
Hyperallergic

The New LA Medieval Torture Museum No One Asked For

Medieval contraptions and torture devices are on view at the new LA museum. (all photos courtesy the Medieval Torture Museum) “The Medieval Torture Museum is meant to feed off the emotions of people ...
Ancient Origins

Rare Medieval Flail Weapon Discovered Near Battle of Grunwald Site

Amateur detectorists exploring the historic fields near Gietrzwałd, Poland, have unearthed a remarkably rare medieval flail weapon known as a kiścień - only the fourth such artifact ever recorded in ...
WHYY

As Bryn Athyn’s modern medieval castle closes for upgrades, its historic collection goes downtown

The modern medieval castle in Bryn Athyn has closed for renovations until 2023. So it sent its prized 12th-century stained glass to the Philly Art Museum. The ceiling of the Greal Hall at Glencairn ...
National Catholic Reporter

Medieval art is relatable today, even out of context

When he first saw "The Last Supper and the Agony in the Garden" at the Worcester Art Museum in Massachusetts, Jeffrey Forgeng was puzzled by the choreography of the circa-1300, Central Italian fresco, ...
Artnet

Archaeologists Discover a Medieval Kitchen in a Polish Museum’s Basement

The Museum of Applied Arts in Poznań, Poland, doesn’t just house a collection of Italian, German, Western European, and Polish Baroque paintings. As it turns out, its centuries-old building also holds ...
WGRZ

Buffalo Museum of Science 'Medieval to Metal' traveling exhibition

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Museum of Science traveling exhibition is all about the guitar, but there are only three months left for you to see it. The exhibit is called "Medieval to Metal: The Art ...