Museum

Panasonic has bumped up the brightness for a new series of short-throw projectors. Billed as the company's most powerful fixed, short-throw LCD laser projectors to date, one model puts out 7,000 lumens and the other manages 6,200 lumens.

A former Aldi store is getting the starchitect treatment with an ambitious renovation by BIG. It will transform the building into a light-filled museum defined by an eye-catching roof that resembles a colossal piece of paper draped over the building.

How do we separate the movie myths of Tyrannosaurus rex from the actual animal? The Victoria the T-rex exhibition sets the record straight with recent discoveries about what T-rex looked and sounded like, how it sensed the world, and how it hunted.

Work is nearing completion on an extraordinary new project by Foster + Partners. The Zayed National Museum is defined by five sculpted "wings" designed for more than just their looks – they will actually help keep the interior cool naturally.

A large cloud is forming in tropical China, however it's not the work of nature, but a new museum conceived by one of the world's top firms, MAD. Named the Hainan Science Museum, the project is due to be completed in 2025.

Stefano Boeri Architetti's upcoming project in China is part museum and part mountain. Hosting technology focused exhibits inside, the tree-covered building will allow visitors to enjoy a little nature in the middle of a bustling metropolis.

The openVertebrate project is a significant milestone for natural history museums, researchers, educators, students, and the public, creating the first digital library to offer free access to stunning 3D images of over 13,000 vertebrates.

Japan's Junya.ishigami+associates recently completed an extraordinary 1-km-long project in China. Named the Zaishui Art Museum, the building is situated in an artificial lake and even lets the water inside at several points.

People have been collecting helmets for thousands of years, with the finest specimens either closely held or having long ago gone to museums … so when the world’s finest private collection sold at Christie’s this week, it rewrote the record books with seven of the top 20 prices of all-time.

MAD Architects has revealed plans for a new mixed-use development in Foshan, China. The Nanhai Arts Center's unusual design is informed by its lakeside location and is envisioned as a large rippling wave of water.

A fungus that attacked plants 407 million years ago has been unearthed among fossils at the Natural History Museum, making it the oldest of its kind to have ever been found. What's more, its new name celebrates one very famous fungi aficionado.

Zaha Hadid Architects has completed the Chengdu Science Fiction Museum, and it looks just as extraordinary as the renders previously promised. The building's amorphous form is envisioned as an expanding nebula cloud with a star at its center.