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Thieves stole four artworks attributed to Antonello da Messina from a museum in Messina, Sicily. The theft of these Renaissance works occurred during an Italian holiday.

An extinct toad, identified as an ice age amphibian, was discovered recently. The finding was located among the existing amphibian collection housed at La Brea Tar Pits and Museum.

The Obama Presidential Center has opened to the public in Chicago, featuring a 19-acre campus with a museum, garden, basketball court, and library. The center aims to inspire individuals to drive change in their communities.

The Obama Presidential Center will be dedicated Thursday in a star-studded event. Its museum highlights the legacy of the former president, but it is not a traditional presidential library.

Three men who stole 2,500-year-old gold relics from a museum were sentenced by a Netherlands court. The court stated the custodial sentence was warranted due to the 'nature and gravity' of the crime.

Russia conducted a large-scale overnight strike on Kyiv using its Oreshnik hypersonic missile, killing four and injuring dozens. Over 50 sites, including homes, a school, and a museum, were hit. Russia claims the attack was retaliation, while Ukraine denies targeting civilians.

A museum has admitted that the famous Lipton Cup, valued at £500,000, was stolen six months after it went missing. The delay in reporting the theft has raised concerns about institutional accountability.

A fossil skull fragment discovered in a museum's unsorted collection revealed the existence of the Owen’s giant echidna, Megalibgwilia owenii, which once lived in Victoria during the Pleistocene epoch. This species, twice the size of modern echidnas, weighed up to 15kg and measured about 1 metre in length.