Museum
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US
They Used to Award Olympic Medals for Art?
During all of the years that the Olympics gave out medals in arts, not just athletics — and if you…
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Science
Exploring Atomic Bomb History Beyond Los Alamos
The Atomic Museum in Las Vegas explains to visitors that Nevada and other states also played a role — for…
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News
Beyond Pizza and Yale: What to See, Eat and Do in New Haven
Though the academic scene continues to imbue this coastal Connecticut city with a certain gravitas, surrounding neighborhoods are showing off…
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World
This Japanese Museum Actually Keeps Time
The Timepiece Museum has about 120 clocks of all shapes and sizes on display, out of a total of about…
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News
Faith Ringgold Dies at 93; Wove Black Life Into Quilts and Children’s Books
A champion of Black artists, she explored themes of race, gender, class, family and community through a vast array of…
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News
The O.J. Simpson White Bronco Is Now a Museum Piece. In Tennessee.
The vehicle that Simpson fled in as 95 million Americans watched on television is on display at the Alcatraz East…
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News
The Gang That Preyed on America’s Small Museums
No one mistook them for cat burglars, but authorities say the crew spent two decades pilfering, and in some cases…
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News
Her Art Is at Odds With Museums, and Museums Can’t Get Enough
Gala Porras-Kim has confronted the restitution of cultural artifacts and now — with melting Antarctic ice — climate change.
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News
When the Rubin Museum Was Divine
The Rubin will be “reimagined” as a global museum, but our critic says its charismatic presence will be only a…
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News
Whitney Museum Names Chief Curator
Kim Conaty will steer exhibitions and the permanent collection, saying she will pay close attention to work by Latino and…