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PHOTOS: A Costa Concordia Museum Exhibit

2012-05-25T09:16:16Z

A museum show opening this weekend in Newport News, Va. will focus on the story of two Americans who survived the deadly Costa Concordia catastrophe o...

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Photos Tell Harsh Tale Of Foreclosure Crisis

2012-05-16T18:50:00Z

Eleven months after Brandie Barbiere stopped paying the mortgage on her Milliken, Colo., home, her husband found out when he returned from work to see...

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10 Museum Tweeters To Know Right Now

2012-05-11T09:14:26Z

It's National Museum Month, and we're keeping the momentum going on HuffPost Culture with a new reason to love museums every week. Last week, we asked...

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Ruth Eglash: How Israel's Museums Are Harnessing Social Media to Share Their Wares

2012-04-27T13:06:08Z

"If someone based in Oklahoma goes online to read about the museum and learns through our Timeline what we do, then you can be sure that the first place that person will visit if they come to Israel is the museum."

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Italian Museum Burns Art To Protest Lack Of Funding

2012-04-19T08:08:36Z

ROME — For a second day in a row, the director of a contemporary art museum in a small Italian town near Naples has burned a painting to protest...

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Racism Museum Showcases Segregation-era Artifacts

2012-04-19T07:39:01Z

BIG RAPIDS, Mich. — The objects displayed in Michigan's newest museum range from the ordinary, such as simple ashtrays and fishing lures, to the...

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Olga Bonfiglio: PHOTOS: Michigan Museum's Titanic Tribute

2012-04-17T07:00:00Z

An exhibit at The Henry Ford museum in Dearborn offers an engaging look at the sinking of the Titanic.

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LOOK: Space Shuttle To Fly Low Over Nation's Capital

2012-04-16T15:50:53Z

WASHINGTON -- On Tuesday, be sure to look up for a rare and wonderful air show.

The Space Shuttle Discovery is expected to fly over landmarks in th...

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Women's Museum, Under Scrutiny, Seeks Ph.D.

2012-04-12T17:14:00Z

WASHINGTON -- Better late than never.

Days after a Huffington Post investigation revealed a host of problems at the nascent National Women's Histor...

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Blight At The Museum: Why Washington Still Has No Women's History Museum

2012-04-08T09:30:37Z

WASHINGTON -- Sixteen years ago, a small band of women working on Capitol Hill launched a campaign to "Free the Sisters of the Crypt" and raised $85,0...

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2 Space Shuttle Cameras Coming To National Air And Space Museum

2012-04-04T06:56:05Z

WASHINGTON — IMAX Corp. is donating its first cameras used to film aboard the space shuttle to the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum i...

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When Hollywood Went To Dachau

2012-03-28T17:39:37Z

NEW YORK—The Museum of Jewish Heritage's current exhibit features an unusual collection of Holocaust footage -- unusual because it marks the first i...

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Edward Schneider: Online Tools For Planning An Arts-Centered Vacation

2012-04-02T07:00:00Z

I've used the web to research trips for years, but these useful resources are bound to be new to any but the most dogged and attentive traveler.

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Rana Florida: Creative Spaces: Catch Some Springtime Rays and Relax

2012-04-01T12:09:39Z

Not all parks are created equal. What makes some parks so full of life and activity while others sit desolate, shunned by all but criminals and the truly desperate?

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offMetro.com: PHOTOS: 9 Off The Beaten Path Museums In Brooklyn

2012-03-30T07:00:00Z

Think you've tapped all Brooklyn can offer a culture junkie? Think again.

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Da VInci Masterpiece Aging, Tests Show

2012-03-26T10:09:31Z

WARSAW, Poland — Bark beetles and old age have damaged Leonardo da Vinci's 15th-century painting "Lady with an Ermine," but the masterpiece is s...

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Oldest U.S. Natural History Museum Offers Rare Look At Creatures

2012-03-24T17:21:32Z

PHILADELPHIA — The Academy of Natural Sciences has never been one to brag.

Its 225,000 annual visitors may associate the nation's oldest natura...

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Dwight Brown: PHOTOS: Touring The Caribbean's Best Highways

2012-03-22T07:00:00Z

Sometimes Puerto Rico feels like a Caribbean island, other times more like America's 51st state.

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Alain de Botton: Why Our Museums Of Art Have Failed Us And What They Might Learn From Religions

2012-03-14T07:23:43Z

What if modern museums of art kept in mind the example of the didactic function of Christian art, in order once in a while to reframe how they presented their collections?

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Zoe P. Strassfield: Of Vacations Past and Future

2012-03-06T17:17:32Z

Only one week of classes stands between Boston University's student body and spring break, and the halls are ringing with the ever-popular question, "Where are you going?"

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The National World War II Museum In Its Many Phases

2012-03-03T10:20:38Z

By Victoria King
(click here for original article)

Architects: Voorsanger Architects PC, New York, NY
Location: 945 Magazine Street, New Orleans,...

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Dwight Brown: PHOTOS: An Idyllic Island With A Small Hometown Feel

2012-03-02T07:00:00Z

Antigua is distinguished from the other Caribbean islands by its vast unblemished landscapes, its friendliness and a variety of secluded, all-inclusive resorts that each have their own appeal.

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Brian D. Cohen: The Docent

2012-02-28T19:44:01Z

In my experience docents are painfully well intentioned, more or less informed, and extraordinarily tenacious. Yet I confess, I avoid them and have always avoided them.

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Edward Schneider: Beyond The National Gallery In London

2012-02-28T07:00:00Z

London is surely one of the world's best museum towns. Here are four of my favorites, along with some ideas about where to grab something to eat while you're there.

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Erin Harper: Discovering Denver

2012-02-27T07:00:00Z

The magnificence of the mountainous backdrop and the modern architecture throughout the city, make it impossible to turn a corner without being greeted by a breathtaking view.

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