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12 Incredible Facts About the Sutton Hoo Ship Burial Treasure

The great buckle was excavated from the Sutton Hoo ship burial.

12 Incredible Facts About the Sutton Hoo Ship Burial Treasure

Tokyo Is Home to a Museum Full of Parasites

Whatever this is, it can't be good.

Tokyo Is Home to a Museum Full of Parasites

The National Museum of Women in the Arts Is Looking to Share Your Beloved Family Recipes

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The National Museum of Women in the Arts Is Looking to Share Your Beloved Family Recipes

New Online Art Exhibition Needs the Public’s Help to Track Down Lost Masterpieces by Van Gogh, Monet, and More

Vincent van Gogh's original Portrait of Dr. Gachet wasn't stolen, but it hasn't been seen in 30 years.

New Online Art Exhibition Needs the Public’s Help to Track Down Lost Masterpieces by Van Gogh, Monet, and More

5 World War I-Era Tips for Celebrating Thanksgiving in Strange Times

Thanksgiving Day menu from November 1917 at Fort D. A. Russell in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

100 Years Later, the Story of Florida’s Ocoee Massacre—an Election Day Attack on Black Citizens—Is Finally Being Told

Courtesy of Orange County Regional History Center

Jeff Koons's Puppy Sculpture, at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Is Donning a Face Mask

Puppy by artist Jeff Koons is now sporting a face mask.

The Ernest Hemingway Birthplace Museum in Illinois Might Shut Down Forever—Here’s How to Help Save It

A baby Hemingway tottered through the halls of this idyllic edifice.

Lindt Opened the World’s Largest Chocolate Museum in Switzerland, Complete With a 30-Foot-Tall Chocolate Fountain

There aren’t any 10-foot strawberries to dip in it, unfortunately.

The Long-Awaited Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Will Open in April 2021 With a Hayao Miyazaki Exhibition

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What Happens to the Racist Statues and Monuments That Are Removed? Many Find Their Way to Germany’s Citadel Museum

A fallen statue of Lenin next to the Mogoşoaia Palace.

Buckingham Palace’s Most Enviable Artworks Are Getting Their Own Exhibition for the First Time Ever

Former curator of paintings Jennifer Scott in the Picture Gallery in 2011.

8 Times People Ruined Priceless Works of Art

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National Museum of African American History Wants to Document Your COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter Stories

The museum in Washington, D.C., is currently closed because of the pandemic, but its online collection is just as fascinating as an in-person visit.

Plimoth Plantation Is Changing Its Name to Be More Inclusive of Its Wampanoag History

Lydia Hicks brings food to a cow in the 1627 Pilgrim Village at Plimoth Plantation, the 17th century replica village that was the site of the first Thanksgiving in 1623.

The American Museum of Natural History Just Launched OLogy, an iPad App Version of Its Science Website for Kids

This dad wanted to learn about dinosaurs, too.