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A Newly Identified Vincent Van Gogh Sketch Is Going on Display for the First Time

Vincent van Gogh continues to surprise scholars.

A Newly Identified Vincent Van Gogh Sketch Is Going on Display for the First Time

More Than 1300 Retro Arcade Games From the Museum of Pinball Are Heading to Auction

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More Than 1300 Retro Arcade Games From the Museum of Pinball Are Heading to Auction

The Mystery Model In Gustave Courbet's Most Scandalous Painting

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The Mystery Model In Gustave Courbet's Most Scandalous Painting

7 Misconceptions About the Renaissance

The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo.

7 Misconceptions About the Renaissance

The 9/11 Memorial & Museum Is Sharing More Than 1000 Firsthand Accounts of September 11

The 9/11 Memorial & Museum is preserving the recollections of over 1000 survivors and family members of victims.

Notorious RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Life and Work Will Be the Subject of a New Exhibition at the New-York Historical Society

Ruth Bader Ginsburg during a Supreme Court photo shoot in 2006.

The Iceberg Cometh: A Titanic Museum’s Iceberg Wall Just Toppled in Tennessee

This iceberg replica is innocent—the toppled wall is inside the museum.

Michelangelo May Have Left a Thumbprint on This Wax Sculpture's Butt

The butt in question.

More Than 300 Pairs of Prince’s Custom Shoes Are on Display at Paisley Park

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One of Dorothy’s Long-Lost Dresses From The Wizard of Oz Was Found Hiding in Plain Sight

Dorothy's dress displayed at Catholic University's Mullen Library.

Medgar Evers’s Mississippi Home Is a National Monument

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7 Pieces of Animal-Inspired Jewelry From the American Museum of Natural History's Halls of Gems and Minerals

Animal-inspired jewelry at the American Museum of Natural History.

San Francisco's Antique Vibrator Museum Chronicles the Fascinating, 150-Year History of Vibrators

An adorable vibrator from around 1910.

Interpol’s New App Allows Anyone to Help Track Down Stolen Art

The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen or Spring Garden by Vincent van Gogh, stolen from the Singer Laren museum in March 2020.

9 Rockin’ Facts About Elvis Presley’s Graceland

The Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tennessee.

12 Fascinating Facts About the Metropolitan Museum of Art

A crowd on the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art