museums

Western Motel, 1957, Edward Hopper (American, 1882–1967), oil on canvas. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Bequest of Stephen C. Clark, B.A., 1903. © 2019 Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

Much like ‘Nighthawks,’ Edward Hopper’s 1957 painting ‘Western Hotel’ explored isolation in the modern world—though climbing inside it with a few close friends is probably less than lonely.

A fresco wall panel showing a dinner party with painted message

This new exhibition gives the inside scoop on what and how the Ancient Romans in Pompeii ate before Mount Vesuvius erupted.

Self-Portrait by Vincent van Gogh, 1889.

From Vincent van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’ in New York City to ‘Portrait of Dr. Gachet’ in Paris, this is the most beautiful bucket list ever.

The web app, called Heartmatch, lets you swipe right on artworks and then gives you a personalized High Museum map so you can go meet your matches.

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Bob Ross painted more than 1000 pieces for "The Joy of Painting," and they're surprisingly hard to find. This is where they've been hiding.

Want to know what the 'Venus de Milo' or 'La Grande Odalisque' smells like? A team of French perfumers have come up with their best guesses.

Items from the Musée d’Histoire de la Médecine (Museum of the History of Medicine)

From medicine to maps to taxidermy, the author of the new book 'The Little(r) Museums of Paris' takes us through some of the most unusual museums in the French capital.

A new museum exhibit, titled 'New Age, New Age: Strategies for Survival,' is the first to feature the paintings of Bob Ross.

The U.S. National Tick Collection contains millions of tick specimens—from notorious species like the deer tick to more obscure examples of the parasite.

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Neil Armstrong's iconic suit was pulled from the museum floor out of fear of deterioration, but after a conservation project, it's ready to go back on display.

Five British celebrities donated their microbes to make a block of cheese that's now on display at the Victoria & Albert Museum.

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Vent Haven is home to roughly 1000 dummies and puppets—including some that were donated by Jeff Dunham and other acclaimed ventriloquists.

Al Capone served time at Eastern State Penitentiary, and new research indicates his stay there wasn't as luxurious as initially reported.

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One of Joan Rivers's favorite vacation spots wasn't a tropical beach or a ritzy villa—it was Colonial Williamsburg.

The American Museum of Natural History in New York City was founded 150 years ago, and people have been lining up to get tickets ever since.

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress

By the time Tubman entered her forties—when this photo was taken—she had already fled to freedom and helped hundreds of others escape via the Underground Railroad.

On June 12, 1963, activist and civil rights leader Medgar Evers was shot in his own driveway by Klansman Byron De La Beckwith. A bullet hole can still be seen in a kitchen wall in the home, which was declared a National Monument in 2019.

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Robert Gentile, an 82-year-old in jail for an unrelated crime, has been a person of interest in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist case for at least a decade.

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Can't make it to New Orleans for Mardi Gras? At Mardi Gras World, you can see elaborate parade floats built for the carnival year-round.

A collection of Bob Dylan poems that was auctioned off by Christie's in 2005.

Dylan's personal copy of "The Catcher in the Rye" is one of the rare items on display. In it, he wrote notes and drew doodles.

Reproduction of the Catalan Atlas featuring Mansa Musa.

Mali's king Mansa Musa embodied the wealth of West Africa before the Atlantic slave trade, as seen in "Caravans of Gold."

The new exhibit gives a look into the serial killer's personal life.

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In 1911, Leonardo da Vinci's most famous work went missing. A tip from an admitted art thief seemed to implicate one of the world's best painters.

And it's overseen by a Sourdough Librarian.

Edward Hopper’s Western Motel Is Being Turned Into a Hotel Room at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

New Oxford Exhibition Shows What—and How—Ancient Romans Ate

This Scratch-Off Poster Lets You Keep Track of All the Van Gogh Paintings You’ve Seen

Atlanta’s High Museum Has Launched a ‘Dating App’ to Match Visitors With the Perfect Artwork

Happy Little Mystery Solved: We Finally Know What Happened to All of Bob Ross’ Paintings

French Perfumers Concoct Scents Inspired by the Louvre's Most Famous Artworks

9 of the Most Unusual Museums in Paris

Bob Ross Is Making His Museum Debut in Chicago

This Tick Collection in Georgia Contains Nearly Every Species Known to Science

Neil Armstrong’s Spacesuit Will Go Back on Display for Apollo 11's 50th Anniversary

Cheese Made from Celebrities' Microbes Is On View at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum

Kentucky Is Home to the World's Only Ventriloquism Museum

You Can Explore Al Capone's Newly Recreated Cell at Eastern State Penitentiary

The Time Joan Rivers Took Judge Judy and Cindy Adams on An 18th-Century Girlfriend Getaway

13 Facts About the American Museum of Natural History

Rare Portrait of a Young Harriet Tubman Is on View at the National Museum of African American History and Culture

Medgar Evers’s Mississippi Home Is a National Monument

Last Surviving Person of Interest in Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist to Be Released From Prison

See the Workshop Where Mardi Gras Parade Floats Are Born

Bob Dylan's Lyrics, Poetry, and Prose Showcased at Chicago's American Writers Museum

New Exhibition Highlights Mansa Musa, the Richest Man Who Ever Lived

Ted Bundy’s Car, Letters, and Other Personal Items are on Display at the Alcatraz East Crime Museum

When Pablo Picasso Was Suspected of Stealing the Mona Lisa

Belgium Is Home to the World’s Only Sourdough Library