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A forthcoming museum exhibit showcases the advertising used by the likes of Harry Houdini, Adelaide Herrmann, and other turn-of-the-century performers.

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A new exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York features rarely seen propaganda art commissioned by the U.S. government during World War I.

Whether it’s a trash museum in NYC or a David Hasselhoff museum in Berlin, these semi-private collections make it worth going out of your way.

Opening March 20, "Mummies" lets visitors peer inside remains thousands of years old—all without disturbing or unwrapping them.

For decades, experts believed the work was a forgery.

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The essay is pure Churchill: expansive, informed, philosophical, and just a little bit cranky.

For years, the drawing had been attributed to another artist.

You can now freely download, edit, and distribute a variety of high-resolution images off the Met’s website, with no copyright restrictions.

The winning twins will be featured in an exhibit.

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Fans of the weasel will be delighted to learn that its stuffed and slightly singed body will soon go on display at the Rotterdam Natural History Museum in the Netherlands.

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Museum researchers have not been able to trace the origins of the skull yet, so they can’t return it anywhere for reburial.

Planet Word will be open to visitors of all ages and language backgrounds.

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The pale ale is called psuedoSue.

Lord Walter Rothschild tamed zebras, rode giant tortoises, and was blackmailed for years by a mysterious woman.

It’s estimated that anywhere from 2 to 50 percent of art in museums and on the market are counterfeits.

In its new bilingual exhibition “¡Cuba!”, the American Museum of Natural History looks at the cultural history of the country as well as its natural history, showing everything from how Cuban cigars are made to the endemic creatures that can be found only

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The exhibition is called “They Also Ran"—and soon, it will have a new portrait gracing its walls.

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The American Museum of Natural History is highlighting its artifacts in a whole new way.

After securing funds to restore Dorothy's iconic red shoes, the institution is looking to raise an additional $85,000 to conserve the Scarecrow’s costume.