MUSEUMS

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See Lifelike Mummy Portraits From Roman Egypt, Now at Northwestern University

The exhibit is named after an ancient piece of art criticism.

The Louvre Abu Dhabi Just Opened the World's First Radio-Guided Highway Art Gallery

For a guided audio tour, just tune into FM radio.

How a London Museum Is Preserving a Chunk of the 143-Ton Whitechapel Fatberg

If you want to see a fatberg in person, now's your chance.

London's Foundling Museum Will Temporarily Replace Male Portraits With Artwork of Women

In honor of the 100-year anniversary of women’s suffrage in the UK, the women who made the museum possible will finally be put front and center.

9 Museums Around the World That Every Cat Lover Should Visit

Whether they feature cat art or have resident felines, these institutions are the purrfect destinations for ailurophiles.

7 Amazing Automatons You Can See in Action

These astounding automata are the forerunners of today's robots.

7 Amazing Automatons You Can See in Action

These astounding automata are the forerunners of today's robots.

Can You Decipher the Playful 1817 Letter Jane Austen Sent to Her Niece in Code?

Shortly before her death, the author sent her 8-year-old niece a New Year's greeting—written entirely backwards.

Art Lovers in England, Rejoice: France's Famous Bayeux Tapestry is Coming to the UK

The fragile 11th century artwork hasn't left France for nearly 1000 years.

Boston's Museum of Fine Arts Hires Puppy to Sniff Out Art-Munching Bugs

Beantown's renowned museum has a new secret weapon.

Palette work from the collection of John Whitenight and Frederick LaValley

Mütter Museum Showcases the Victorian Custom of Making Crafts From Human Hair

New exhibition explores a time when hair wasn't simply for heads.

Coming to New York in 2018: A Floating Glass Museum

GlassBarge will cruise up the Hudson River and along the Erie Canal, providing live glass-blowing demonstrations in port cities along the way.

New Jersey Is Now Home to the Western Hemisphere's Largest Planetarium

A $5 million donation made the state-of-the-art science hub possible.

The Funky History of George Washington's Fake Teeth

Mount Vernon holds perhaps the most famous dentures in American history: those of Founding Father George Washington.

The Getty Center, Surrounded By Wildfires, Will Leave Its Art Where It Is

The famed museum had to close its doors, which is part of what will protect the priceless art inside the building.

New Pop-Up Museum in Maryland Looks at What It's Like Being a Teen Today

Exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary American Teenagers (MoCAT) touch on everything from college admissions stress to fear of gun violence.

By Herb Neufeld - Victoria, BC, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

10 Things You Might Not Know About Madame Tussauds Wax Museum

Yes, there was a real Madame Tussaud. (Marie Tussaud.)

The Brooklyn Public Library is Now Home to a Tiny Mollusk Museum

The vending machine-sized installation features 15 itty-bitty "exhibitions" about bivalves, snails, octopuses, and more.

10 Surprising Ways Senses Shape Perception

Things are not always as they seem.

A Secret Room Full of Michelangelo's Sketches Will Soon Open in Florence

The room was hidden for hundreds of years before someone discovered a trap door hidden in a closet.

Photograph by John Robert Rowlands. © John Robert Rowlands

Take a Sneak Peek at the Brooklyn Museum's Upcoming David Bowie Exhibition

"David Bowie is," which debuted at London's Victoria and Albert Museum in 2013, will end its tour in New York.

By Evan-amos - Own work, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons

A Cut Above the Rest: How Finland's Orange-Handled Scissors Inspired a Design Revolution

A brief history of the game-changing tool, created 50 years ago by the Fiskars Corporation.

25 Things You Should Know About Jacksonville, Florida

From a famously misnamed oak tree to a virtual museum of dinosaur dung, Jacksonville is filled with quirky attractions.

Cape Town Is Now Home to Africa's Largest Contemporary Art Museum

The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa opened its doors to the public on September 22.

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