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museum

[myoo-zee-uhm] / mjuˈzi əm /


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In 2022, the museum opened the “Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971” exhibition which highlighted the work of Black creatives from filmmaking’s early days through the civil rights movement.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

The Louvre burglary stunned the world and revealed major security lapses at the world's most visited museum, visited by around nine million people annually.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

In an email, Show Faith by Works founder Chad Schnitger said the group had since gone in a different direction and the budget has mostly gone to build a mobile museum with bespoke video.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

"Carbonaceous chondrites of the Ornans class are definitely not like the typical meteors you find in museum collections," says Dr. Philippe Claeys, who worked on the study as a visiting professor at UBC.

From Science Daily Jul. 19, 2026

Until the statue showed up on the front page, the museum hadn’t noticed it was gone.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

Its museums offer free entry to some 15 to 30 million visitors each year.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

The Smithsonian Institution, founded nearly two centuries ago, is a Washington mainstay whose 21 museums are largely dedicated to US history and culture, as well as art.

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

They’re dead-set on excising any shagginess that doesn’t fit their hidebound worldview, attacking textbooks and museums that dare to push beyond a straightforward explanation.

From Salon Jul. 23, 2026

Their models were built from fossils preserved in natural history museums around the world.

From Science Daily Jul. 20, 2026

Demonstrations were organized outside several museums, and protestors were photographed marching and shouting.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett




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