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Trumpeter and bandleader Doc Paulin, being interviewed at 1995 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. His wife to the left of photo; interviewer at right.

Jukebox

Jazz Requiem

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Breuer Chair, 1926

Marcel Breuer’s Bauhaus minimalism redefined a household basic

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Garth Brooks

Garth Brooks donated mementos to the American History museum, including his trademark cowboy hat, a gold record and a handwritten lyric sheet

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Making History

The Dirt on Mud

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Looting Iraq

No one was prepared for the pillaging of Baghdad’s Iraq Museum in 2003, but Marine officer Col. Matthew Bogdanos, improvised an investigation

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Being Funny

How the pathbreaking comedian got his act together

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Portraits of Resistance

The inaugural show of the National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Heaven Scent

A 600-year-old pharmacy started by Florentine monks is now a trendy global marketer of perfumes and medieval elixirs

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Infinite Jest

Stop me if you’ve heard this one…

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Protecting the Priceless

How one retired Army Reserve Major taught soldiers to save artworks and antiquities during wartime

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Celebrating Resistance

The curator of a portrait exhibition discusses how African Americans used photography to resist stereotypes

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February Anniversaries

Momentous or Merely Memorable

The Parthenon, said the 19th-century French engineer Auguste Choisy, represents "the supreme effort of genius in pursuit of beauty."

Unlocking Mysteries of the Parthenon

Restoration of the 2,500-year-old temple is yielding new insights into the engineering feats of the golden age’s master builders

Acropolis Museum in Athens

Acropolis Now

A modern museum of ancient Greece rises near the Parthenon

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Monumental Mission

Assigned to find art looted by the Nazis, Western Allied forces faced an incredible challenge

Sunrise lit Landscape Arch in Arches National Park.

Points of Interest

This month’s guide to notable American destinations and happenings

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Baby, It’s Cold Outside

Discover one of the country’s oldest winter festivals—Saranac’s Winter Carnival

Swallowtail caterpillar with little depth of field.

Wild Things

Life as We Know It

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Big Love

In a mating ritual, male humpback whales leap, splash and fight. But researchers ask: just what does a female whale want?

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