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The Painstaking Process of Preserving a 400-Pound Blue Whale Heart
This massive specimen is now on display in Canada’s Royal Ontario Museum
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Where to See Some of the World’s Oldest and Most Interesting Maps
Chart humanity’s course through history with these antique navigational tools
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At 100, Andrew Wyeth Still Brushes People the Right (and Wrong) Way
The centennial of his birth offers galleries and critics the opportunity to reconsider one of America’s most famous painters
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Revolutionary Black Artists of the Civil Rights Era Get Exhibition in the UK
“Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power” features iconic works alongside pieces that have long been overlooked by the mainstream
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New Jersey Museum Discovers Stash of Madeira from 1796
Liberty Hall Museum owns the wine and will decide if anyone will be allowed to sample the Revolutionary libation
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Hobby Lobby Hands Over 5,500 Illegally Imported Artifacts
In 2010, the arts-and-crafts retailer purchased thousands of cultural artifacts smuggled from Iraq
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New Website Tracks Paintings Provenance from Brush to Gallery Wall
Mapping Paintings makes it easier to figure out an artwork’s chain of ownership
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Former Paris Stock Exchange To Be Transformed into Art Museum
The renovation will be so remarkable, according to the lead architect, it will cure Brexit-induced malaise
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This Summer, Try Termite Chocolate Sprinkles on Your Ice Cream
Canada’s Insectarium invites visitors to dine on insects as part of a special menu
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Asia’s First Major LGBTQ Exhibition to Launch in Taipei
The groundbreaking Spectrosynthesis is united by a single theme: the spectrum of light
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Australian Expedition Dredges Up Crazy Creatures From the Deep Sea
After a month exploring Australia’s deepest ocean, researchers found over 300 new species of toothy, blobby and glowing animals
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Oxford Is Digitizing UK’s World War I Memorabilia
The Lest We Forget Project is asking people to bring in letters, photos and objects from the Great War to be recorded for a free online database
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This Father’s Day, Check Out Furniture Made by Abraham Lincoln’s Much-Maligned Dad
Thomas Lincoln was a master craftsman—and a man history has misrepresented
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Australia to Return Remains of Japan’s Indigenous Ainu People
In the early 20th century, an anthropologist excavated the remains and sent them overseas
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For Father’s Day, Take Dad on a Tour of the Smithsonian Museums
Our featured tour: With Dad
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First House Designed by Antoni Gaudí to Open as a Museum
The vibrant Casa Vicens was an early hallmark of Gaudí’s unique style
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Jupiter Could Be the Solar System’s Oldest Resident
The early former may have set up just the right conditions for Earth to take shape
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Crowdfunding Project Aims to Put 200 Holocaust Diaries Online
Eyewitness accounts bring the brutal chapter in history to life
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Google Digitizes 3,000 Years of Fashion History
The massive “We Wear Culture Project” includes 30,000 online artifacts from over 180 institutions
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Newseum Ditches Headlines for a Day Without News
It’s a stark reminder of the journalists who’ve died doing their jobs
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