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Lawyer Wants to Make Harper Lee’s Hometown a Haven for Tourists
Monroeville, Alabama, could change with a proposed Harper Lee Trail
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A Brief History of America’s Most Outrageous Dentist
Painless Parker and his dental circus live on in a Philadelphia museum
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This German Town Is Embedded with Millions of Tiny Diamonds
Scientists estimate that Nördlingen and the surrounding area contain approximately 72,000 tons of the gemstone
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For the First Time, All 5,000 Objects Found Inside King Tut’s Tomb Will Be Displayed Together
Take a sneak peek at the collection of the new Grand Egyptian Museum, opening in early 2018
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Morbid Anatomy Museum Closes Its Doors
But the museum that delights in the dead will have an afterlife
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Dutch Court Rules Crimean Artifacts on Loan Will Return to Ukraine
Following Russia’s annexation of the Crimean peninsula, Ukraine’s government asked that the artifacts be returned to Kiev
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The Natural History Museum’s National Fossil Hall Is Getting a Full Facelift
Museum director Kirk Johnson gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the new dinosaur hall, home to the T-Rex
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Don’t Miss These 11 New Museum Exhibitions This Winter
You’ll find everything from beloved childhood characters to animatronic dinosaurs on display this season
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Yasir Arafat Museum Opens in Ramallah
The three-story building tells the story of the controversial Palestinian leader and includes artifacts like his Nobel Prize and views of his bedroom
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Researchers Trace 300-Year-Old Lump of Poop to Danish Bishop
The upper class contents of the little nugget suggests it likely belonged to Bishop Jens Bircherod or his wife
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Why a Congressional Commission Wants a National Women’s History Museum
Will the American Museum of Women’s History ever become reality?
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This Whale Sculpture Was Modeled After a Beached Orca
Canadian artist Ken Hall built Legacy based on 3D scans of the skeleton of Hope, an orca that died on the coast of Washington in 2002
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The Strange Case of George Washington’s Disappearing Sash
How an early (and controversial) symbol of the American republic was lost to the annals of history
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These Childhood Delights Just Made It Into the National Toy Hall of Fame
Dungeons & Dragons, Little People and the humble swing are this year’s toy honorees
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Preserve and Protect: How Paleontologists Care for Their Long-Dead, High-Maintenance Stars
Fossil collections are where the science of paleontology truly lives. Valuable dino bones must be treated accordingly
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A Brueghel Painting Long Thought to Be Made by a Copyist Is Going on Display
Vindication for Pieter Brueghel the Younger
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Oskar Schindler’s Factory Will Become a Holocaust Memorial
Long abandoned, the dilapidated factory is where the industrialist put over 1,200 threatened Jews to work during World War II
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Orlando Will Buy Pulse Nightclub and Create a Permanent Memorial
The city announced plans to take over the now-vacant nightclub where 49 guest were gunned down
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R.I.P., Dave the U.K.’s Largest Earthworm
Measuring 16 inches long and weighing an ounce, the worm pulled from a Cheshire garden has become a prized specimen at the Natural History Museum
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Four Stunning Exhibitions From Scotland’s Recently Closed Inverleith House
After 30 years, funding cuts caused one of Edinburgh’s most popular public art galleries to shut its doors
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