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Ten Things to Love in What Is Now the Nation’s Largest Modern Art Museum
SFMOMA is finally open after three years of renovations, and it’s magnificent
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Help London’s Science Museum Bring Britain’s First Robot Back to Life
Eric impressed crowds in the 1920’s by standing up, bowing, and shooting sparks from his teeth
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A Modernist Sculpted Ceiling Was Uncovered in a U-Haul Showroom
The Isamu Noguchi work is being shown once again
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These Eerie Portraits Capture Endangered and Extinct Animals in a Film That Is Also Vanishing
Denis Defibaugh uses Polaroid 55 film to give animal specimens an afterlife
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Five Things to Know About Megacities
Urbanization is happening fast—here’s what to know about the world’s largest cities
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The First Delivery Drone in the United States Lands a Spot at the Smithsonian
The Flirtey F3.0 hexacopter touches ground at the National Air and Space Museum
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The Scientific Daredevils Who Made Yale’s Peabody Museum a National Treasure
When an award-winning science writer dug into the backstory of this New Haven institute, he found a world of scientific derring-do
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Indian Artists Are Protesting a Private Takeover of a Public Art Gallery
Local artists want the Venkatappa Art Gallery to stay public
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For the First Time, See Two Early Medieval Books Written By Women On Display Together
The manuscripts detail the authors’ experiences
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Fire Devastates New Delhi’s National Museum of Natural History
A late night blaze guts one of India’s favorite museums, destroying valuable collections and exhibits
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Replica of ‘Psycho’ House Opened on Museum Rooftop
The Metropolitan Museum of Art features a replica of Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’ house
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Nikola Tesla’s Struggle to Remain Relevant
An offbeat Belgrade museum reveals the many mysteries of the prolific, late-19th-century inventor
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Damien Hirst’s Artworks May Leak Formaldehyde Gas
Where does art end and hazard begin?
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Dutch Divers Found a 17th-Century Dress Buried Under the Sea
The 400-year-old gown was remarkably well-preserved
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A New Exhibition Is All About Underwear
From a queen’s drawers to David Beckham’s briefs, The Victoria and Albert Museum gets “Undressed”
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Smithsonian Best Small Towns 2016
The 20 Best Small Towns to Visit in 2016
In honor of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, our top picks this year are all towns close to America’s natural splendors
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Historic Sites of the London Underground Will Soon Open for Visitors
See Churchill’s blitz bunker and the first underwater tunnel ever built
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Five Fascinating Places to Visit This Obscura Day
Atlas Obscura celebrates all things weird and wonderful worldwide this Saturday
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Could Virtual Reality Inspire Empathy for Others?
Virtual reality could allow users to step into someone else’s shoes, experiencing things like having migraines or swapping genders
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