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Taliban guards stand at the entrance of the National Museum of Afghanistan after it reopened under Taliban control in Kabul in December.

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The Taliban now guard Afghanistan's National Museum, where they once smashed objects

When the Taliban returned to power, cultural heritage advocates worried history might repeat itself and the group would destroy objects it found offensive. The museum is open now but has few visitors.

September 01, 2022
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By:
  • Arezou Rezvani and
  • Fazelminallah Qazizai
Mashpee Wampanoag Kerri Helme uses plant fiber to weave a basket while sitting next to a fire on November 15, 2018, at the Wampanoag Homesite at the Plimoth Patuxet Museums, in Plymouth, Mass.

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  • National

Some Native Americans say this Pilgrim site is failing as a bi-cultural museum

Members of Massachusetts's Wampanoag community say the people running the Patuxet living history site have done little to ingratiate themselves with tribes.

August 10, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Original Temptation Otis Williams, left, and Smokey Robinson speak in front of the Motown Museum in Detroit, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022.

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  • Music News

Motown stars celebrate a museum expansion that honors Hitsville

Motown-era buildings near the museum have been transformed into Hitsville NEXT, which will be home to camps, workshops, master classes and community events.

August 09, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Albany Museum of Art Katie Dillard unpacks a repaired painting by glass artist Dale Chihuly while mounting the show titled "Homecoming" recently.

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  • Fine Art

A new exhibit at Albany's Art Museum celebrates surviving a natural disaster

A new exhibit now open at the Albany Museum of Art this week celebrates the treasures in the museum collection and how they survived a 2017 tornado.

May 13, 2022
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Left: OnlyFans is hosting some of Vienna's nude artwork. Right: A painting is seen on the stairway of the famous Albertina art museum.

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  • Arts & Life

Vienna museums' social media posts got rejected for nudity, so they're on OnlyFans

The Vienna Tourist Board is taking posts of nude and partially nude artwork found in the city's museums to a subscription service after content was removed from other social media sites.

October 20, 2021
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez and
  • Tien Le
<em>Ramona! A Celebration of Life, Mastery Charter School, Philadelphia, 2019</em>

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  • Art & Design

At The 'Museum Of Black Joy,' It's The Everyday Moments That Go On Display

Black artists celebrate ordinary moments of grace and kindness in a "borderless" online exhibition; creator Andrea Walls plans physical installations across Philadelphia as well.

August 16, 2021
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
Frank Lloyd Wright's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City on April 16, 2016.

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  • Arts & Life

Guggenheim's Audio Guide Brings The Art Museum To Listeners' 'Mind's Eye'

The "Mind's Eye" audio experience is an aural escape during the pandemic, but it's actually designed for the blind community. The idea is to immerse listeners in a space that can be vividly imagined.

October 30, 2020
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By:
  • Lilly Quiroz and
  • Danny Hajek
Friederike Seyfried, director of Antique Egyptian Department of the Neues Museum in Berlin, shows media a stain from liquid on the Sarcophagus of the prophet Ahmose on Wednesday.

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  • Europe

Dozens Of Artifacts Apparently Vandalized At Berlin's Museums

Police, who believe vandalism to be the cause, are unsure of the motive. German media is speculating a link to a conspiracy theory. The extent of the damage won't be clear until after restoration.

October 21, 2020
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  • Esme Nicholson
Dignity Museum is now open in Atlanta.

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  • News

New 'Dignity Museum' Combats The Stigmas Of Homelessness And Poverty

More than a half a million Americans are homeless. In metro Atlanta, more than 3,000 people live on the streets, in shelters and in cars. A new...

March 25, 2019
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By:
  • La'Raven Taylor and
  • Virginia Prescott

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