museum
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In August, paintings by Renoir, Paul Cézanne and Henri Matisse were stolen from a museum in Italy, in a heist that lasted just three minutes.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Critics have baulked both at the closure of the original Gulag museum and at the content of its replacement.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
While the house is bursting with artwork that would make most museum curators envious, Herman’s home is surprisingly humble, built on a tight budget from prosaic materials.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Lacking the necessary technology and expertise to answer that question, museum curators stored the mysterious fragments while competing explanations remained unresolved.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
In response, the museum had decided to put its most valuable works behind glass.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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Overseas visitors will not be charged to enter England's national museums after ministers decided against changing the universal free admission policy.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
According to government figures from 2023–2024, 43 percent of visitors to national museums were foreigners.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
"Free museums aren't a cost to the economy - they're a key reason the economy benefits from tourism in the first place," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
In March 2020, the Smithsonian shuttered its museums for the pandemic.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
Going to look at art is an elite pastime—this is long before crowds flock to museums.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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