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museum

[myoo-zee-uhm] / mjuˈzi əm /


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When Lauder turned 80, it hit him that he couldn’t realistically run a museum into his 90s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

The remains were already "on their way to Heathrow" airport, the museum director said, after overcoming "so much red tape everywhere".

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

The Art + Film Gala was designed to knit the twin skeins of L.A.’s artistic and film communities closer together — and to raise money for the museum.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026

In the 1990s, amid concerns that the site did not do enough to confront the crimes of the Nazi past, a museum, the Obersalzberg Documentation Centre, was opened close by.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

Perugia would soon leave the glazing firm, but he’d gotten to know the workers at the Louvre and he still visited the museum.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

Sophie Fish, museums manager at Gwella, which manages the councils libraries and leisure, said she hoped "some of the most interesting finds" from Mancot could go on display at Mold Museum in 2027.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

Unlike partial closures, day-long closures resulting in ticket refunds can have a marked impact on the Louvre, which relies to a much greater degree on ticket revenue than other major museums.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

I visited museums, played arcade games at Santa Monica Pier and walked Venice Beach at sunset.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Works from the Louvre, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Landesmuseum Württemberg and other international museums round out the exhibit.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

Behind closed doors, those in museums or in positions of authority in the art world were deep in complicated, sometimes angry discussions.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett


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