museum
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This office, though quiet on this Thursday, does get used—it is not just “a museum of history,” as Gus Hall used to call it.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
To solve the mystery, she joined forces with other researchers from around the world to investigate the family history of tiger cats, using DNA from living animals and museum specimens.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
David Cassirer has argued the law clearly requires the museum to return the painting — and has pledged to support other looting victims with any proceeds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
The glory of the museum is its entrance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Outlines of me and JP at the museum form in the flames.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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He has also been fascinated by reptiles for most of his life and has long supported zoos, museums, and natural history.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
Of all the museums built to showcase private collections of art—one thinks of those named for Isabella Stewart Gardner or J. Paul Getty—that of George Lucas is the most personal and the most autobiographical.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The breakthrough came while paleontologists Oscar Castillo and Jesús Serrano were building a database of fossils from the lithographic limestones of Montsec held in Catalan and European museums.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
Some of his civil servant friends, even those working in museums, find it "very difficult" to travel abroad and have been told they cannot directly apply for passports because of their jobs, Xiao Wang said.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
In this, somewhat unexpectedly, he was opposed by T. H. Huxley, who believed that museums should be primarily research institutes.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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