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museum

[myoo-zee-uhm] / mjuˈzi əm /


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The map has never been found, and a judge at Woolwich Crown Court said West had led the court, police and museum a "merry dance" over where it was.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

The New York museum stages a compact show dedicated to the Della Robbia family’s glazed terracotta sculptures, which turned clay into a medium of high art.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

The closure of the Louvre in Paris on Monday because of a small group of student protesters at the entrance also frustrated many visitors who had the museum on their list of highlights.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

The Broad and L.A. artist Lauren Halsey forge partnership to offer South L.A. students free art field trips, community workshops and museum tours.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

I think back to everything that happened in New Orleans: the museum, the jubilation and hope I felt visiting 1965, and, of course, the soul-crushing visit to the Jump house.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Both museums said they would consider repatriation of the remains should they receive an approach from a country or institution.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Hodges went on to study works by Caravaggio and Rembrandt in Europe, with Gasparotto joining him in museums like the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin along the way.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Even if museums or individual artworks are alarmed, the real chase tends to begin only after the thieves have fled, Kelly said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Kelly said he’s often hired by museums to assess their security protocols and they’re shocked when he tells them they can upgrade their video cameras for “hundreds, not thousands” of dollars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

They also hadn’t realized that the art in museums can be mysterious, that grown-ups don’t always know what it means or where it came from.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett


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