museum
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The sisters are learning the business side of their father’s career, including tracking who owns every work as well as encouraging museum shows and keeping an eye out for fakes, among other archival efforts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The museum reopened on Friday, and the fire was 90% contained by Saturday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
The massive statue would replace “Infinity,” an abstract stainless-steel sculpture by artist José de Rivera that has stood outside the museum since 1967.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
It could also be training guards to spot suspicious people who may be casing a museum and ask them if they need help, which may deter them from returning.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
First she asks Dr. Albert Galaburda at the Harvard Medical School to have another look at Phineas's skull in the Harvard medical museum.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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Even their small museums are rich with treasures, but typically their guards are unarmed, acting more as visitors’ guides than protectors of the art.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The long-divided city boasts countless museums, galleries and sites reflecting its troubled history, as well as two zoos, three opera houses and multiple techno clubs known around the world.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Museums are also open public spaces that have less access control and perpetrators can come in as visitors, says Kumar Sokka, CEO of Acre Security which works with some museums in Europe.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Thus was born Egyptology for example, and the existence of museums in such countries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
She herself was cultured and from some place over in Germany and had been to the grand museums of Europe to look Art in the face.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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