Tag: museum
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Space shuttle Endeavour’s rockets installed at California museum
[ad_1] In a delicate maneuver, crews this week successfully lifted into place giant rockets at the California Science Center, the first large components installed at the future home of the space shuttle Endeavour. Donated by Northrup Grumman, the solid rocket motors are each the size of a Boeing 757 fuselage and weigh 104,000 pounds. They…
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Russian drones and missiles attack Odesa, damaging an art museum
[ad_1] A day after Ukraine damaged a Russian naval vessel in an airstrike on Crimea, Russia hit the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa with missiles and drones, injuring five people and damaging an art museum founded in the 19th century, local and military authorities said Monday.In another setback, Ukraine’s 128th Mountain Assault Brigade provided a…
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Global Prompt Engineering Championship to be held in May 2024 at the Museum of the Future – UAE
[ad_1] His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Chairman of The Executive Council, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Dubai Future Foundation (DFF), has issued directives to organise the Global Prompt Engineering Championship in May 2024. Featuring a total prize of AED1 million, the championship…
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This New York Museum Is Pulling Human Remains From Display
[ad_1] At height of spooky season, nothing feels more horrifying ― or more disrespectful ― than human remains that have been on display to the public for decades without the consent of any relevant parties. New York’s American Museum of Natural History, world-renowned for its comprehensive collections of cultural relics, recently lifted the veil on…
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After Skin Lightening Backlash, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s Wax Figure In Grevin Paris Museum Is Set To Undergo A Beauty Makeover
[ad_1] After Skin Lightening Backlash, Dwayne’s Wax Figure Is Set For A Makeover The controversial nature of skin lightening in media has been a topic hotly discussed in India for decades now. Whether it be stars looking multiple shades lighter on the silver screen or skincare creams claiming to make that a reality; across India…
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National Museum Of African American History And Culture Acquires Major Collection Of Work Attributed To Poet Phillis Wheatley Peters
[ad_1] The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) has acquired the largest private collection of items to bring new context and perspective to the life and literary impact of poet Phillis Wheatley Peters (c.1753–1784), including one of the few manuscripts written in the poet’s hand. Born in West Africa and captured…
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Arsenic Preserved the Animals, But Killed the Museum
[ad_1] Usually, you go to the zoo to look at live animals. But at the Great Plains Zoo in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, people also went to see the dead ones. The attraction, called the Delbridge Museum of Natural History, hosted one of the most impressive taxidermy collections in the country, with some 150 animals…
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Montreal Holocaust Museum to host discussion on textile arts
[ad_1] Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through our links on this page. Article content Creating through textiles has long had a role in the lives of Jewish women: They crafted ritual objects such as kippot, or skullcaps, and challah covers for the Shabbat table, and everyday items such as tablecloths, napkins…
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British Museum director resigns after spate of stolen treasure
[ad_1] Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email British Museum director Hartwig Fischer will be stepping down from his position with immediate effect, it has been announced. The museum’s board of trustees accepted his resignation, with former chancellor George Osborne,…
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British Museum Dragged For Lamenting Its Treasures Being Stolen
[ad_1] The British Museum is making headlines for launching an investigation over various items that were reported “missing, damaged [or] stolen.” However, considering the history behind how the London-based establishment acquired many of its treasures, the internet’s unbothered and calling out the irony of the matter! The Museum Is Working Toward The “Recovery Of Objects”…