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Saying Goodbye to the Newseum in the Age of Fake News

by Eric Vilas-Boas January 7, 2020November 2, 2020

It felt important to visit the Newseum 10 years ago, when every journalist I knew still believed great reporting would always win. Now, in the wake of its recent closure, the delusory nature of that kind of thinking doesn’t get any more obvious.

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Why the Closing of the Museum of Contemporary Craft Is a Major Loss

by Sarah Archer February 8, 2016February 8, 2016

The next time you find yourself hate-reading a fawning profile of a photogenic young Brooklyn potter whose hot-pink-rimmed wares are transforming the “stuffy world of ceramics into a cool new craft” (or something to that effect), navigate yourself away from there, and instead visit the website of the Museum of Contemporary Craft.

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New York’s Museum of Biblical Art Will Close Permanently in June

by Allison Meier April 28, 2015May 1, 2015

The Museum of Biblical Art’s (MOBIA) trustees announced today that when its current exhibition of Donatello sculptures closes in June, the museum will shut down.

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Resting in Pieces: The Scattered Fate of Closed Museums

by Allison Meier September 20, 2013September 23, 2013

As interests shift and funding dwindles, it can be hard to keep a museum open. And after a museum ends its run and its building is shuttered, what happens to the collections?

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UPDATE: ALL Major New York Museums Closed for Hurricane Irene

by Hrag Vartanian August 26, 2011June 22, 2012

As the storm approaches, here’s a helpful list of what New York-area museums will be closed for the big storm on Saturday and Sunday we are receiving word that almost ALL New York museums will be closed on Saturday and Sunday. We highly advise people to not attempt to visit the city’s museums during this weekend’s hurricane.

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