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Searing Memes About Burning Man’s Muddy Fiasco
“Burning Man is all about getting out of your comfort zone” is what many techies must’ve told themselves.
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142-Year-Old Shipwreck Discovered in Lake Michigan
After a two-year search, maritime historians Brendon Baillod and Bob Jaeck say they’ve found the “perfectly intact” Trinidad wreck off the coast of Wisconsin.
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Free Children's Space Opens at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The interactive center is intended to serve as a community hub, the museum says.
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Selfie-Seeking Tourist Damages Neptune Statue in Italy
It’s the latest in a slew of incidents concerning tourists trespassing on historic landmarks and cultural heritage sites across the country.
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Preserving the History of Brooklyn’s Little Caribbean
A new survey aims to document the predominantly Afro-Latinx neighborhood’s cultural significance, beyond physical landmarks.
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Authorities Seize $5M Roman Bust From Massachusetts Museum
The seizure is part of an ongoing investigation into “a smuggling network” trafficking antiquities looted from Turkey.
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Scottish Design Museum Drops the Sackler Name
The V&A Dundee removed a plaque honoring the opioid-producing family but will not return more than half a million dollars in donations.
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New Yorkers Campaign to Save 50-Year-Old Summer Arts Program
Community members fear that the historic New York State Summer School of the Arts may soon be replaced with a less equitable grant program.
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Pick-Up Truck Crashes Into Chicago Art Gallery
The crash caused irreparable damage to the storefront gallery and to some artwork inside.
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Protesters at New York's Natural History Museum Warn of "Mass Extinction"
About 30 climate activists lined up in the Dinosaur Wing of the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in Manhattan today, September 2, to protest the museum's acceptance of donations from banks and other entities invested in the fossil fuels industry. The event was organized by Extinction Rebellion
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West Point’s 194-Year-Old Time Capsule Wasn’t Empty, After All
After an underwhelming initial reveal, six coins and a commemorative medal were discovered beneath the silt caking the bottom of the box.
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Who Did This to Basquiat’s Old Manhattan Studio?
Someone painted the facade of the historic building with Pepto-Bismol pink; now, it’s Angelina Jolie’s problem.