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# Why Don't More Americans Go to Museums?
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/why-dont-more-americans-go-to-museums/
- Published: 2015-09-04T21:58:41.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:30:53.000Z
- Description: In the past we may have turned to pollsters or psychics, while today we turn to Twitter to look at the hive mind and discover why.
- Author: Hrag Vartanian
- Tags: Art, Photo Essays, Twitter, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:13 (2014, 2015, part 3)

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In the past we may have turned to pollsters or psychics, while today we turn to Twitter to look at the hive mind and discover *why*…

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