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Discover the history of America's museums: the Charleston Museum, Barnum's American Museum, and the Smithsonian
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Explore the Boston Children's Museum, a pioneer in hands-on, object-based exhibit experiences for children
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Discussing the artifacts at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History
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National Gallery of Art
Interior of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Louvre
Louvre Museum, Paris.
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British Museum, London
British Museum, London, at dusk.
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Uffizi Gallery, Florence
(Right) East and (left) west wings of the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, with the Palazzo...
The J. Allan Cash Photolibrary, London
British Museum
British Museum, London.
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Louvre Museum
Louvre Museum, Paris, with pyramid designed by I.M. Pei.
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Prado Museum
Prado Museum, Madrid.
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Alte Pinakothek
Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
Markus Würfel
Indian Museum
Courtyard of the Indian Museum, Kolkata, India.
Michael Janich
Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution's first building, known as the Castle, was completed...
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Royal Ontario Museum
Royal Ontario Museum entrance hall, Ontario, Canada.
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Kunsthistorisches Museum
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria.
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Tokyo National Museum
Tokyo National Museum.
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White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal: Monastery of Our Savior and St. Euthymius
Among the White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal are the Cathedral of the Transfiguration...
Datateddy
Hermitage
Interior of the Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
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Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers: Centre Georges Pompidou
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers (1977).
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Milwaukee Art Museum
Quadracci Pavilion (2001), an addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin, designed...
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Herzog & de Meuron: Switch House
The Switch House, an addition to Tate Modern, London, designed by Jacques Herzog...
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Washington, D.C.: National Museum of African American History and Culture; Washington Monument
The National Museum of African American History and Culture (left) and the Washington...
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Jean Nouvel: Louvre Abu Dhabi
The Louvre Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, designed by Jean Nouvel, 2017.
© Louvre Abu Dhabi; photography, Roland Halbe
Louvre Museum
Interior of the Louvre Museum, Paris.
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Kinsale Regional Museum
Kinsale Regional Museum, Ireland.
Peter Clarke
Natural History Museum, London
Interior of the Natural History Museum, London.
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Municipal Astronomical Science Museum and planetarium at Akashi
Municipal Astronomical Science Museum and planetarium at Akashi, Japan.
World Photo/Shostal Associates
National Air and Space Museum
The Air Transportation gallery at the National Air and Space Museum, Washington,...
© Richard T. Nowitz
American Clock & Watch Museum
Interior of the American Clock & Watch Museum, Bristol, Connecticut.
Courtesy of the American Clock and Watch Museum; photograph, Mark Sexton
Egyptian Museum
Entrance hall of the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
© Gerard Ducher (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia
A museum interpreter demonstrating the 18th-century art of wig making at the King's...
© Richard T. Nowitz
Paul Gauguin Museum
Inner court of Paul Gauguin Museum, Tahiti, French Polynesia.
Shostal Associates
Prado gallery
Gallery inside the Prado Museum, Madrid.
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Frank Lloyd Wright: Guggenheim Museum
Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, constructed 1956–59; in New York...
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Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum (1881), London, designed by Alfred Waterhouse.
Dennis Marsico/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Musée d'Orsay: atrium
Atrium in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
© Index Open
Frank Gehry: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain, designed by Frank Gehry, 1997.
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Gorée Island, Senegal: Maison des Esclaves (“Slave House”)
Maison des Esclaves (“Slave House”), Gorée Island, Senegal.
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