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Cannons lost underwater during American Revolution going on display at Georgia museum

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SAVANNAH, Ga. — A museum in Georgia’s oldest city on Wednesday welcomed a truckload of treasures from the earliest period of U.S. history — 17 cannons that experts believe sank to the bottom of the Savannah River during the American Revolution and remained undiscovered for nearly 240 years. Workers carefully hoisted the big guns one-by-one … Read more

In a city with an iconic skyline, the Obama presidential museum aims to reshape Chicago architecture

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CHICAGO — The granite monolith soars above a leafy stretch of Chicago’s South Side, a nearly windowless exterior more suited to a sci-fi film set than the state-of-the art presidential museum held within. Crews are putting the finishing touches on the Obama Presidential Center ahead of the official public opening on Juneteenth, more than a … Read more

House rejects Smithsonian women’s museum bill

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WASHINGTON — What started as a widely backed proposal to locate a new Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum on the National Mall devolved into a partisan fight Thursday after Republicans revised the legislation to ensure no transgender people are included in the exhibits. The House rejected the bill, 204-216, an outcome that leaves the next … Read more

Democrats revolt over ‘biological’ wording in women’s history museum bill

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! House Democrats unanimously rebelled against legislation Thursday directing the construction of a new women’s history museum on the National Mall. Democrats sought to defeat the bill after Republicans limited the institution to biological women and excluded transgender individuals.  The measure came up short in a vote of … Read more

Why Democrats have soured on a women’s history museum bill set for a House vote

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A decadelong bipartisan effort to build a women’s history museum in Washington is nearing the finish line, but a bill to make it happen now has a lot less Democratic support than it did just a month ago. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The House … Read more

New 9/11 Museum exhibit aims to connect younger Americans to the attacks through powerful artifacts

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A new exhibit at the 9/11 Memorial Museum is keeping the memory of that day and its aftermath alive, even for those who didn’t live through it, as the museum highlights 15 years since the raid that killed Usama bin Laden. “A third of the U.S. population … Read more

Robot dogs with Musk and Zuckerberg heads roam around Berlin museum in Beeple’s new exhibit

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BERLIN — Robot dogs with hyper-realistic silicone heads modeled after world-renowned figures — including Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Andy Warhol and Pablo Picasso — can be seen roaming around a Berlin museum, occasionally “pooing” printed images of their surroundings which they’ve previously captured with integrated cameras. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get … Read more

Inside the world’s biggest art heist: $500M of paintings stolen from Boston museum

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BOSTON — For decades, the 1990 theft of 13 artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum — now valued at more than $500 million — has remained unsolved. It remains the largest art theft in history — far surpassing more recent museum thefts, including a daylight heist at the Louvre that involved far fewer works … Read more

Philadelphia museum brings Rocky statue inside after decades of tension

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PHILADELPHIA — Every day, visitors from around the world make their way to the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art — not necessarily for the galleries inside, but for a statue of a fictional boxer from South Philadelphia. The bronze figure of Rocky Balboa — arms raised in victory, clad in boxing trunks and … Read more