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Mexico City’s New Frida Kahlo Museum Will Offer a Fresh…

Travel NewsJune 11, 202525Views

A new museum dedicated to artist Frida Kahlo is slated to open in Mexico City's Coyoacán district in September. Dubbed Museo Casa Kahlo, the institution will be housed at Casa Roja, a residence that was purchased by the painter's parents and later passed down to her and her sisters. The building stands adjacent to Casa…

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‘Encounters in the Milky Way,’ the Mind-Blowing Museum…

On April 25, 2018, a contemporary Big Bang occurred in the world of astrophysics. On that day, the European Space Agency (ESA) released a three-dimensional map of the Milky Way that detailed nearly 2 billion stars. That was 50 times more stars than ever mapped before. The breakthrough was the first public output of Gaia,…

June 6, 202526Views

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The “World’s First” Barbecue Museum Opens in Kansas City

Home to more than 100 barbecue restaurants and the world’s largest barbecue competition, Kansas City now adds a barbecue museum to its menu. If you’ve ever wondered about the secret uses of rubs, sauces, and cooking techniques that result in succulent meats, the Museum of BBQ, a lighthearted diversion that opens in the Crown Center Shops…

April 30, 202526Views

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The Ultimate David Bowie Museum Opens in London This September

London's iconic Victoria and Albert Museum, more commonly known as the V&A, steps into an expansionist era in 2025 when it opens a brand-new complex designed to provide more public viewing of its massive and ever-growing collection. The V&A's main museum, a Victorian-era, overstuffed labyrinth containing the world's finest examples of decorative arts, has long…

January 10, 202582Views

London’s Hunterian Museum: Bits of People in Jars That Changed the World

If you lived in 18th-century London and something went wrong with your body, after you died a famous scientist named John Hunter might show up to rummage through your corpse, snip out the afflicted organ, and sink it in a jar of preservative so that budding physicians could learn from the specimen. Back in…

May 3, 2024165Views

What’s at the Oscar Museum and How to Visit It

Last update: March 10, 2023 To most people, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is known, if it's known at all, as the stuffy group behind the Oscars. Within Hollywood's mighty film business, though, the Academy is Mount Olympus, where more than 10,000 members, all gods of moviemaking, are invited to gather…

May 2, 2024145Views

New Volvo Museum in Sweden Showcases Rare Cars by Renowned Automaker

Last week Volvo, which is aiming to go fully electric by 2030, produced its last-ever diesel-powered passenger vehicle and promptly donated the car—an XC90 SUV—to a museum. That would be the company's own World of Volvo, set to open Sunday, April 14, in the automaker's hometown of Gothenburg, Sweden. Replacing the now-closed Volvo Museum in…

April 24, 2024717Views