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The best of New York City’s tiny bizarre hidden museums
6 days, 11 hours ago

The best of New York City’s tiny bizarre hidden museums

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery This image shows Mmuseumm 1, one of the smallest museums in New York At other small …

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NYC has scores of small, specialized or quirky museums. Here are some highlights
1 week, 6 days ago

NYC has scores of small, specialized or quirky museums. Here are some highlights

Associated Press  

New York can be a magical place for museumgoers. Here’s some of what’s happening at NYC’s “other” museums: 227 W 27th St. Tucked inside the Fashion Institute of Technology, behind the big sculpture in front, is the city’s only museum solely devoted to fashion. “It’s about Africa as an idea that continues to inspire designers from Africa and also those …

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Panda diplomacy? China to send pandas to the San Diego Zoo for the first time in years
10 months ago

Panda diplomacy? China to send pandas to the San Diego Zoo for the first time in years

LA Times  

China could soon be sending giant pandas to the U.S. for the first time in years, reigniting “panda diplomacy” between the two countries. has secured agreements with the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and the Madrid Zoo Aquarium of Spain regarding the conservation of giant pandas, according to Xinhua, China’s news agency. China’s president suggests they might Chinese President Xi …

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American flag design history: A man's wild scam about a July 4 symbol.
2 years, 5 months ago

American flag design history: A man's wild scam about a July 4 symbol.

Slate  

When Robert G. Heft was 17, he made a flag. Heft later told Marc Leepson, the author of Flag: An American Biography, “I said could put it in a file cabinet or closet or whatever and if there was ever a need for a 50-star flag, if there was a contest—I didn’t know how they went about it then—this was …

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Fauci presents his personal virus model to Smithsonian
3 years, 9 months ago

Fauci presents his personal virus model to Smithsonian

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the face of the U.S. government’s pandemic response, has donated his personal 3D model of the COVID-19 virus to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Fauci has helped save millions of lives and advanced the treatment and our understanding of infectious and immunologic diseases across more than five decades of public service,” said Anthea …

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