After 167 Years in New York, a Priceless Coin Collection Heads to Toledo

The doubloons, dollars and denarii of the American Numismatic Society will leave their overlooked home in Manhattan for a more welcoming headquarters on the campus of the Toledo Museum of Art.

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A Day at the Beach Hunting Mammoths

“Citizen paleontologists” can keep the fossils they uncover around Europe’s largest port. All the professionals ask is that those amateurs let them know.

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Met Museum Employees Petition to Create Union

The proposal, for a union to represent nearly 1,000 employees, would make the Met one of the largest unionized museums in the country.

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With New Condé Nast Galleries, the Met Museum Gets Fashion Forward

The Costume Institute is bringing its annual blockbuster show to a permanent home off the Grand Hall, due in part to Anna Wintour’s efforts to get “out of the basement.”

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Friends Say a Suspect in the Louvre Heist Had Tried to Leave a Rough Past Behind

He had been best known as a daring urban dirt-bike rider who had pulled off stunts at iconic sites in Paris, according to several friends.

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Visiting Leiden, Canals and Charm Without the Crowds of Amsterdam

Leiden, a city whose university is often called the Oxford of the Netherlands, features museums, gardens, murals and plenty of ways to stretch your mind.

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The Mysterious ‘Louvre Detective’ Was a 15-Year-Old Passer-by

The photo of a dapper man in a fedora sparked many questions: Was the person real? A Sherlock Holmes-inspired detective on the case? Or just being very French?

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Roman-Era Treasures Stolen From Syria’s National Museum

The Damascus museum theft set off an official investigation in what may be one of Syria’s largest losses of antiquities in recent years.

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Tourism in Washington, D.C., Suffers as Government Shutdown Drags On

The government shutdown, now the country’s longest, is fueling a continued trend of declining tourism to Washington.

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Egypt’s Grand Museum Is Finally Open. Now, ‘We Need Our Stuff Back.’

The museum’s most anticipated exhibit is the full 5,500 items from King Tutankhamen’s tomb. Egyptians say it’s time to experience their most precious antiquities at home.

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