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6 Of The World's Most Popular Museums You Must Visit Once
If you are a history buff, here are some of the most popular museums you can visit this year!
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Paris Wax Museum Installs Statue Of Princess Diana In Famous 'Revenge Dress'
The Grevin waxwork museum in Paris unveiled a new star attraction on Thursday: Princess Diana in the "revenge dress" she wore after public revelations about her then-husband Prince Charles's infidelity.
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Overtourism Forces The Louvre, World's Most Visited Museum And Home Of Mona Lisa, To Shut Doors
The Louvre, home to the iconic Mona Lisa, was forced to shut down due to overcrowding
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Watch: Climate Activists Throw Mashed Potatoes At Claude Monet's Painting In Germany
Claude Monet's famous painting in Germany's Museum Barberini became the target of members of climate protestors who threw mashed potatoes on it!
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This Museum Didn't Think Its Hitler Statue Was A Problem - Until The Complaints Started.
Indonesia's De MATA trick eye museum is best enjoyed with a fully charged camera. For a few rupiah, visitors to Yogyakarta can snap photos of themselves in ready-made optical illusions, or recreated scenes from history and fantasy. If their selfie arms are still functioning, nearly 200 life-size figures of history's most famous people await, ready ...
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India's First Madame Tussauds Museum To Open In Delhi In June
World famous wax museum Madame Tussauds is set to debut in India in June, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan and American pop star Lady Gaga's statues as some of the star attractions. This will be the museum's first branch in India.
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Chasing Vijay Mallya, From London To His 'Secret' Country Home
The world's most famous can be seen at the Madame Tussauds wax museum on Baker Street in the heart of London. Two buildings away is the home of industrialist Vijay Mallya.
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Americans Get Offended By Statues Of Naked People, Too
As Iranian President Hassan Rouhani toured the world famous Capitoline Museum in Rome with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Monday, ugly white plywood boxes were used to cover beautiful antiquity artworks - apparently because they show naked human figures.
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World Famous Wax Museum Madame Tussauds' to Open in New Delhi
Madame Tussauds', world famous Wax Museum, will open its new venture in New Delhi for Bollywood stars as part of the India-UK Year of Culture in 2017, it was officially announced in London coinciding with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the UK.
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Islamic State Destroys 2000-Year-Old Lion Statue in Syria's Palmyria
Islamic State (IS) group jihadists have destroyed a famous statue of a lion outside the museum in the Syrian city of Palmyra, the country's antiquities director said Thursday.
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The Louvre is World's Most-Visited Museum
The famous Louvre in France received 9.3 million visitors last year, retaining its title as the most-visited museum in the world, the Paris attraction announced on Tuesday.
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Washington DC Museum to Display Charles Whitman's Famous Rifle
A Washington DC museum announced on Friday that it will display the rifle that a sniper used to kill 16 people and wound 32 others from atop the University of Texas clock tower in 1966.
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Minecraft to Get 'Tate Worlds' With Art From the Famous Museums
"In playfully reimagining art in Tate Worlds for Minecraft we hope to introduce a new generation to inspirational works from Tate's collection."
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6 Of The World's Most Popular Museums You Must Visit Once
If you are a history buff, here are some of the most popular museums you can visit this year!
-
Paris Wax Museum Installs Statue Of Princess Diana In Famous 'Revenge Dress'
The Grevin waxwork museum in Paris unveiled a new star attraction on Thursday: Princess Diana in the "revenge dress" she wore after public revelations about her then-husband Prince Charles's infidelity.
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Overtourism Forces The Louvre, World's Most Visited Museum And Home Of Mona Lisa, To Shut Doors
The Louvre, home to the iconic Mona Lisa, was forced to shut down due to overcrowding
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Watch: Climate Activists Throw Mashed Potatoes At Claude Monet's Painting In Germany
Claude Monet's famous painting in Germany's Museum Barberini became the target of members of climate protestors who threw mashed potatoes on it!
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This Museum Didn't Think Its Hitler Statue Was A Problem - Until The Complaints Started.
Indonesia's De MATA trick eye museum is best enjoyed with a fully charged camera. For a few rupiah, visitors to Yogyakarta can snap photos of themselves in ready-made optical illusions, or recreated scenes from history and fantasy. If their selfie arms are still functioning, nearly 200 life-size figures of history's most famous people await, ready ...
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India's First Madame Tussauds Museum To Open In Delhi In June
World famous wax museum Madame Tussauds is set to debut in India in June, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan and American pop star Lady Gaga's statues as some of the star attractions. This will be the museum's first branch in India.
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Chasing Vijay Mallya, From London To His 'Secret' Country Home
The world's most famous can be seen at the Madame Tussauds wax museum on Baker Street in the heart of London. Two buildings away is the home of industrialist Vijay Mallya.
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Americans Get Offended By Statues Of Naked People, Too
As Iranian President Hassan Rouhani toured the world famous Capitoline Museum in Rome with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Monday, ugly white plywood boxes were used to cover beautiful antiquity artworks - apparently because they show naked human figures.
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World Famous Wax Museum Madame Tussauds' to Open in New Delhi
Madame Tussauds', world famous Wax Museum, will open its new venture in New Delhi for Bollywood stars as part of the India-UK Year of Culture in 2017, it was officially announced in London coinciding with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the UK.
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Islamic State Destroys 2000-Year-Old Lion Statue in Syria's Palmyria
Islamic State (IS) group jihadists have destroyed a famous statue of a lion outside the museum in the Syrian city of Palmyra, the country's antiquities director said Thursday.
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The Louvre is World's Most-Visited Museum
The famous Louvre in France received 9.3 million visitors last year, retaining its title as the most-visited museum in the world, the Paris attraction announced on Tuesday.
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Washington DC Museum to Display Charles Whitman's Famous Rifle
A Washington DC museum announced on Friday that it will display the rifle that a sniper used to kill 16 people and wound 32 others from atop the University of Texas clock tower in 1966.
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Minecraft to Get 'Tate Worlds' With Art From the Famous Museums
"In playfully reimagining art in Tate Worlds for Minecraft we hope to introduce a new generation to inspirational works from Tate's collection."
