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April 3, 2025

Federal Agency Staff Responsible for Funding Libraries and Museums Placed on Leave via Email

The entire staff of a federal agency responsible for providing crucial funding for libraries and cultural institutions across the United States has been placed on administrative leave. This leave will affect the 70 employees of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

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April 1, 2025

7.7 Magnitude Myanmar Earthquake Captured in Shocking Videos Showing Disorienting Destruction

Embed from Getty Images On Friday, March 27, at 12:50 p.m. local time, a devastating earthquake struck Myanmar. The 7.

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March 28, 2025

Long-Lost Gustav Klimt Portrait of African Prince Rediscovered, Now Worth Over $16M

In 2023, when a couple of collectors walked into Wienerroither & Kohlbacher Gallery (W&K)

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March 26, 2025

$8 Billion Tunnel Will Connect Denmark and Germany, Cutting Travel Time in Half

Despite being bordering countries, there aren’t many direct routes between Denmark and Germany. To ameliorate this, the two countries have embarked upon an ambitious collaboration: the Fehmarnbelt tunnel. This tunnel will dramatically reduce travel times between major cities like Copenhagen and Hamburg, and will serve not only as Denmark’s largest infrastructure project but also the world’s longest immersed tunnel at 11 miles.

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March 26, 2025

North America’s First and Only Leonardo da Vinci Museum Is Coming to Colorado This Fall

Few artists gain the status and legacy necessary to warrant a permanent museum dedicated to their lives.

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March 24, 2025

Long-Lost Renaissance Masterpiece by Famous Artist Andrea Mantegna Has Resurfaced in Pompeii

A long-lost painting from the mid-16th century that has been attributed to famed Renaissance painter Andrea Mantegna is now temporarily...

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March 20, 2025

Dolphins Seen Welcoming Stranded NASA Astronauts at Splashdown Return to Earth

If you heard a loud boom and an astronaut suddenly landed in your backyard, you'd probably go out and take a look, right? When a SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying four astronauts splashed down off the coast of Florida, a pod of dolphins quickly surrounded the spacecraft to take a look.

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March 20, 2025

530-Year-Old Sketch by Leonardo da Vinci Reveals Secret Passageways in Sforza Castle

Throughout the late 1400s, Leonardo da Vinci often visited Sforza Castle, nestled in what is now the heart of modern-day...

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March 19, 2025

Stranded NASA Astronauts Make a Safe Return to Earth After Being in Orbit for 9 Unplanned Months

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, the two NASA astronauts who had unexpectedly been stranded on the International Space Station (ISS)

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March 19, 2025

$11 Million Sale of Famed Stradivarius Violin Establishes Largest Scholarship Endowment for Boston Music School’s Students

Would you part with a priceless heirloom to support future generations? The New England Conservatory is answering that question with a remarkable endowment they are bestowing on their students—and it’s all thanks to the $11 million sale of a violin previously in their collection. A Stradivarius violin, to be exact. Created by renowned violin maker Antonio Stradivari in 1714, the instrument was made during what is considered Stradivari’s “golden period.

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