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This April 10, 1996, file photo shows one of the four pairs of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the 1939 film 'The Wizard of Oz' on display during a media tour of the 'America's Smithsonian' traveling exhibition in Kansas City, Missouri (AP Photo/Ed Zurga, File)
September 6, 2018, 5:25 pm
Stolen ‘Wizard of Oz’ slippers found after 13 years
Iconic ruby footwear from the 1939 classic, one of four pairs made by Jewish costume designer Gilbert Adrian, were snatched from Judy Garland Museum in 2005
By AFP and TOI staff
Firefighters work as a massive fire engulfs the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro, one of Brazil's oldest, on September 2, 2018. (AFP / Carl DE SOUZA)
September 3, 2018, 9:57 am
Firefighters race to save relics as blaze destroys Rio museum
Fate of 20 million artifacts unclear as fire brought under control after building totally consumed; Brazil’s president mourns ‘incalculable loss’
By Agencies and TOI staff
Flames engulf the 200-year-old National Museum of Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
September 3, 2018, 5:12 am
Fears for thousands of Brazil’s treasures as fire engulfs National Museum in Rio
‘This is a tragic day for Brazil,’ says president; ‘two hundred years of work and investigation and knowledge are lost’
By AP
Professor and zoologist Yael Dayan, (left), who shepherded the new Natural History Museum from concept to reality (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
May 15, 2018, 11:13 am
Long-dead wild animals get new life on view at Tel Aviv nature museum
‘If they die, they come to us,’ where 2 Russia-trained taxidermists and dozens of curators have labored to prepare a facility that speaks to kids and professors alike
By Jessica Steinberg
Gail Asper with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Moe Levy, executive director of the Asper Foundation in Winnipeg. (Courtesy)
April 7, 2018, 12:56 pm
Canadian heiress throws millions into massive Tel Aviv-based Jewish hall of fame
The catch? Gail Asper still needs millions more for her dream $400-million Frank Gehry-designed museum, aimed at reframing the Jewish narrative and showcasing achievement
By Robert Sarner
The 'bombe,' a code breaking machine developed by a group of British mathematicians, is pictured at the Spyscape Museum on February 8, 2018 in New York (AFP PHOTO / Thomas URBAIN)
February 17, 2018, 8:04 am
‘Discover your inner spy’ at New York’s latest museum
From undergoing lie detector tests to decoding secret messages, interactive installations at Spyscape gives visitors a taste of life as a secret agent
By AFP
'De materia medica' by Dioscorides. Physician preparing an elixir. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund)
February 14, 2018, 11:31 pm
National Library of Israel shares interfaith love with Islamic art exhibit in NY
In ‘Romance and Reason,’ 24 Islamic pieces join those from other leading institutions to highlight the intellectual cooperation between Muslims and Greeks
By Cathryn J. Prince
Illustrative: The Museum of Decorative Arts in Berlin (Wiki Commons, CC BY 3.0, Andreas Praefcke)
January 22, 2018, 8:41 pm
Two Berlin museums return works to heirs of Jewish collector
Foundation gives back 11 works that had belonged to Margarete Oppenheim, whose family was forced to sell them at a deflated price to National Socialists in 1936
By JTA
Pedestrians walk past Istanbul’s Neve Şalom Synagogue, one of the most important Jewish landmarks in Turkey. (Larry Luxner/Times of Israel)
January 10, 2018, 4:01 am
As Israel-Turkey tensions rise, so does foot traffic to Istanbul’s Jewish Museum
While PMs Erdoğan and Netanyahu trade barbs, mostly local visitors flock to ‘the only place Turks can learn about Jewish culture’
By Larry Luxner
Speaker Florence Schechter addresses an audience at a Limmud Festival in Birmingham, England, December 28, 2017. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)
January 6, 2018, 5:51 am
This Jewish woman is creating the world’s first vagina museum
Florence Schechter has heard every joke on the subject since announcing her new project, but aims to shed light on serious issues facing women today
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Visitors go through an exhibit on the Old Testament at Museum of the Bible November 15, 2017, in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)
November 16, 2017, 5:28 pm
Washington’s Bible museum won’t touch political hot potatoes
Funded by evangelical Christian Steve Green, the controversial Hobby Lobby head, institution claims ‘non-sectarian’ mission
By Maggy DONALDSON
A mural of musician Leonard Cohen seen on a building in downtown Montreal, November 7, 2017. (AFP/Marc Braibant)
November 10, 2017, 4:04 am
With virtual choir, quirky exhibit reimagines Leonard Cohen
Glitzy installations for low-key performer feature a locked bedroom, an organ whose keys recite singer’s verses, a slithering dancer
By Shaun Tandon
Anne Frank, aged 12, at her school desk in Amsterdam, 1941. (Courtesy, Beyond the Story)
October 30, 2017, 7:51 pm
A German train named ‘Anne Frank’? Not a great idea
Amsterdam museum points out that the teenage Jewish Holocaust victim and diarist was deported by train
By AP and JTA
Zev Moses, director of the Museum of Jewish Montreal. (Julie Masis/Times of Israel)
April 16, 2017, 3:59 am
Canada’s oldest Jewish community welcomes new addition – a history museum
Focusing on the Jewish impact on the city’s culture, the Montreal institution covers Leonard Cohen, art, landmarks — and even cuisine
By Julie Masis
Leopold David, first mayor of Anchorage, Alaska. (Courtesy AJM)
February 18, 2017, 7:01 pm
For the past 150 years, Alaskan Jews have blazed trails in the last frontier
With a spotlight on the dramatic rescue of 40,000 Yemenite Jews by Alaska Airlines, the Alaska Jewish museum marks the anniversary of ‘Seward’s Folly’
By Rich Tenorio
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