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'Pop Culture Killed the Classical Star': Cleopatra VII's Transformation from Queen to... Monster?

By: Rebecca Ford Close your eyes and picture Cleopatra for a moment. What did you see? I’d bet you any money it was Elizabeth Taylor’s...

Ana Villegas

The New Faith: Anti-Religious Museums in the Early Soviet Union

In the freezing White Sea, located off of Russia's far northern coast, is an archipelago of six small islands called the Solovki...

Avigayil Margolis

Crystal Clear: The problem with Goppion display cases

As museum professionals, we spend a lot of time thinking about how we protect and display our artifacts, but what about examining the...