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New Study Offers Clues to Dominance of Curve-Filled Museum Designs

Why do so many museum buildings have curving, rounded forms rather than rectangular ones? It might be more than an arbitrary preference. On Smithsonian.com, Meilan Solly examines several …

El Paso Museum sheds light on Border Patrol’s history, mission

The Border Patrol established in the 1930’s has played a key role in some pivotal events in our nation’s history not commonly associated with this agency, such as enforcing …

Don Wildman: Why does the Museum of Science & Industry look the way it does?

Corporate, Culture? One Part Education, One Part Sales: This is the Corporation Museum.

This article originally appeared in the November/December 2010 edition of the Museum magazine. Straddle a Harley-Davidson after touring a century of motorcycle history. Hop into the …

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