Squeeze into a photo booth for a Valentine's Day smooch
In honor of Valentine's Day, we stop in at the new Photo Booth Museum in San Francisco to find out how people are using the booths to celebrate their love.
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PBS shutters DEI office
The public broadcaster says it is closing its Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) office to comply with a recent executive order from President Donald Trump.
An Afghan museum that buried its artifacts after Taliban takeover is reborn online
The Afghanistan Memory Home Museum shares details and belongings from those who've died in conflict. It shut its doors when the Taliban took power, buried much of its collection — but has now reemerged.
'They're somebody's history.' Returning ancient artifacts to their rightful home
The Rosetta Stone, the Kohinoor diamond, sculptures from Greece's Parthenon known as the Elgin Marbles are all dazzling objects that bear the history of early civilizations.
But these objects were also taken by colonizers, and still remain on display in museum galleries far from their homes.
Over the past several years museums around the world have been reckoning with the looted treasures they have kept and benefited from.
Now one small museum in Nashville, Tennessee is returning ancient objects excavated in Mexico.
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But these objects were also taken by colonizers, and still remain on display in museum galleries far from their homes.
Over the past several years museums around the world have been reckoning with the looted treasures they have kept and benefited from.
Now one small museum in Nashville, Tennessee is returning ancient objects excavated in Mexico.
For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
Email us at considerthis@npr.org.
A new Banksy Museum has opened in NYC … minus Banksy
The new museum is not authorized by the artist — who has explicitly denounced any use of his art for profit.
In High Point, John Coltrane's childhood home is closer to becoming a museum
The High Point childhood home of legendary jazz saxophone player John Coltrane is well on its way to becoming a tourist destination.
The Taliban now guard Afghanistan's National Museum, where they once smashed objects
When the Taliban returned to power, cultural heritage advocates worried history might repeat itself and the group would destroy objects it found offensive. The museum is open now but has few visitors.
Some Native Americans say this Pilgrim site is failing as a bi-cultural museum
Members of Massachusetts's Wampanoag community say the people running the Patuxet living history site have done little to ingratiate themselves with tribes.
Motown stars celebrate a museum expansion that honors Hitsville
Motown-era buildings near the museum have been transformed into Hitsville NEXT, which will be home to camps, workshops, master classes and community events.
Angelou, Bearden featured in interview film to be shown at Reynolda House
A 40-year-old interview between two major Black artists will be shown this month at Reynolda House Museum of American Art.