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Do donuts around the mini Statue of Liberty in the parking lot
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All 'bout that bass, 'bout that bass, no treble
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Created by Sister Suffragette
Embrace your inner underdog and recreate Rocky Balboa's run to the top!
Get Smart! See art!
It's THE Met
MOMA knows everything goes better with Bacon!
Quality, not quantity
All Vinny, all the time
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Will somebody please think of the children??
Put a bird on it
A taste of Asia in the Tenderloin
Sweet Home Alabama
All hail Andy Warhol!
Cooler than an Orange Julius
Don't worry, it's totally kosher
It's hammer time
A bathtub filled with art
Yee-haw
Probably the first museum to use guns as performance art
Just keeps getting bigger
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Hannover: a nice place to visit
New Jersey gem
A capital collection in the capital of Ohio
It's pronounced Woo-stah
It's all about that space
Not blan(d) at all
Welcome to the jungle
Mo Money, Mo Museums
Mash up the place
Will Rockwell your world
Black is King
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Vision of a man who stood on his head every day
Good luck Chuck
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Hippest place in Brighton
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Not one, but two giant cannons guard the lawn
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Rub elbows with Hollywood's elite
Strange combination of old masters, modern art, and an in-house art video production department
One of the oldest public art museums in America
Was in an episode of Breaking Bad
Who run the world? Girls!
Brand spankin' new!
Has a lot of money to throw around
Abraham Lincoln had his inaugural ball here
Figure out the way to San Jose...ASAP!
Throw another cutting edge exhibit on the barbie...?
Home of the most expensive art heist in history
Great art in the windy city
Everything's bigger in Texas
Possibly haunted
Meet me in St. Louis, Louis!
Fits 423 hospital beds
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When the mistress gets bored, build a museum
Treasures around every corner
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Beautiful custom made rooms for Monet paintings
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Considerable collections
Doctor Who is here a lot
Its collections were nationalized whether the owners wanted to or not
The Blue House
Don't get stomped on
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Ancient architecture, delicious casserole and fabulous art
Brought to you by your favorite skin cream
Russian Ark
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Built by momma van den Bergh for her baby boy
Popular place to film when you're trying to prove the movie is actually in LA
Fort Worth a trip
Expanded in 2016!
Underground in the City of Angels
Not for during rush hour
Not made of crystals
Way better than the Old Britain museum
Come one, come all
Former tobacco plantation
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"You and I remember Budapest very differently."
You gotta check out the miniature paintings!
Can you spot the fakes?
Not a one trick pony
Not to be confused with the São Paulo Museum of Modern Art
Started small
Not too big, great collection and kid friendly to boot
A French-Japanese collaboration
Saved in times of war
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Not just a bunch of books
The setting for Kubrick's next film
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Right across from the palace. It's good to be the king!
The real deal
Only museum to have famous poetry written about it
A treasure trove of gold
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The Latin LACMA
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Negev by Magdalena Abakanowicz at The Israel Museum
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Big Red by Alexander Calder at the San Jose Museum of Art
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One and Three Chairs by Joseph Kosuth at the Museum of Modern Art
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The Two Fridas by Frida Kahlo at the Museum of Modern Art Mexico
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Diana and Callisto by Peter Paul Rubens at the Prado Museum
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Triumphal Procession of Bacchus by Maerten van Heemskerck at the Museum of Art...
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Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci at the Louvre
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