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Brand spankin' new!
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Do donuts around the mini Statue of Liberty in the parking lot
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Austria's finest
U. Can't Lick Art
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Go Pirates
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All 'bout that bass, 'bout that bass, no treble
If you pull a museum out of debt, you get to call it whatever you want
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
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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
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Not blan(d) at all
Welcome to the jungle
Mo Money, Mo Museums
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Will Rockwell your world
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Hippest place in Brighton
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Not ideal for those with vertigo
Not one, but two giant cannons guard the lawn
Enjoy art in an architectural iceburg
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!
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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Treasures around every corner
One of our favorites in DC
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Beautiful custom made rooms for Monet paintings
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Considerable collections
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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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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
Do the Antwerp art scavenger hunt until this building re-opens in 2017
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Japan's only museum for Western art and works really hard at it
"You and I remember Budapest very differently."
You gotta check out the miniature paintings!
Can you spot the fakes?
Not a one trick pony
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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
Funky art in the heart of farm country
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The Latin LACMA
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