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John Kelsch poses in the Judy Garland Museum with a replica of Garland's ruby slippers. The originals were stolen in 2005 and recovered in 2018.
museums

How Two Oz-Obsessed Midwesterners Made Judy Garland's Birthplace a Museum

"This is as important to me as any President’s house.”
Allison Herrera September 25, 2019
These lovely pastries in the British Museum are 1,500 years old.
museums

Why Museums Display Ancient Pastries and Beef Older Than Christ

People love food, even when it's behind a glass case.
Anne Ewbank September 13, 2019
Glass strawberries, or <em>Fragaria</em>, gone white with imitation <em>Penicillium</em>.
models

Feast Your Eyes on These Delicate Glass Models of Decaying Fruit

Blighted, century-old produce goes back on display for the first time in decades.
Jessica Leigh Hester August 27, 2019
The Governor’s Palace dining room in Colonial Williamsburg filled with fake jellies, candied ginger, chocolate almonds, pies, and marzipan fruits and animals.
museums

How Museums Make Their Fake Foods Using Real Recipes

At Colonial Williamsburg, creating historic food scenes is a team sport.
Stephanie Burt August 12, 2019
These mystery specimens don't have identification numbers to compare against the museum's register.
natural history museums

A Researcher's Quest to Decode the Specimens on a Museum's Mystery Shelf

Sifting through the old, unlabeled, puzzling jars that fill a collection's junk drawer.
Jessica Leigh Hester April 20, 2018