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Located
on Fifth Avenue in New York, this museum was founded in
1969 by a group of Puerto Ricans from Spanish-speaking
East Harlem. It's the only museum in the city specializing
in Caribbean and Latin American culture. |
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Housed
in a spectacular building on the banks of Lake Erie in
Cleveland, Ohio, this is the world's only museum dedicated
to the living legacy of rock and roll. Inductees in 2002
included The Ramones and Talking Heads. |
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This
New York museum of modern art opened in 1959 in a revolutionary
building, designed by legendary architect Frank Lloyd
Wright. In 1997 the museum opened a new site in Bilbao,
Spain, in an equally spectacular building. |
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The
museum, based in London's Trafalgar Square, has one of
the greatest collections of European paintings in the
world. Entrance to the permanent collection is free, and
paintings include Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers. |
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Located
in New York on the site of the Astoria Studios, this museum
is dedicated to the art, history, technique, and technology
of motion pictures, television programs, video art, and
computer games. |
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The
idea for the museum was born in 1747, but it wasn't until
the Revolution in 1793 that this museum was finally opened
to the public. Located in Paris, it's home to Leonardo
da Vinci's masterpiece Mona Lisa. |
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