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The new Lucas Museum will bring economic force to Los Angeles

by Annie Baxter Jan 11, 2017

The $1 billion project will display "Star Wars" items and other works of narrative storytelling.

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The economic impact of a major new museum

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer Sep 23, 2016

Washington, D.C. is opening a new museum on the history of African-Americans.

A statue of Colorado pioneer and former slave Clara Brown is on display next to a preserved slave cabin at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.

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Prince's Paisley Park will open its doors to fans

by Reema Khrais Aug 26, 2016

Prince's museum will be run by a firm with ties to Elvis Presley's Graceland.

Music fans visit a memorial created outside Paisley Park, the home and studio of Prince.

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SF MOMA woos a digital city with art, design and tech

by Molly Wood May 13, 2016

The expansion has plenty of interactive screens and a serene interior to reduce distraction — by your interactive screens.

People watch an art piece entitled "Shadow Sites II" by Jananne Al-Ani, inside the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco, California on April 28, 2016. The newly redesigned museum integrates a 10-story expansion in a new building and will open to the public on May 14, 2016.

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The Art of Selling

by David Brancaccio Apr 13, 2015

Museums get in the business of selling their masterpiece?

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World's biggest art heist, 25 years later

by David Gura Mar 18, 2015

Few clues and nothing recovered. The art world will never be the same

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Which cities will profit off the Star Wars museum?

by Jeff Tyler May 22, 2014

Chicago is competing with San Francisco to host a new George Lucas museum.

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Making art out of the housing crisis

by Lizzie O'Leary Aug 14, 2013

A new art exhibit in Los Angeles looks at the history of housing in America and how our views on the home have changed over time.

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Detroit art sale: Museum ready to fight

by Lizzie O'Leary Aug 8, 2013

The city of Detroit has brought in Christie's to appraise its art collection to help bail the city out of its $18 billion debt.

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Thieves make off with millions of unsellable artwork

by Kai Ryssdal Oct 17, 2012

In the Netherlands, thieves made off with seven paintings valued at $130 million. But they probably won't make much money from the heist.

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