January 01, 2025
A 2014 government survey estimated that there were about 35,000 museums in the U.S. There are about 14,300 McDonald’s restaurants in the U.S., for a museum-to-McDonald’s ratio of 2.5 to 1.
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10 Paintings You Should See at the Met in New York City
These ten paintings have caused scandals and sparked mysteries—and you can find them only at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Start to unravel the complicated histories of Madame X, The Horse Fair, and more in this list. Earlier versions of the descriptions of these paintings first
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