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    know after reading the book Night by Elie Wiesel, Auschwitz was the largest German concentration camp and unfortunetely over 1.1 million men, women and children lost their lives there. However, from January 17 to 21, 1945, the Auschwitz administration were able to evacuate 58 thousand prisoners. The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum was created by the Polish parliament on July 2, 1947, and includes the Auschwitz and Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camps. The complete Museum ground covers 471 acres

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    The night of the long knives was the first act that Hitler used to gain majority. On this night he killed off all the political opposition in his party (Mendum). Also on this night anyone that he had a grudge against or did not particularly like, he also killed them (“Night of the”). To gain more loyalty from the SS he killed off his former army. The SS is his secret service as well as

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    The Great Bed of Ware was created in 1590 by a Hertfordshire carpenter named Jonas Fosbrooke. Not a lot information is provided on the background on the creator, but many believe that the bed was created as a "gimmick" to attract customers at the inns at Ware. This is a result of a decrease in visitors since many Catholic could not travel to the shrine at Walsingham, Norfolk. While the Great Bed of Ware remained in Ware, it was circulated between 5 inns: The White Hart, The George, The

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    For my final culture project, I decided to take a trip to the beautiful island of Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the United States, therefore, passports are not needed when traveling to and from the island. It is located in the northeastern Caribbean Sea and sits east of the Dominican Republic and West if the U.S. Virgin Islands. Spanish is the primary language in Puerto Rico, however, most Puerto Ricans almost speak English. These two languages are both official languages of Puerto

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    The National Maritime Museum mission statement is “to illustrate for everyone the importance of sea, ships, time and stars and their relationship with people”. Swan (2012), explained in her presentation that “this is the largest maritime museum in the world which attracted 2.45 million visitors in 2010 /2011 and 709.000 visitors just at the National Maritime Museum alone”. Museum is the place for learning, education and socialisation. Sources that contribute to museums’ earned revenue include

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    Milwaukee Art Museum

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    Milwaukee Art Museum is a large modernistic building that is designed both for both beauty and function. The museum as a whole is a piece of art. It features clean lines, impressive symmetry, a clean color pallet, and many other aesthetically pleasing elements. These elements work together to create a building that Milwaukee is proud of. It is positioned in a prime position on Wisconsin Avenue, and is also rite on the lakefront. This placement makes the building viewable to museum visitors, lakefront

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    La Ville Lumiere The dark specter of the cool night spread across the sky, while the alluring orange color of the sunset disappeared as nonchalantly as it came. A mixed medley of harmonious sounds streamed through the night from the violins. Music echoed from every street corner, awakening life, springing off the Eiffel Tower to Notre Dame and floating through the Arc de Triomphe. Soon, the people, scattered like trees in a desolate country, grew into a huge crowd like a lush green woodland. Noises

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    Holocaust Museum

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    Have you heard of the Holocaust Museum located in Washington D.C? It is the largest Holocaust related Museum in all of America and as of June 2015, 38.6 million people have visited the museum, 24% of which are school children. Visiting the museum is very moving, and once you enter the exhibition, it is eerily silent, except for the several videos playing throughout the museum. Planning on heading to the National Holocaust Museum soon? It will be a moving experience, and bringing your kids would help

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    SWOT Analysis for the Clyfford Still Museum Into to SWOT Conducting a SWOT analysis of the Clyfford Still Museum reveals it is in great shape, but many of the positive things noted also offer their own unique challenges from a marketing and operational perspective. Many of the positive aspects of the following analysis are the antitheses of many of the negative aspects of the analysis, however, as Dr. D’Armond stated, a “SWOT analysis is not ‘1 to 1’.“ The museum has done an effective job of putting

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    Old Greek Museum

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    Specifically, a large wall projection panel will play videos with a high definition image, which are going to present the curators of the museum talking about significant historical facts of that era and how the latter are related to the former home. These videos will explain how the newly Greek nation was formed, what was the social and political condition of the Greek capital at that particular time and how the later influenced the construction of the historic house. The screens will provide

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