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How Will Museums Haunt Us This Halloween?
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Public Programming
If you’re up for an extra dose of eeriness in this already odd year, you’re in luck! Halloween is imminent, and even in a pandemic museums have plans to mark the occasion. …
Information for the Museum Field on the COVID-19/Coronavirus
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Health
With the growing spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) in the United States, museums must be well prepared for potential outbreaks as public spaces, employers for over 726,000 individuals, and …
Scared to Death: The Thrill of the Horror Film
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From Within the Museum Field
Scared to Death: The Thrill of Horror Film includes more than 50 props and costumes from popular films and television …
Museums reveal their creepiest objects in Twitter battle
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From Within the Museum Field
From fish-tailed monkey "mermaids" to creepy dolls, museums showcase their most terrifying collections on Tw…
The story behind the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium’s eerie welcome back video
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From Within the Museum Field
The Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium decided to take a very different tactic to it's welcome video. Ever heard a Verdi piece played on an 1888 musi…
Michigan Has A Nun Doll Museum and…It’s Creepy
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From Within the Museum Field
With over 525 dolls and 20 mannequins, the Doll Museum at The National Shrine of the Cross in the Woods seeks to preserve Catholic her…
Things That Scare Us
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From Within the Museum Field
The Smithsonian compiled a website full of their museums' creepiest artifacts and exhibi…
The 5 Creepiest Museums Around the World
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From Within the Museum Field
Ever visited a museum with medical oddities, dead bodies, or scariest of all hundreds of ventriloquist dummies?Then you've probably been to one of these creepy mu…
