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Museums
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Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
No Martin Luther King Jr. Artifacts at the New African American History Museum
Martin Luther King Jr.’s children called the new National Museum of African American History and Culture with an intriguing invitation. They wanted to display King’s traveling Bible and Nobel Peace…
TortsProf Blog
PBS Newshour Coverage of the American Museum of Tort Law
...is here.
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Paris Museums Reopen To Visitors This Week
As recently reported by The Art Newspaper, museums in Paris reopened their doors on Monday afternoon following a moment of silence in honor of the victims of the tragic, terrorist…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Deaccessioning & “Private Choice”?
The art world is notoriously (and controversially) posh and awash in money. Over the summer, several commentators opined on whether or not those remarkably high prices and levels of investment reflect…
TortsProf Blog
More Coverage of the Opening of the American Museum of Tort Law
...from The New Yorker.Thanks to David Raeker-Jordan for the tip.
TortsProf Blog
Ralph Nader Invites You to the Grand Opening of the American Museum of Tort Law
The American Museum of Tort Law in Winsted, Connecticut has the Convocation heralding its grand opening on September 26, 2015 and you are invited: Download TortMuseumInvitation
The Right Coast
The Icelandic Phallological Museum
The Icelandic Phallological Museum contains a collection of more than two hundred and fifteen penises and penile parts belonging to almost all the land and sea mammals that can be found in Iceland.…
TortsProf Blog
Zoning Commission Approves Nader’s Torts Museum
As previously mentioned here, crews have begun working on Ralph Nader's American Musuem of Tort Law. Just this week, the Winsted Planning and Zoning Commission approved the site application…
PropertyProf Blog
Famous Paintings You Can’t Get on Loan
The Guardian has a fascinating article about the few artistic masterpieces that are considered either too fragile or too precious to loan to other museums:Girl with a Pearl Earring thus…
TortsProf Blog
Breaking Ground on the Ralph Nader Torts Museum
About a year ago, we reported that Ralph Nader had purchased an old bank in his hometown of Winfield, Connecticut for his "American Museum of Tort Law." The Associated Press…