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DRESDEN, Germany - In a showcase of the German Hygiene Museum, there is a pretty blue glass bottle, the grace of which belies its purpose. Made in 1904, it is a bottle for tuberculosis patients that is worn on the hip to allow them to spit…

Employees at yet another of New York City’s major museums have taken steps to form a union.This time the organizing effort is taking place at the Brooklyn Museum, where a proposed union would represent a mixture of full- and part-time…

This article is part of our latest special report on museums that focuses on reopening, reinvention and resilience.When most of us hear the word "evolution" we think of Charles Darwin or the Lucy skeleton. We generally don't think of…

The Parrish Art Museum, which exhibits works by artists from Long Island, announced Wednesday that Kelly Taxter would be the next director. She succeeds Terrie Sultan, who ran the museum for 12 years before stepping down in June.Taxter,…