The Past as a Grab Bag of Curiosities
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Brian Springerâs bizarre documentary âThe Disappointment: Or, the Force of Credulityâ is, among many things, a treatise on how history is passed along.
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The Arthur M. Sackler Galleryâs show glows like a treasury, radiates like a compass and seems as rich with potential information as the World Wide Web.
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You can find some stock ideas in unlikely places.
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We think a lot about getting new gadgets, but not so much about getting rid of old ones. The result: old cell phones, defunct laser printers and Pentium III computers gathering dust.
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More than just a repository of dying trades, the museum of tools and its associated library in the French town of Troyes are home to a vast collection of books about the craftsmanship of the past.
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Vince Wilson sets out to prove and explain the existence of ghosts with an arsenal of poltergeek gear. By Chris Suellentrop from Wired magazine.
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An institution seeks to be more than just an archive of programs.
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The web as your auld grannie might have wished it
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Finding the gently used car of your dreams.
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In a world where the quest for the latest and greatest is all consuming, the Retro Kids, who prefer to rummage through thrift-store bins and scour the Internet for their old-school looks, are an anomaly.
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What seem to be ordinary, everyday objects to some people can carry a storehouse of information about the ownerâs ideology.
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A suitcase thought to be full of long-lost Beatles material turns out to be full of photocopies.
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Your past can be changed--or at least your recollection of it.
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A federal investigation has museums wondering if they can keep the fruits of a serendipitous discovery four decades ago.
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Unearthing values in the post-bubble wreckage.
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For a lot of New Yorkers, the reopening of the Modern allows for a fond reunion with objects they love. They won't be disappointed.
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Sex, happiness, time, culture, exchange and mind. Money in all its guises.