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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Tuesday, July 6, 2010

The replica of brig Beaver will be renovated as part of the new Boston Tea Party Museum & Ships.

Boston Tea Party museum to re-open, bigger and better
ArtfixDaily Staff - July 6th, 2010 04:21

One of the pivotal events leading to the American Revolution, the Boston Tea Party was commemorated with a once-popular tourist site in Boston Harbor. A recreation of a British tall ship, the brig Beaver, raided by colonial protestors on December 16, 1773, drew 400,000 visitors yearly, most significantly during the nation's bicentennial year. The site eventually fell into disrepair. A lightning fire forced the museum's closure in 2001. Historic Tours of America has taken ownership of ...

"The Education of the Virgin" discovered in Yale's basement.

Yale discovers early Velazquez in basement

A donated painting languished in the basement of Yale University for nearly 8 decades before a curator took notice. The unsigned work titled "The Education of the Virgin" was ...

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