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  1. Features
  2. Our Guide to the Museum District

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The Museum District in 10 Objects

6/2/2014 at 12:00am

A guide to finding the Berlin Wall and other pieces of history
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Holocaust Museum, Mfah, Camh, Hermann Park, Menil Collection, Hmns, Houston Museum of African American Culture, Buffalo Soldiers National Museum, The Weather Museum
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