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On this day in
1791 died Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, prolific and highly influential composer of Classical music.
1870 Alexandre Dumas, writer, died at 68
1906 Otto Preminger, American producer, director, and actor, was born
1911 Alfred Manessier French painter was born
1926 died Claude Monet, French Impressionist painter.
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Art and Empire:
Treasures from Assyria in the British Museum | Archeology, 09 21 2008 - 01 4 2009
Art and Empire: Treasures from Assyria in the British Museum includes the most powerful and moving objects belonging to the British Museum which holds the largest collection of Assyrian art outside of Iraq itself.
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Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Avenue of the Arts 465 Huntington Avenue - Boston, Massachusetts, USA Hours: Monday and Tuesday 10 am- 4:45 pm / Wednesday-Friday 10 am-9:45 pm Saturday and Sunday 10 am-4:45 pm Dec 25 and Jan 1 the Museum is closed. / Thu Jan 4, the Museum closes at 4:45 pm Admission: Adults $15 / concessions $13
http://www.mfa.org/
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Karsh 100:
A Biography in Images | Photography, 09 23 2008 - 01 19 2009
Yousuf Karsh's portraits of celebrated personalities, such as Audrey Hepburn, have often become their most memorable images. In celebration of the 100th birthday of the renowned photographer, the MFA hosts an exhibition of the great portraitist's work, offering a visual biography of this twentieth-century legend. Image: Yousuf Karsh, "Audrey Hepburn" 1956. Photograph, gelatin silver print. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Gift of Estrellita and Yousuf Karsh.
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Avenue of the Arts 465 Huntington Avenue - Boston, Massachusetts, USA Hours: Monday and Tuesday 10 am- 4:45 pm / Wednesday-Friday 10 am-9:45 pm Saturday and Sunday 10 am-4:45 pm Dec 25 and Jan 1 the Museum is closed. / Thu Jan 4, the Museum closes at 4:45 pm Admission: Adults $15 / concessions $13
http://www.mfa.org/
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