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Dec 28 • 12:00 UTC • 🇬🇷 Greece • To Vima

Museums and politics: From the vandalism of the National Gallery to the glamorous opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum

This article discusses how museums can become battlegrounds of ideology and conflict, shaping cultural memory and historical narrative during times of political and military violence.

#museums #politics #cultural memory #egypt #vandalism

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