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Were you told the version of the Christmas story with the three wise men or the Fantastic Four? What about the one where a T-Rex crashed the birthday celebration? Some awesome dioramas offer an irreverent take on the Nativity. More »
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Why did the original Terminator have an Austrian accent? Perhaps because he was constructed not by machines in a distant future, but — as in this diorama series — by the Russian military during WWII... for a very different mission. More »
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How can the American Museum of Natural History convey the looming threat of climate change with its new exhibition on the subject? By using the hard-hitting power of dioramas for all they're worth. This stuffed tableau of a polar bear walking through some trash is the museum version of the Communist Manifesto or the Declaration of Independence. We visited the museum on its first busy Sunday to see if global warming is more or less palatable when stuffed and posed. More »
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