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All Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Buildings built to house cultural, educational or civic-assembly institutions: the museum, the opera house, the cultural center, the exhibition building, the stadium, the pavilion and the amphitheater. Belongs here: any named building whose primary purpose is to house a museum, performance venue, exhibition, sporting event or similar public cultural institution. Does not belong here: a government building housing an administrative function rather than a cultural one, grouped under government and civic buildings, or a religious building, grouped under religious and sacred buildings even where it also serves a cultural role.

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Era of Emergence
530 BCE 1
Origin Region
Mesopotamia (Iraq) 1
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Stockholm Public Library

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Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall

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Sunshine School (San Francisco, California)

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Suzhou Museum

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Sydney Opera House

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Tat Tak School

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Tate Modern

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Teatro Bibiena

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Teatro Colon

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Teatro Farnese

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Technical High School (Salt Lake City)

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Temple Hall (Loudoun County, Virginia)

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The British Museum

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The Crystal Palace

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The Louvre

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The Wilder Homestead

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Thomas Jefferson Building

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Tianjin Binhai Library

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Tiled Kiosk

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Tipsoo Lake Comfort Station

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Torre Abbey

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Toyoma Education Museum

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Trimborn Farm

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Uffizi Gallery

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University of Vermont Morgan Horse Farm

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Victoria and Albert Museum

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Vienna State Opera

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Vil.la Joana

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Villa Abd-el-Tif

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Villa Belgiojoso Bonaparte

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Villa Bernasconi

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Villa Bianca (Thessaloniki)

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Villa Brivio, Brugherio

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Villa Carducci-Pandolfini

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Villa Cerami, Catania

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Villa Corsini a Castello

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Villa Dessauer

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Villa Domergue

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Villa Durazzo-Pallavicini

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Villa Fabbricotti

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Villa Grande (Oslo)

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Villa La Palazzola

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Villa Lanna

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Villa Le Balze

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Villa Majorelle

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Villa Massimo

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Villa Mirafiori

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Villa Monastero

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Villa Mondragone

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Villa Paradiso

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  • Wikipedia, Museum, history section, era
    One of the oldest museums known is Ennigaldi-Nanna's museum, built by Princess Ennigaldi in modern Iraq at the end of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. The site dates from c. 530 BC, and contained artifacts from earlier Mesopotamian civilizations.
  • Wikipedia, Museum, history section, region
    One of the oldest museums known is Ennigaldi-Nanna's museum, built by Princess Ennigaldi in modern Iraq at the end of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
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