A chronological list of the important events for
the topic "Museum"
Timeline
1683 The Ashmolean Museum opens as the world's first universityUniversity [i], which grants [[academic degree]...
museum.
1773 The first American museum open to the public is opened in (Charleston, South CarolinaCharleston, South Carolina Charleston is a city in the counties of Berkeley [i] and Charleston [i] ...
).
1793 In ParisParis native_name = Ville de Paris
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...
, the French RevolutionFrench Revolution The French Revolution was a pivotal period in the history of French, Europe [i]an and Western [i] ...
ary government opens the LouvreLouvre The Louvre Museum in Paris [i], France [i], is one of the largest, oldest, most important and famous art galleries [i] ...
to the public as a museum
1995 A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress, forces the federal government to temporarily close national parkNational park A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government [i], protected ...
s and museums, and run most government offices with skeleton staff.
1997 It is revealed that FrenchFrance France, officially the French Republic, is a country [i] whose metropolitan territory [i] ...
museums had nearly 2,000 pieces of art that were stolen by Nazis.