AS IT IS 2013-04-27The Oldest Non-Federal Art Museum in Washington, DC and a Jewish Museum in Germany Hello again and thanks for joining us for another edition of AS IT IS. Im June Simms. Coming up today, we visit a Jewish museum in Germany, where th...
Exhibit at Berlin Jewish Museum Stokes Debate The exhibit at Berlins Jewish museum seeks to answer frequently asked questions about Jews. Are all Jews religious? What makes food Kosher? What do Jews wear on their heads and why? And who can become a J...
EXPLORATIONS - A Visit to Americas National Cryptologic Museum From VOA Learning English, this is EXPLORATIONS in Special English. Im Jeri Watson. And Im Jim Tedder. Today we visit a small museum in the American state of Maryland. It is called the Na...
CARACAS, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans Friday marched alongside the casket of their late President Hugo Chavez, as his remains were taken to the mountaintop barracks he once called home and today houses the Historic Milita...
Wax Museum Focuses on African-Americans The 150 wax figures in the museum include educator and author Booker T. Washington, jazz legend Eubie Blake, and the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall. Theres also Harriett Tubman,...
Remote US Museum Survives in Hells Canyon The rushing Snake River cut Americas deepest gorge through Idaho in the Rocky Mountains of the American Northwest. Today, its known as Hells Canyon. Every few kilometers along the way, the river widened and s...
THIS IS AMERICA - Visit to a Medical Museum; Plastic Surgeon Makes Healing Trips to Vietnam; Help for Female Veterans Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. And Im June Simms. This week on our program, we tell about a grou...
AMERICAN MOSAIC - New York Museum Show Just Crawling with Spiders Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. Im June Simms. On our show this week, we tell play a few songs from new albums by Green Day, Mumford Sons and Lupe Fiasco. We also te...
THIS IS AMERICA - Mob Museum Hits Vegas, but It's No Sure Bet SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Shirley Griffith. Today we take you to the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement. The museum opened...
US Museum Showcases National Medical Collection These conjoined twins are not what you'd come across in a conventional museum. They are one of the exhibits at The National Museum of Health and Medicine near Washington. Its aim is to promote the under...