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🎨 Arts
August 11, 2026 at 05:53 PM
An 11-Year-Old Boy in a Small Midwestern Town Just Became the Guinness World Record Holder for Being the Youngest Museum Curator
Source:
Smithsonian Magazine
An 11-year-old boy in Illinois became the youngest museum curator, opening the Cambridge Natural History Museum and attracting visitors and school tours.
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