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1. Opened in 1997, this museum is the only one that is solely dedicated to the art of a preeminent woman artist. The artist for which it is named is as famous for painting Calla Lilies as Katherine Hepburn is for observing their blooming. (HINT: The artist and the city are inexorably linked)
2. Specializing in ancient art, European painting and decorative art, as well as a wide variety of works on paper by artists such as Dürer, O'Keefe, and others, the Legion of Honor Museum is in:
3. Opened in 1929, the Rodin museum in this city contains the largest collection of the master sculptor's works outside of Paris. Included in the collection are "The Thinker", "Eternal Springtime", and "The Gates of Hell".
4. The Kimball Museum has an outstanding collection of art by such artists as El Greco, Rubens, Picasso, Matisse and others. Opened in 1972 in an award winning building that emphasises the use of natural light, this museum is located in this city. (HINT: If you go to Billy Bob's that evening, don't get thrown from the bucking bull!)
5. The recently opened Peterson Automotive Museum offers a striking collection of antique automobiles and motorcycles. Exhibits include a highway patrol car hidden behind a "Los Angeles Times billboard, a 1920's service station, and a 1939 new car showroom! Encompassing some 300,000 square feet, you would find this jewel in this city where the automobile reigns supreme:
6. Emery and Wendy Reves amassed an impressive personal collection of works by Renoir, Manet, Gauguin, and others and for much of their lives they kept these works housed in their home, Villa La Pausa. Additionally, Wendy collected decorative arts items, such as Chinese vases, English silver, and French furniture. The collection is housed in a reproduction of part of the Villa, and is enclosed within Museum of Art in this city on the Trinity River that is home to SMU.
7. The Anthropological Museum in this city began in 1964 and features 26 exhibit halls. The museum features mesoamerican history with exhibits of pre-Columbian art, Mayan works, and other artifacts. Hail a green VW 'Bug' taxi to get to the museum from your hotel in the Zona Rosa.
8. Between 1999 and 2006, which US city was home to the Elvis-a-Rama museum, home to a range of Presley-related memorabilia? These included a pair of his own blue suede shoes, valued at over $1 million.
9. Frank Lloyd Wright's home in this municipality had a studio added on in 1898 and the structure was his residence and workshop for the first twenty years of his career. Run by the Frank Lloyd Wright preservation trust, his home was in:
10. Hanging in the Cabildo in this city hangs a portrait (of questionable authority) of Marie Leveau, the noted Voodoo queen. Of course, the Cabildo is one of many museums making up this collection of fine museums, one of which is a US Mint (HINT: Don't bother asking for free samples from the mint - it won't help!)
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