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Museum Confidential

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Published May 25, 2023 at 3:43 PM CDT
Museum Confidential: Season 7, Episode 18.
Museum Confidential: Season 7, Episode 18.

Museum Confidential: Season 7, Episode 18.

In our Season 7 finale, MC visits the Honolulu Museum of Art for a live-and-onstage discussion about an exhibit titled "Awakening," which was created by the renowned British artist Rebecca Louise Law. We offer a reflective and wide-ranging chat with both an architect and a neurologist about art, nature, science, creatvity, mental health, and the brain itself.

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