U.S. Government Grants Cultural Significance to Art Exhibition on Railway History

Summary

The U.S. government has officially designated cultural significance to a collection of objects imported for a temporary exhibition on the history of railways in Europe and America, set to take place at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri, from September 13, 2008, to January 18, 2009.

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