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The Mammoth of Ventry

By Ed Addeo, Contributor
June / July 2001

June 1, 2001 by 2 Comments

How many men can say they live with four women and the only woolly mammoth in Ireland? Harris Moore can, because his home in Ventry on the western Dingle Peninsula is also the unique Prehistoric Celtic Museum, whose feature attraction is "Millie," a 300,000-year-old woolly mammoth. Moore, 41, divides his time between his chores as the museum's owner/curator/ … [Read more...] about The Mammoth of Ventry

Window on the Past

By Yvonne Moran, Contributor
April / May 2001

February 1, 2001 by Leave a Comment

A step into the Lower East Side Tenement Museum in Manhattan is a step back in time. Housed at 97 Orchard Street, one of the first tenement buildings in New York City, the museum is the only one of its kind in the United States. It showcases the ordinary lives of four immigrant families who lived in the building at various times. And the next family to "move into the … [Read more...] about Window on the Past

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