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where most of the art was placed in storage and disappeared from public view

local residents

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seclusion and restraint

But as Cynthia Lee Starnes argues in The Marriage Buyout

Please Touch Mary R. Burch where most of the artThe Innovation and influence of the first children's museums in the US When it opened in 1899, the Brooklyn Children's Museum greeted visitors with a new experience. Rather than carefully ensconcing artifacts and curios behind protective glass, the staff took the unusual step of moving the objects out of their cases and into the hands of the children, inviting them to "please touch." Born out of the reformist spirit of the Progressive Era, the museum