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Smithsonian seeks funding for Oz ruby slippers restoration

19/10/2016
Smithsonian seeks funding for Oz ruby slippers restoration

The Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC has launched a crowdfunding appeal on the Kickstarter platform for the restoration of the famous ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore to play Dorothy in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. In 1979, the National Museum of American History, part of the Smithsonian, received the slippers as a bequest and,...

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