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In honor of our 40th anniversary, every week this year we are highlighting one of our past exhibitions. In 1999, we presented “Barbie® Takes a Vacation” featuring the iconic doll in adventurous locations. In one of our exhibition cases, Barbie, her luggage, and her dog were shown traveling on a cut out United aircraft. Do you remember this exhibition? This image was posted on February 06, 2020.

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