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                    "title": "Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation",
                    "description": "<i>Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 12, 2000-October 25, 2001).",
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                    "description": "<i>Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 18, 2021-November 13, 2022).",
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