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The May 2025 Donna Distinta Award goes to Ms. Marie Palladino. Palladino is the Head of Education at New York City’s Italian American Museum, the first museum in the United States dedicated to Italian American history and culture. She received her Master of Arts in Museum Education from Tufts University in 2017, and Bachelor of Arts in Italian Stud...

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It was a labor of amore. The new Italian American Museum — which swings its doors open to the public Monday at its sleek digs on 151 Mulberry St. in Little Italy — was an idea more than 20 years in the making, according to its founder Joseph V. Scelsa. “Every group should have their culture recognized and seen by the public at large,” Scelsa told T...

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