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Marchais had never visited Tibet or the Himalayas, but she had a lifelong interest in the region and sought to find a permanent home for her collection. The museum officially opened in 1947. The museum, its collection and its history in Staten Island have been chronicled in a book by the same name
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referred to the museum's founder under the name Jacqueline Klauber, noting that she used Marchais as her professional name.
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and married at age 16, had three children, and divorced in 1910. After a brief second marriage, she moved to
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with extensive terraced gardens and grounds and a fish and
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pond. The museum was praised for its authenticity by the
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National Register of Historic Places in Staten Island
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