SINGAPORE.- The National Museum of Singapore transports visitors back 2000 years in time to experience life and death in the ancient Roman Empire. A new exhibition, Pompeii: Life in a Roman Village 79 CE reveals daily life in a city steeped in legend a…
Exhibition at Berlin’s German Historical Museum Views Hitler’s Hold on Germans
BERLIN (AP).- Bronze Hitler busts of various sizes crown austere pedestals. A red paper lantern with a swastika floats in the air. A tiny toy model of the Fuehrer stands behind a swastika-bedecked lectern. This isn’t an auction of Nazi memorabilia but…
Exhibition at Berlin’s German Historical Museum Views Hitler’s Hold on Germans
BERLIN (AP).- Bronze Hitler busts of various sizes crown austere pedestals. A red paper lantern with a swastika floats in the air. A tiny toy model of the Fuehrer stands behind a swastika-bedecked lectern. This isn’t an auction of Nazi memorabilia but…
Egypt’s Chief Archaeologist Says United States to Return Smuggled Sarcophagi
CAIRO (AP).- Egypt’s chief archaeologist says the United States will return a number of sarcophagi smuggled out of the country 50 years ago. Zahi Hawass says U.S. authorities seized the sarcophagi on American soil and will return them to Egypt in the …
Ex-J. Paul Getty Museum Curator Marion True’s Trafficking Trial Ends in Italy
ROME (AP).- A Rome judge declared an end Wednesday to the trial of a former J. Paul Getty Museum antiquities curator accused of knowingly acquiring looted art from Italy, citing the expiration of the statute of limitations, defense lawyers said. The 6-…
MFA Houston to Present Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs in October 2011
HOUSTON, TX.- The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) will host Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs, an acclaimed exhibition featuring more than 100 artifacts, most of which had never been shown in the U.S. prior to this tour. The exhib…
Royal Ontario Museum Announces Second Year of Terracotta Warriors Exhibition Tour Not Proceeding
TORONTO.- The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), organizer of the Canadian tour of The Warrior Emperor and China’s Terracotta Warriors exhibition, announced that the out-of-country loan of Terracotta artifacts from China is unable to be extended beyond o…
Royal Ontario Museum Announces Second Year of Terracotta Warriors Exhibition Tour Not Proceeding
TORONTO.- The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), organizer of the Canadian tour of The Warrior Emperor and China’s Terracotta Warriors exhibition, announced that the out-of-country loan of Terracotta artifacts from China is unable to be extended beyond o…
Second Year of Terracotta Warriors Exhibition Tour Not Proceeding
TORONTO.- The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), organizer of the Canadian tour of The Warrior Emperor and China’s Terracotta Warriors exhibition, announced that the out-of-country loan of Terracotta artifacts from China is unable to be extended beyond o…
Revolution Museum Settles on Philadelphia After 11 Years
PHILADELPHIA (AP).- A spot for a Revolutionary War museum has finally been chosen after 11 years of planning and bureaucratic squabbling — about three years longer than it took the Colonies to win independence. Under an agreement that becomes offi…