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Family album of last tsar surfaces in Russian museum - 05/12/2013

MOSCOW, Anna Malpas and Olga Rotenberg- Held a virtual prisoner by the Bolsheviks months before his execution, Russia's last tsar Nicholas II pasted informal snapshots of his family into an album...

Getty Museum in LA lands Rembrandt, Canaletto works - 05/11/2013

LOS ANGELES- The Getty Museum of Los Angeles announced Thursday it has acquired a self-portrait by Rembrandt and a painting by the Venetian artist Canaletto. "Rembrandt Laughing," a small oil on...

Punk gets pretty in Met museum exhibit - 05/07/2013

NEW YORK, Sebastian Smith- Punk rockers wanted anarchy. They wound up with a $565 T-shirt. That's the story told in a big new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York called "Punk:...

Dancing Queens rejoice: first ABBA museum to open in Sweden - 05/05/2013

STOCKHOLM, Camille Bas-Wohlert- The world's first museum dedicated to Sweden's iconic disco group ABBA is set to open in Stockholm on Tuesday, offering visitors a chance to get up close and personal...

Queen Beatrix reopens Rijksmuseum after 10-year revamp - 04/14/2013

AMSTERDAM, Nicolas Delaunay- Fireworks and fanfare accompanied Dutch Queen Beatrix as she on Saturday reopened Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum treasure trove of Golden Age masterpieces after a 10-year...

Cornerstone laid for Palestinian culture museum - 04/12/2013

BIR ZEIT, Palestinian Territories- Palestinian officials on Thursday joined a ceremony to lay the cornerstone for a new museum of Palestinian culture, history and society in Bir Zeit near Ramallah....

Renewed Rijksmuseum revamps the Golden Age - 04/05/2013

AMSTERDAM, Charles Onians- Amsterdam's world-famous Rijksmuseum revealed its eagerly-awaited 21st century identity Thursday after a vast 10-year renovation aimed at breathing new life into its...

New boss for France's famed Louvre museum - 04/03/2013

PARIS, Pascale Mollard-Chenebenoit- Fresh from being interviewed by French President Francois Hollande himself, Jean-Luc Martinez, an expert in Greek sculpture, was named Wednesday as the new boss of...

London exhibition examines daily lives destroyed by Vesuvius - 03/26/2013

LONDON, Alice Ritchie- Fleeing from a burning, volcanic cloud, the people of Pompeii and Herculaneum had little time to pack, snatching a lamp, some cash or the house key as they tried to run to...

UK museum cancels gig over fears it will bring house down - 03/21/2013

LONDON- Britain's prestigious Victoria and Albert Museum said Wednesday it had been forced to cancel a concert by "grind metal" band Napalm Death because of fears that the music will quite literally...
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