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Taiwan and Beijing Palace Museums launch first ever joint exhibit
AP Television
Taipei, 2 October 2009
1. Various of museum workers unpacking artefacts from Beijing Museum
2 Pan, worker taking out artefact from the box and placing it on the table
3. Close-up emperor Yongzheng's royal seal from Qing...
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Sale of major works by well-known LatAm artists
1. Exterior of Christie's
2. Wide shot "La Poupee" - 1977 sculpture by Fernando Botero (Colombia)
3. Tilt up on "La Poupee"
4. Wide shot "Junta Militar" - 1973 painting by Fernando Botero
5. Tilt up on "Junta Militar"
6. People viewing...
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Huge blow up sculptures battle wind and rain to delight locals
AP Television
Hong Kong - 2 May 2013
1. Inflatable art work "Sacrilege" by Jeremy Deller, based on Stonehenge
2. Wide of Hong Kong's tallest building, ICC, and tilt to "Sacrilege"
3. Various of people jumping on "Sacrilege"
4. Close of...
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The Italian authorities crack down on tomb raiders
Anguillara
1. Wide of Bracciano's lake shore, with Anguillara downtown in the background
2. Mid of "La Collegiata", Anguillara's church
3. Mid of Pietro Casasanta with friends
4. Close Up of Pietro Casasanta
5. Wide of lake shore
6....
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Germany marks 60 years since first agreement on Holocaust compensation
Berlin's Jewish Museum
1. Chairman of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, Julius Berman and German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble arriving at signing ceremony for the agreement on compensation for the victims...
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The Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Va is hosting the floating installment 'Rubber Duck' by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman as part of the Museum's grand reopening. (May 21)
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The Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia is celebrating its grand reopening in a big way.
Following an extensive $24 million renovation and expansion, the museum played host to a...
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Sapling from tree mentioned by Anne Frank planted at Holocaust Museum
1. Wide of ceremony for planting of chestnut tree referenced in "The Diary of Anne Frank"
2. Mid of Avner Shalev, Chairman of Yad Vashem, planting tree
3. Tilt up of Hana Pick 83 years old, Anne Frank childhood friend watering tree
4....
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After years of bitter court fights, The Barnes Foundation opened its doors Wednesday for a sneak peek at its new location on the museum-studded Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
HEADLINE: Barnes Foundation: 'Masterpieces' get new home
CAPTION: After years of bitter court fights, The Barnes Foundation is opening its $150 million modernist art palace in Philadelphia. The new location is home to the...
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Historic Soviet space capsule to be sold at auction
1. Wide of Sotheby's David Redden talking about the Vostok 3KA-2 spacecraft
2. Wide of interior of the Vostok 3KA-2 spacecraft
3. Close of headrest inside the Vostok 3KA-2 spacecraft
4. Tilt up exterior of spacecraft
5. Close of panel...
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Preview of reopening of Museum of Gold
1. Wide of exterior of the Gold Museum in Bogota
2. Wide of museum poster showing picture of golden artefacts
3. Pan right of poster showing a gold mask and other golden artifacts
4. Close of indigenous gold piece being exhibited at the...
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Tel Aviv museum puts priceless works of art in safe storage
1. Curator Dr. Doron Lurie taking out painting from safe room
2. Pan of painting
3. Bottom of painting reading "Abraham Brueghel 1631-1697"
4. Various of paintings
5. Sign reading (English) "All His Sons: The Brueghel Dynasty" and pan...
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Gulangyu island has century-old history of music
1. Chen Gang playing violin accompanied by his sister on the piano in house on Gulangyu Island pans right
2. Close-up of hands on piano keys - tilts up to face of pianist
3. Pan of family members listening to music
4. Close-up of Chen...
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France - Paris fashion show
There were no great suprises at the Hermes show during Paris fashion week on Saturday (18/10). Always chic, extremely wearable and rather casual, the Spring/Summer collection was
classic Hermes. The main materials used were leather,...
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BELGIUM: YPRES: END OF WW1 CEREMONIES
English/Nat
Wednesday sees the 80th anniversary of the armistice that ended World War One.
The Belgian town of Ypres will be the focus of ceremonies marking occasion.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Belgium's King Albert II will...
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AP got an exclusive look as scientists at Chicago's Field Museum opened the coffin of a 2,500-year-old Egyptian mummy to perform conservation work. (Dec. 8)
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Scientists at the Field Museum in Chicago have opened the coffin of a 2,500-year-old Egyptian mummy to perform conservation work before it becomes part of a traveling exhibition.
AP got an...
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Children living in landfill learn how to play instruments made from recycled rubbish
Cateura neighbourhood, Asuncion, Paraguay - 11 December, 2012
1. Wide of music students walking along edge of a canal filled with rubbish in Cateura, a vast landfill outside Paraguay's capital Asuncion
2. Wide of music students walking...
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Miss Piggy joins Kermit in Smithsonian collection; Henson's daughter donates puppets
The family of Jim Henson, creator of children's television show, ''The Muppets" donated more than 20 puppets and props Tuesday to the National Museum of American History on Tuesday, her father's birthday.
Henson's daughter, Cheryl...
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Colombian artist transforms image of drug town
AP Television
Medellin - 10 August 2011
1. Mid of Medellin city skyline, with giant Fernando Botero painting on side of building
2. High shot of Plaza de Botero (Botero Square), sky train passing by
3. Tilt down horse sculpture
4. Mid of...
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Swedish abstract artist celebrated in Berlin
Berlin, Germany - 14 June 2013
1. Wide of man looking at paintings from Hilma Af Klint's "ten Largest" series of paintings (1907)
2. Various close of "Ten largest" painting
3. Wide of woman looking at "The Swan" series of paintings...
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HONG KONG: LOOTED RELICS GO ON DISPLAY
English/Nat
Three relics looted from China by British and French soldiers 140 years ago have been put on display in a Hong Kong museum.
The three bronze heads - of a monkey, an ox and a tiger - caused a controversy earlier this month...
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China's Terracotta Army proves hugely popular at the British Museum
London, October 25, 2007
1. Wide of terracotta soldiers
2. Pan up of terracotta soldier
3. Close up of face
4. Wide of terracotta soldiers
5. Wide of men looking at terracotta soldiers
6. Mid of terracotta soldier
7. Close up of...
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UK: CHRISTIAN DIOR TO CELEBRATE 50TH ANNIVERSARY WITH EXHIBITION
English/Nat
One of France's most prestigious fashion houses, Christian Dior, is celebrating its 50th anniversary with an exhibition of its revolutionary post-war fashion.
Christian Dior's first show in 1947 marked a turning point in...
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USA: HIGH-TECH ROBOT GIVES TOURS AT SMITHSONIAN'S MUSEUM
English/Nat
For the first time in history, visitors to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History are taking tours guided by a high-tech robot.
Minerva, an intelligent and mobile robot created by scientists at Carnegie Mellon...
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Exhibition dedicated to relationship break ups
Zagreb - 10 February, 2012
1. Hearts drawn in snow with city in background, pan
2. Mid of the building which hosts Museum of Broken Relationships
3. Museum interior, pan
4. Close of teddy bear
5. Close of damaged garden dwarf
6. Axe...