Curated Video
The Gutenburg Bible to a VW Beetle: How Brits see Germany
LEAD IN:Germans are getting the opportunity to see centuries of their own history, but it's being served up from a British point of view."The British View: Germany - Memories of a Nation," is based on an exhibit which opened in London...
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Social media gives rise to fledgling cake crafters
LEAD IN:Social media is giving rise to all kinds of cake-related creativity at London's Cake and Bake Show.An array of sugar-crafted creations are greeting visitors, all exploring the magical theme of myths, legends and fairy...
Curated Video
Vince Gill hosts Country Hall of Fame fundraiser, with James Taylor, Joe Walsh and Kacey Musgraves
GILL RETURNS TO L.A. TO RAISE FUNDS FOR COUNTRY HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM EDUCATION PROGRAMSVince Gill was on the road again Tuesday (29 SEPT. 2016), and back in Los Angeles with some famous friends, to raise funds for a beloved cause: the...
Curated Video
Biggest NY Museum Attraction? An 18K Gold Toilet
A New York City museum is offering visitors a chance to sit on a golden throne, but only in private.As part of his "America" exhibit at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan replaced the toilet in the...
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EGYPT: RESTORED ANCIENT STATUE GOES ON DISPLAY
English/Nat
The completion of the work on a statue of the god Amun and the goddess Mut from Karnak was celebrated on Wednesday at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, where it will be displayed for the first time.
The project conserved and...
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New York museum offering viewers chance to sit on 18-karat gold toilet
NEW YORK MUSEUM INVITES VIEWERS TO USE 18-KARAT GOLD TOILETA New York City museum is offering visitors a chance to sit on a golden throne, but only in private.As part of his "America" exhibit at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Italian...
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Monet''s masterpiece reopens Paris museum
AP Television
Paris, 2nd May 2006
1. Various exteriors of the Orangerie Museum (Musee de l''Orangerie)
2. Various of Monet''s water lily murals (Les Nympheas)
3. SOUNDBITE: (French) Philippe Saurin, Curator of the Orangerie Museum:
"I...
Curated Video
Car museum boasts new exhibits and exterior after multi-million dollar refurb
SOURCE: AP HORIZONS, LIFESTYLE, HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY RESTRICTIONS: HORIZONS CLIENTS AND AP LIFESTYLE, HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY CLIENTS ONLYLENGTH: 6:21SHOTLIST:AP Television Los Angeles, US - 24 August 20161. Wide pan of exterior of...
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Olympic visitors enjoy sauna experience in the mountains
Bath houses have been popular in Russia for centuries, and a very special one can be found at the Winter Olympics in the mountains of Krasyana Polyana.
Tatyana Larkin used to have a business in Moscow before she moved to Sochi seven...
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Tourists visit the palaces of the Czars
Petergof, 50 kilometres (31 miles) south of St. Petersburg, Russia - 28, 29 June 2008
1. Wide of Grand Palace garden
2. Wide of Grand Palace pan to fountains
3. Close up fountain
4. Wide of tourists and the fountains
5. Tourists...
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Exhibition celebrates the life of scientist Stephen Hawking
AP Television
London, UK, January 19, 2012
1. Various of exhibit showing photograph of Stephen Hawking in his office in front of a board showing his astronomical calculations
2. Wide of exhibit displaying trophies and objects from his...
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Museums of Spain and US return pre-Hispanic artifacts to Peru
1. Wide of ceremony in which Peruvian artifacts were officially returned to Peru
2. Various of pieces returned to Peru, belonging to various pre-Hispanic cultures
3. Set up of Nestor Popolizio, Peru's Deputy Foreign Minister
4....
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WRAP Protests as general strike starts against austerity ADDS stranded tourists
Madrid
1. Mid of march by UGT (General Workers Union) and CCOO (Comisiones Obreras), protesters chanting as they walk along street
2. Mid of demonstrators passing with flags and banners
3. Close up of poster reading (Spanish) "Thank you...
PBS
Underground Railroad
Jeffrey Brown looks at the newly-opened National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, which chronicles the struggle of slaves seeking freedom in pre-Civil War America.
TED Talks
TED: Why museums are returning cultural treasures | Chip Colwell
Archaeologist and curator Chip Colwell collects artifacts for his museum, but he also returns them to where they came from. In a thought-provoking talk, he shares how some museums are confronting their legacies of stealing spiritual...
TED Talks
Paola Antonelli: Why I brought Pac-Man to MoMA
When the Museum of Modern Art's senior curator of architecture and design announced the acquisition of 14 video games in 2012, "all hell broke loose." In this far-ranging, entertaining, and deeply insightful talk, Paola Antonelli...
TED Talks
TED: Why art thrives at Burning Man | Nora Atkinson
Craft curator Nora Atkinson takes us on a trip to Nevada's Black Rock Desert to see the beautifully designed and participatory art of Burning Man, revealing how she discovered there what's often missing from museums: curiosity and...
TED Talks
Treat design as art - Paola Antonelli
* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. Paola Antonelli, design curator at New York's Museum of Modern Art, wants to spread her appreciation of design --...
TED Talks
Paola Antonelli: Design and the Elastic Mind
MOMA design curator Paola Antonelli previews the groundbreaking show Design and the Elastic Mind -- full of products and designs that reflect the way we think now.
TED Talks
Ariana Curtis: Museums should honor the everyday, not just the extraordinary
Who deserves to be in a museum? For too long, the answer has been "the extraordinary" -- those aspirational historymakers who inspire us with their successes. But those stories are limiting, says museum curator Ariana Curtis. In a...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: The history of museums - J. V. Maranto
Museums have been a part of human history for over 2,000 years -- but they weren't always like the ones we visit today. J.V. Maranto uncovers the evolution of museums, from the first museum in 530 BC (curated by a princess) to PT...
TED Talks
William Noel: Revealing the lost codex of Archimedes
How do you read a two-thousand-year-old manuscript that has been erased, cut up, written on and painted over? With a powerful particle accelerator, of course! Ancient books curator William Noel tells the fascinating story behind the...
TED Talks
TED: Can art amend history? | Titus Kaphar
Artist Titus Kaphar makes paintings and sculptures that wrestle with the struggles of the past while speaking to the diversity and advances of the present. In an unforgettable live workshop, Kaphar takes a brush full of white paint to a...
TED Talks
Jake Barton: The museum of you
A third of the world watched live as the World Trade Center collapsed on September 11, 2001; a third more heard about it within 24 hours. (Do you remember where you were?) So exhibits at the soon-to-open 9/11 Memorial Museum will reflect...