France experiments with free admission to museums
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French national museums including the Louvre in Paris will let in many visitors free in the coming months, in an experiment intended to open up high culture to a wider public.
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ZURICH, Switzerland -- Three gunmen in ski masks and dark clothes burst into a museum just before closing time. After a quick run through the building, they hustled out the door and sped off with paintings by Cezanne, Degas, van Gogh and Monet valued at $163.2 million.
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France is to offer tax credits to  encourage local companies to develop video games, the Ministry  of Culture said on Thursday.
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Franceâs art world appears to be losing its political clout, but can a new leader energize the countryâs play-it-safe art scene?
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The new government of President Nicolas Sarkozy is pondering whether to allow free access to the permanent collections of major French museums.
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Real and mythological creatures mingle in the strange looking-glass world of two new museum exhibitions.
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One of France's most lavish museum   restorations, the 35 million euro ($44.4 million) overhaul of   the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, comes to fruition on Friday when   the Paris collection reopens after a decade of work.
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French museums are establishing outposts abroad to increase revenue and allow for unseen artworks to go on display.
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France plans to offer financial incentives to more immigrants, especially from Africa, to return home voluntarily.
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The first pioneering steps have been taken in France to add one of the most emotive of the five senses -- the sense of smell -- to the already mind-boggling universe of multimedia.
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The northern French town of Lens has been selected as the site of an annex to the Louvre museum in Paris as part of a plan to culturally and economically boost neglected parts of the country, French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said.
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Hereâs an apt attraction for the start of the new year: âThe Art of Timeâ at the Metropolitan Museum, a wonderful presentation of about 90 European timepieces from the museumâs permanent collection.
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To draw fresh crowds, installations offer hands-on interactivity that turns visitors into spies or CSI investigators.
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BEIJING, CHINA.- A protective plastic wrap is placed over a model of the Concorde aircraft, at the National Museum in Beijing, in preparation for the 09 October opening of the Design D'En France art exhibition.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Artâs new exhibition invites the audience to give its opinion on 65 costumes using computers next to the displays, or online.
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The northern French town of Lens has been selected as the site of an annexe to the Louvre museum in Paris as part of a plan to culturally and economically boost neglected parts of the country.
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France is poised to break a linguistic obstacle that has for decades burdened patent applicants wanting to use their inventions across Europe.