Museum Tries to Keep David Statue Clean
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Italian museum specialists might install a stream of gushing air around Michelangelo's David to protect the Renaissance masterpiece from dust tracked in by tourists, an official said Monday.
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A statue has become a blazing symbol of Italyâs legal and moral battle against foreign museums and private collectors.
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Michelangelo's David, far from representing the epitome of male physical perfection, was a wreck, according to a posture expert.
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Hospital visitors are being urged to improve their hygiene in an effort to crack down on infections.
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A federal investigation has museums wondering if they can keep the fruits of a serendipitous discovery four decades ago.
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Experts from Cardiff University are helping to win a race against time and the elements to preserve a famous Victorian steamship, which is rapidly corroding.
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Stung by scandal, the Smithsonian needs to dust off Americaâs collection.
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Part of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington has been evacuated and closed to tourists after suspicious items were found, a park police officer said Monday.
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Education officials' plan to convert a landmark into a school is irking those intent on preserving the building's past.
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A tiny ivory pomegranate once believed to be the only relic of King Solomon's biblical era Jewish Temple turns out not to be an artifact from the holy shrine, the Israel Museum said on Friday.
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A fund-raising campaign has saved a rare, richly illustrated medieval psalter from moving to the J. Paul Getty Museum, organizers said Monday.
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Rocky road for boxing statue searching for its spiritual home
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A statue of movie boxer Rocky may be put outside the museum which featured in the original film.
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A rare Old Testament manuscript some 1,300 years old is finally on display for the first time, after making its way from a secret room in a Cairo synagogue to the hands of an American collector.
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The future of a museum dedicated to singers is unclear amid the removal of memorabilia and squabbling among present and past officials.
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The controversial waxwork nativity scene portraying David Beckham and his wife, ex-Spice Girl Victoria as Joseph and Virgin Mary, criticized by Church leaders as disrespectful, has become subject to vandalism.
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Art collectors spend millions to buy masterpieces, but the masterpiece they buy today could prove to be virtually worthless tomorrow if they aren&#39;t careful.