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Judy Garland's Iconic Ruby Slippers From "The Wizard Of Oz" Auctions For $32.5 Million
The auction, conducted by Heritage Auctions, saw the shoes achieve a final price of $32.5 million, including auction fees - almost 11 times higher than their pre-auction estimate of $3 million.
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Iconic Ruby Slippers From The Wizard Of Oz Up For Auction At $550,000 Nearly Two Decades After Theft
The auction also includes other items from the film including the screen door from Dorothy Gale's Kansas home and the hat worn by Margaret Hamilton
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Sudan Museum's Artefacts Looted In War, Offered For Sale Online
Sudan's priceless archaeological heritage is being stripped from museums, with looters loading statuettes and fragments of ancient palaces onto lorries, smuggling them out of the war-torn country, and selling them online.
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$3.99 Store Vase Turns Out To Be 1,800-Year-Old Mayan Artifact
During a work trip to Mexico, Dozier noticed artifacts at the Museum of Anthropology resembling the $3.99 vase she bought.
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Palace In Gaza Where Napoleon Bonaparte Once Camped "Completely Destroyed"
Gaza's ancient Greek site of Anthedon has been bombed, its "Napoleon's Palace" destroyed and the only private museum burned down: the war has taken a terrible toll on the rich heritage of the Palestinian territory.
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UK Museum Awarded 2,00,000 Pound Grant To Mark Legacy Of Sikh Empire's Last Ruler
A museum in the UK has been awarded nearly 200,000 pounds in grant by the National Lottery Heritage Fund to mark the legacy of Maharajah Duleep Singh, the last ruler of the Sikh empire.
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4 Charged For 2019 Theft Of Gold Toilet Worth Rs 50 Crore In UK
The stolen item, known as "America," is not just any toilet but a unique piece of artwork.
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PM Modi Inaugurates Mega Expo In Delhi On International Museum Day
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said his government has prioritised preserving the country's heritage, even as he lamented that enough efforts were not made in this direction post Independence.
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Restoration Of Mumbai's 100-Year-Old Museum Wins UNESCO Award
The restoration of the 100-year-old Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya in Mumbai has won a top award from UNESCO, with the jury hailing it as a project that "sets a standard" for the conservation of world heritage monuments.
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International Museum Day 2022: Date, Theme And Significance
International Museum Day is celebrated on May 18. Museums help in promotion ofcultural heritage and preservation of historical artefacts, besides acting as source of entertainment with academic value.
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World Heritage At Risk Amid Ukraine War, Says UN Cultural Agency
Dozens of valuable churches, historical sites and museums have been damaged by the war in Ukraine, the United Nations' cultural agency said on Friday, adding that it was particularly worried about the northern city of Chernihiv.
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Nelson Mandela’s Original Arrest Warrant Minted as NFT Raises $130,000 in Auction
A non-fungible token (NFT) created from Nelson Mandela’s original arrest warrant raised roughly $130,000 (roughly Rs. 99 lakh) in an auction to help fund a heritage site that documents South Africa’s struggle for democracy.
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Heritage School, College Buildings To Be Protected Monuments In Kerala
The heritage buildings of schools and colleges, constructed during the pre-independence period, will be declared as protected monuments in Kerala, state Minister for Museum and Archaeology, Ahammad Devarkovil said on Thursday.
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Fans Mourn Dilip Kumar Outside His Ancestral House In Peshawar
The Pakistan government has already Dilip Kumar's native house as a national heritage and completed all formalities to convert it into a museum in his name
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BJP Rejects Proposal To Set Up Museum For Those Living On Assam Islands
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Assam has rejected the recommendation of the state assembly's departmentally-related standing committee on education for building a museum in Guwahati to highlight the culture and heritage of the people who live in the "char-chaporis" - the northeastern state's riverine islands or sandbars.
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Judy Garland's Iconic Ruby Slippers From "The Wizard Of Oz" Auctions For $32.5 Million
The auction, conducted by Heritage Auctions, saw the shoes achieve a final price of $32.5 million, including auction fees - almost 11 times higher than their pre-auction estimate of $3 million.
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Iconic Ruby Slippers From The Wizard Of Oz Up For Auction At $550,000 Nearly Two Decades After Theft
The auction also includes other items from the film including the screen door from Dorothy Gale's Kansas home and the hat worn by Margaret Hamilton
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Sudan Museum's Artefacts Looted In War, Offered For Sale Online
Sudan's priceless archaeological heritage is being stripped from museums, with looters loading statuettes and fragments of ancient palaces onto lorries, smuggling them out of the war-torn country, and selling them online.
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$3.99 Store Vase Turns Out To Be 1,800-Year-Old Mayan Artifact
During a work trip to Mexico, Dozier noticed artifacts at the Museum of Anthropology resembling the $3.99 vase she bought.
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Palace In Gaza Where Napoleon Bonaparte Once Camped "Completely Destroyed"
Gaza's ancient Greek site of Anthedon has been bombed, its "Napoleon's Palace" destroyed and the only private museum burned down: the war has taken a terrible toll on the rich heritage of the Palestinian territory.
-
UK Museum Awarded 2,00,000 Pound Grant To Mark Legacy Of Sikh Empire's Last Ruler
A museum in the UK has been awarded nearly 200,000 pounds in grant by the National Lottery Heritage Fund to mark the legacy of Maharajah Duleep Singh, the last ruler of the Sikh empire.
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4 Charged For 2019 Theft Of Gold Toilet Worth Rs 50 Crore In UK
The stolen item, known as "America," is not just any toilet but a unique piece of artwork.
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PM Modi Inaugurates Mega Expo In Delhi On International Museum Day
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said his government has prioritised preserving the country's heritage, even as he lamented that enough efforts were not made in this direction post Independence.
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Restoration Of Mumbai's 100-Year-Old Museum Wins UNESCO Award
The restoration of the 100-year-old Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya in Mumbai has won a top award from UNESCO, with the jury hailing it as a project that "sets a standard" for the conservation of world heritage monuments.
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International Museum Day 2022: Date, Theme And Significance
International Museum Day is celebrated on May 18. Museums help in promotion ofcultural heritage and preservation of historical artefacts, besides acting as source of entertainment with academic value.
-
World Heritage At Risk Amid Ukraine War, Says UN Cultural Agency
Dozens of valuable churches, historical sites and museums have been damaged by the war in Ukraine, the United Nations' cultural agency said on Friday, adding that it was particularly worried about the northern city of Chernihiv.
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Nelson Mandela’s Original Arrest Warrant Minted as NFT Raises $130,000 in Auction
A non-fungible token (NFT) created from Nelson Mandela’s original arrest warrant raised roughly $130,000 (roughly Rs. 99 lakh) in an auction to help fund a heritage site that documents South Africa’s struggle for democracy.
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Heritage School, College Buildings To Be Protected Monuments In Kerala
The heritage buildings of schools and colleges, constructed during the pre-independence period, will be declared as protected monuments in Kerala, state Minister for Museum and Archaeology, Ahammad Devarkovil said on Thursday.
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Fans Mourn Dilip Kumar Outside His Ancestral House In Peshawar
The Pakistan government has already Dilip Kumar's native house as a national heritage and completed all formalities to convert it into a museum in his name
-
BJP Rejects Proposal To Set Up Museum For Those Living On Assam Islands
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Assam has rejected the recommendation of the state assembly's departmentally-related standing committee on education for building a museum in Guwahati to highlight the culture and heritage of the people who live in the "char-chaporis" - the northeastern state's riverine islands or sandbars.
