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These two incredibly valuable pieces of historic jewelry were once part of a set. A bejeweled Faberge Egg, called the Diamond Trellis because of the intersecting lines of diamonds all across its body, once contained this so-called surprise elephant, a jewel-encrusted automaton that would walk when it was wound up. The egg and elephant were given as a gift from Russian czar Alexander III to his wife Maria Feodorovna on Easter of 1892, but the two items were separated when they were sold off by the Bolsheviks after the Russian Revolution. The Museum of Natural Science in Houston, Texas is the unlikely site of the reunion between these two rare pieces of jewelry. The Diamond Trellis, created under the watchful eye of legendary jewel master Peter Carl Faberge, belongs to American oil tycoon Artie McFerrin, while the surprise elephant, which was custom designed to fit inside the egg, was found only last year in the Royal Collection of the Queen of England. Both pieces will continue to be on display for about a year at the Museum before returning to their respective collections.
Amersfoort (Netherlands), Sep 11 (EFE) .- (Camera: Imane Rachidi) Half a million works placed in rooms with regulated temperature make up four national collections, including that of the Rijksmuseum, that coexist together in the Netherlands' largest art research and storage centre. The Netherlands Collection Centre (CC NL) in Amersfoort will be inaugurated next Monday by the Minister of Culture, Ingrid van Engelshoven.FOOTAGE OF THE CCNL.SOUNDBITES OF ITS MANAGER WIM HOEBEN.
Moscow, Jul 28 (EFE/EPA).- Moscow hosts, on the occasion of the centenary of the Special Garage of the Russian Federal Security Service, an exhibition of achievements of the national economy. The Kremlin Garage celebrates in 2021 one hundred years since its opening and includes in the exhibition pieces such as cars of the Soviet dictator Josef Stalin from 1954. (Camera: YURI KOCHETKOV).B-ROLL OF THE EXHIBITION OF ACHIEVEMENTS OF NATIONAL ECONOMY AT THE MUSEUM OF THE SPECIAL PURPOSE GARAGE OF THE FEDERAL SECURITY SERVICE OF RUSSIA (FSO) IN MOSCOW, RUSSIA.
Brussels, May 7 (EFE) .- (Camera: Leopoldo Rodríguez) Queen Fabiola, on a blue background with flowery Brazilian panties as a crown, next to the image of her husband, King Baudouin of Belgium, wearing boxer shorts with the pirate flag on his head. They welcome visitors to the surreal Underwear Museum in Brussels.FOOTAGE OF THE MUSEUM.SOUNDBITES OF ARTIST AND FILM MAKER JAN BUCQUOY.
Berlin, Apr 3 (EFE) .- (Camera: María Alonso) The Pergamon Altar museum, a jewel of the Hellenistic period and one of the main tourist attractions in Berlin, closed more than six years ago to begin a long rehabilitation that it will still be hidden from the public for another five years. FOOTAGE FROM THE MUSEUM IN BERLINSOUNDBITES FROM MARTIN MAISCHBERGER, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE CLASSIC ANTIQUES COLLECTION OF THE BERLIN STATE MUSEUMS"Through this door you will access the main hall of the Altar of Pergamon, which is now under construction, but will reopen in four or five years and, then, through this door you will access the Market Gate of Miletus to the Altar of Pergamon ”."We started the renovation works in 2013 and closed the Altar in 2014, so it has been closed so far for about six and a half years and will remain closed until 2025-2026.""Of course this is a very difficult situation. The Pergamon Altar is a well-known cultural heritage of humanity, which has given its name to the Pergamon Museum and having it closed for so long is of course a very sad thing for all of us. , for the museum staff, for our audience… "."The reason for rebuilding the Pergamon museum is mainly the building itself. The building, the ceilings, the air conditioning, the windows ... all these things had to be renovated."“As we left this frieze in the Pergamon Museum, where we are now doing the reconstruction works, this small frieze was easier to remove, so we decided to bring it here, to this exhibition in the Pergamon Museum. And we show here the best of him, not every fragment, but most of it ”.“These are original marble statues from the Pergamon Altar, which were on the roof of the building. Not only these, but there were many more that decorated the upper part of the altar ”.
Rome, Nov 10 (EFE) .- (Camera: Gonzalo Sánchez) For years the Torlonia family acquired the largest private collection of Greco-Roman marbles in the world, a treasure now exhibited in Rome's Capitoline Museums for the first time since 1940, but clouded by the pandemic, which has paralyzed this awaited sample until December.FOOTAGE OF THE EXHIBITION.
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