http://stateparkinformation.com/topic/europe2011-12-09T14:30:42Z2011-12-09T14:30:42ZAFP Global Editiontag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-12-09:/museums/picasso-royal-tapestries-unique-show-romania-4873222a/

<div><p>Fifty-five tapestries created by the French royal Manufacture des Gobelins and by contemporary artists like <a title="Pablo Picasso" href="/topic/Pablo+Picasso" >Picasso</a> and Miro went on display from Friday in <a title="Bucharest" href="/topic/Bucharest" >Bucharest</a>, in a world premiere.</p><p>"A selection of tapestries of such scope and quality is unprecedented," said <span>Bernard Schotter</span>, the administrator general of the Mobilier National, the French government?s treasu...

2011-11-30T16:30:49ZAFP Global Editiontag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-11-30:/zoos-and-aquariums/china-lend-giant-pandas-french-zoo-director-4866974a/

<div><p><a title="China" href="/topic/China" >China</a> and <a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a> have agreed a high-level deal for <a title="Beijing" href="/topic/Beijing" >Beijing</a> to lend two giant pandas to a French zoo for 10 years starting from early 2012, the zoo's director said on Wednesday.</p><p>The pair will be the first pandas sent to France since the death of Yen Yen in 2000, who was given to the country's former president <span><a title="Georges Pompidou" href="/top...

2011-11-08T15:30:21ZAFP Global Editiontag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-11-08:/zoos-and-aquariums/french-zoo-steps-rhino-surveillance-poachers-4852827a/

<div><p>A French zoo has placed its white rhinos under video surveillance fearing poachers could kill them for their horns which can fetch hundreds of thousands of euros on the black market.</p><p>The owner of the Thoiry zoo and wildlife park west of <span>Paris</span> took the measure following a spate of rhino horn thefts from zoos and museums around <span><a title="Europe" href="/topic/Europe" >Europe</a></span>, broadening security measures already in place for small primates.</p><p>"We have...

2011-11-07T11:01:14ZAFP European Editiontag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-11-07:/parks-and-historic-sites/london-2012-olympic-torch-route-unveiled-4852218a/

<div><p>The Olympic torch will visit famous sights such as <a title="Stonehenge" href="/topic/Stonehenge" >Stonehenge</a> on its journey around <a title="United Kingdom" href="/topic/United+Kingdom" >Britain</a> before the <a title="2012 Summer Olympics" href="/topic/2012+Summer+Olympics" >London 2012 Games</a>, organisers said on Monday.</p><p>The flame will also scale mountains, telescopes, take a ride on the train and a dash through a shopping centre on its 70-day tour.</p><p>The flame is goi...

2011-11-07T10:02:43ZAFP Global Editiontag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-11-07:/parks-and-historic-sites/olympic-torch-visit-stonehenge-2012-tour-4852073a/

<div><p>The Olympic torch will visit famous sights such as <a title="Stonehenge" href="/topic/Stonehenge" >Stonehenge</a> on its journey around <a title="United Kingdom" href="/topic/United+Kingdom" >Britain</a> before the <a title="2012 Summer Olympics" href="/topic/2012+Summer+Olympics" >London 2012 Games</a>, organisers said Monday.</p><p>The flame will also scale mountains, telescopes, take a ride on the train and a dash through a shopping centre on its 70-day tour.</p><p>The flame is going ...

2011-11-07T09:33:11ZAFP Global Editiontag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-11-07:/museums/coffin-culture-evolves-russia-4851968a/

<div><p>Under the Soviets, they were plain wooden boxes upholstered in red satin. Today they come in different shapes and sizes and cater to a variety of tastes.</p><p>Many are made of pine or mahogany hardwood, have a silk or satin lining, and some are encrusted with Swarowski crystals. Russian consumers are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their tastes -- and coffins are no exception.</p><p>"We are acquiring traditions," said <span>Yury Alampikov</span>, general director of <span><a titl...

2011-11-07T09:32:56ZAFP Global Editiontag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-11-07:/parks-and-historic-sites/statue-liberty-celebrates-125th-birthday-4851963a/

<div><p>The <a title="Statue of Liberty" href="/topic/Statue+of+Liberty" >Statue of Liberty</a>, iconic symbol of freedom, <a title="New York City" href="/topic/New+York+City" >New York City</a> and US immigration, celebrated its 125th birthday Friday, before closing for a year's repairs.</p><p>More than 1,000 people from the <span><a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" >United States</a></span> and <span><a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a></span>, the country that g...

2011-11-04T04:02:34ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-11-04:/museums/travel-postcard-48-hours-valencia-spain-4851223a/

<div><p>VALENCIA, <span><a title="Spain" href="/topic/Spain" >Spain</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - Take <span>Paris</span>, add palm trees and a handful of fruit to the wine, swap a snaking, sunken park for the <span><a title="Seine River" href="/topic/Seine+River" >Seine</a></span> and paella for steak frites, put the whole thing on the sea and you get something like Valencia.</p><p>With a youthful vibe driven in part by the...

2011-10-20T14:30:33ZAFP Global Editiontag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-10-20:/parks-and-historic-sites/worlds-segway-park-open-denmark-4846779a/

<div><p>The world's first off-road Segway course opens its doors in <a title="Denmark" href="/topic/Denmark" >Denmark</a>'s second city of <a title="Aarhus" href="/topic/Aarhus" >Aarhus</a> on Friday modelled as a miniature version of <a title="Yellowstone National Park" href="/topic/Yellowstone+National+Park" >Yellowstone National Park</a>, the Segworld Park owner told AFP.</p><p>Visitors can steer their two-wheel <span id="segway_human_transporter" class="inform"><a title="Segway Human Transpo...

2011-10-14T09:00:16ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-10-14:/museums/berlin-bubble-artshow-step-flying-city-4844186a/

<div><p><a title="Berlin (Germany)" href="/topic/Berlin+(Germany)" >BERLIN</a> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - Shimmering giant bubbles carpeted with exotic plants are suspended within the vaulted hallway of a former Berlin railway station, in a new exhibition of the artworks of <span>Tomas Saraceno</span>.</p><p>Visitors can enter the soap-like bubbles and experience a sense of floating in a futuristic galaxy at Berlin's contemporary ar...

2011-09-30T01:30:21ZAFP Global Editiontag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-09-30:/museums/germany-hand-stolen-namibian-skulls-4838249a/

<div><p><a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a> will face up to a bloody chapter of its colonial past Friday when it hands back 20 skulls spirited away after what many historians call the first genocide of the 20th century.</p><p>A delegation of 55 <a title="Namibia" href="/topic/Namibia" >Namibians</a> is in <span><a title="Berlin (Germany)" href="/topic/Berlin+(Germany)" >Berlin</a></span> to attend the solemn ceremony to receive the remains which they hope will be just a first s...

2011-09-18T02:30:28ZAFP European Editiontag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-09-18:/museums/magna-carta-copy-show-london-4833102a/

<div><p>An original copy of the <a title="Magna Carta" href="/topic/Magna+Carta" >Magna Carta</a> dating back to 1297 was on display in <a title="London (England)" href="/topic/London+(England)" >London</a> on Sunday, giving people a rare glimpse of one of the most important legal documents in the history of democracy.</p><p>The <span><a title="City of London Corporation" href="/topic/City+of+London+Corporation" >City of London Corporation</a></span>'s 1297 Magna Carta is on show at the Guildhal...

2011-09-07T11:30:19ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-09-07:/museums/kremlin-museums-tap-taste-modern-culture-4828935a/

<div><p><span><a title="Moscow" href="/topic/Moscow" >MOSCOW</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - A new show displaying the works of 20th century French couturier <span><a title="Paul Poiret" href="/topic/Paul+Poiret" >Paul Poiret</a></span> turns the dark chambers of <span><a title="The Kremlin" href="/topic/The+Kremlin" >the Kremlin</a> Museums</span> into a colorful showcase of popular modern culture alongside the regal clothing...

2011-08-27T14:30:19ZAFP Global Editiontag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-08-27:/museums/raiders-steal-fake-rhino-horns-britain-4824782a/

<div><p>Two rhinoceros horns were stolen from a British museum on Saturday -- only the horns were fake and worthless.</p><p>The horns were removed from a stuffed Indian rhino and a White rhino specimen at the Natural History Museum's site in Tring, northwest of <span>London</span>.</p><p>However, due to a recent spate of such thefts across <span><a title="Europe" href="/topic/Europe" >Europe</a></span>, the museum had replaced the horns with replicas.</p><p>Rhinos are often poached for their hor...

2011-08-19T16:30:24ZAFP Global Editiontag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-08-19:/parks-and-historic-sites/escaped-latvian-bear-lured-home-love-4821696a/

<div><p>A brown bear named Made who escaped from her enclosure in a Latvian nature park earlier this week was persuaded to return home Friday with "love and treats", a local official told reporters.</p><p>Police and park rangers using tracking dogs spotted the she-bear just one kilometre (0.62 miles) from home Thursday night in a nearby forest popular with mushroom and berry pickers.</p><p>But attempts made Friday morning to tranquilise her were unsuccessful.</p><p>"Since the previous tactic of ...

2011-08-17T08:00:10ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-08-17:/museums/dutch-museums-sell-treasures-ends-meet-4820514a/

<div><p><span><a title="Rotterdam" href="/topic/Rotterdam" >ROTTERDAM</a></span>, <span><a title="Netherlands" href="/topic/Netherlands" >The Netherlands</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - Rotterdam's Wereldmuseum plans to sell its African and American treasures to cover funding shortfalls made more likely by the economic crisis in <span><a title="Europe" href="/topic/Europe" >Europe</a></span> and a planned cut in state subsidie...

2011-08-07T09:30:38ZReuters US Online Report World Newstag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-08-07:/parks-and-historic-sites/bomb-alarm-colosseum-rome-report-4816645a/

<div><p>ROME (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - Italian police and firemen have arrived at the Colosseum in <a title="Rome (Italy)" href="/topic/Rome+(Italy)" >Rome</a>, after an anonymous telephone call triggered a bomb alert at the amphitheatre, the <span><a title="Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata" href="/topic/Agenzia+Nazionale+Stampa+Associata" >Ansa news agency</a></span> reported.</p><p>107468273&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copy...

2011-08-03T14:30:57ZAFP Global Editiontag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-08-03:/zoos-and-aquariums/ukraine-zookeeper-live-lions-cage-weeks-4815146a/

<div><p>A Ukrainian zookeeper plans to spend five weeks living in an enclosure with two lions to raise funds for the zoo.</p><p><span>Alexander Pylyshenko</span>, who entered the lions' enclosure on Tuesday, said he plans to spend the next 35 days painting pictures of the lions, which he will sell to raise money for new buildings.</p><p>The 40-year-old even intends to help a pregnant lioness give birth during his time with the lions, the zoo said.</p><p>"I hope that my attitude and the optimism ...

2011-07-29T03:30:08ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-07-29:/museums/ny-exhibit-explores-memory-reconstructs-reality-4812902a/

<div><p><span>NEW YORK</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span> Life!) - Israeli artist and filmmaker <span>Maya Zack</span> uses 3D technology to recreate the apartment of a Jewish family living in 1930s <span><a title="Berlin (Germany)" href="/topic/Berlin+(Germany)" >Berlin</a></span> in a new exhibit that explores how the past is remembered.</p><p>"Living Room," which will be on view at The Jewish Museum from July 31 to October 23, combin...

2011-07-29T02:30:12ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-07-29:/museums/travel-picks-top-10-museum-destinations-4812894a/

<div><p><span>NEW YORK</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span> Life!) - If you're heading to Paris, you'll stop in at the <span><a title="Louvre Museum" href="/topic/Louvre+Museum" >Louvre</a></span> to see the Mona Lisa, in Washington the <span><a title="Smithsonian Institution" href="/topic/Smithsonian+Institution" >Smithsonian</a></span> is a must-see and the <span><a title="The Roman Catholic Church" href="/topic/The+Roman+Catholic+Churc...

2011-06-29T14:30:25ZAFP Global Editiontag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-06-29:/museums/million-visit-viennas-museumsquartier-201-4800427a/

<div><p>Vienna's museum quarter (MQ) has become a highlight of the city's cultural scene in the 10 years since its creation, recording 3.8 million visitors last year, its director said Wednesday.</p><p>"Originally, we expected one million people (per year), this is four times as many," <span>Daniela Enzi</span> rejoiced at a press conference ahead of the MQ's 10th anniversary on Friday.</p><p>Located in the former imperial stables, the Museumsquartier, as it is known locally, is a 90,000-square-...

2011-06-24T06:00:22ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-06-24:/zoos-and-aquariums/london-summer-nights-top-4798136a/

<div><p>LONDON, Jun (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span> Life!) - Summer nights are for spending outside, especially in <a title="London (England)" href="/topic/London+(England)" >London</a> where luxuriantly long light evenings are the perfect opportunity to explore some of the capital's treasures after work. Here are five favorites to enjoy:</p><p>1. <span><a title="Chelsea Physic Garden" href="/topic/Chelsea+Physic+Garden" >Chelsea Physic Gar...

2011-06-23T15:30:24ZAFP Global Editiontag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-06-23:/museums/florence-asks-louvre-mona-lisa-loan-4797867a/

<div><p>Authorities in <a title="Florence (Italy)" href="/topic/Florence+(Italy)" >Florence</a> on Thursday asked the <a title="Louvre Museum" href="/topic/Louvre+Museum" >Louvre Museum</a> to loan them Leonardo's closely-guarded Mona Lisa for an exhibit in 2013 -- 100 years since the last time the work was displayed in <a title="Italy" href="/topic/Italy" >Italy</a>.</p><p>The appeal to <span><a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a></span> came from an Italian historical society and h...

2011-06-22T13:30:36ZAFP Global Editiontag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-06-22:/museums/china-museum-chief-unveils-rome-exhibition-4797248a/

<div><p>National <a title="Art Museum of China" href="/topic/Art+Museum+of+China" >Art Museum of China</a> director Fan Di'an unveiled a Chinese exhibition in <a title="Rome (Italy)" href="/topic/Rome+(Italy)" >Rome</a> on Wednesday with 100 seminal works that help define the transition between ancient and modern Chinese art.</p><p>"At a time when Chinese and Western cultures came together, between the 19th and 20th centuries, these six Chinese masters emerged from tradition and conquered the di...

2011-06-17T13:30:35ZAFP Global Editiontag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-06-17:/museums/bulgaria-opens-contemporary-art-museum-4795191a/

<div><p><a title="Bulgaria" href="/topic/Bulgaria" >Bulgaria</a> opened its first contemporary art museum and the first new major art venue for the past 30 years on Friday in an old munitions depot in downtown Sofia.</p><p>The <span>Sofia <a title="Arsenal Museum of Contemporary" href="/topic/Arsenal+Museum+of+Contemporary" >Arsenal Museum of Contemporary</a> Art</span> (SAMCA), a 1.2-million-euro ($1.7-million) project featuring a state-of-the-art steel-and-glass staircase encompassing the whol...

2011-04-11T13:30:36ZAFP Global Editiontag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-04-11:/museums/acropolis-museum-greeces-top-site-official-data-4766322a/

<div><p>The <a title="Acropolis Museum" href="/topic/Acropolis+Museum" >Acropolis Museum</a> was <a title="Greece" href="/topic/Greece" >Greece</a>'s top tourist draw in 2010, eclipsing for the first time the ancient <a title="Athens (Greece)" href="/topic/Athens+(Greece)" >Athens</a> citadel whose sculptures it showcases, official data showed on Monday.</p><p>Over 1.3 million people queued to visit the country's newest museum between January and December last year, the Greek statistics authorit...

2011-03-24T14:30:42ZAFP Global Editiontag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-03-24:/museums/longlost-chopin-letters-revealed-polish-museum-4758441a/

<div><p>Six letters written by 19th century composer and pianist <a title="Frederic Chopin" href="/topic/Frederic+Chopin" >Frederic Chopin</a>, thought to have been lost since World War II, were Thursday revealed by the Polish museum dedicated to the musical icon.</p><p><a title="Warsaw" href="/topic/Warsaw" >Warsaw</a>'s <span>Chopin Museum</span> said that it spent almost a decade trying to obtain the letters and dozens of other documents related to the composer after getting wind of them in 2...

2011-03-21T03:30:10ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-03-21:/museums/roman-coin-hoard-iron-age-gold-stay-uk-4756640a/

<div><p><span>LONDON</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span> Life!) - One of the largest hauls of Roman coins ever to be found in <span><a title="United Kingdom" href="/topic/United+Kingdom" >Britain</a></span> and a hoard of exquisitely decorated <a title="Iron Age Holdings Corporation" href="/topic/Iron+Age+Holdings+Corporation" >Iron Age</a> gold neck ornaments unearthed in <span><a title="Scotland" href="/topic/Scotland" >Scotland</a></s...

2011-03-03T05:00:12ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-03-03:/museums/uk-tate-showcase-picasso-hirst-olympic-year-4749295a/

<div><p><span>LONDON</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - Tate museums will showcase works by 19th and 20th century giants <a title="Pablo Picasso" href="/topic/Pablo+Picasso" >Pablo Picasso</a>, <span><a title="Claude Monet" href="/topic/Claude+Monet" >Claude Monet</a></span> and <span><a title="Edvard Munch" href="/topic/Edvard+Munch" >Edvard Munch</a></span> as well as contemporary artists <span><a title="Damien Hirst" href="/topic/...

2011-03-02T03:00:05ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-03-02:/museums/karzai-opens-london-show-rescued-afghan-treasures-4748750a/

<div><p>LONDON (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span> Life!) - Even in the chaos and violence of war there is hope. That is the message running through a new <span><a title="The British Museum" href="/topic/The+British+Museum" >British Museum</a></span> exhibition of <span><a title="Afghanistan" href="/topic/Afghanistan" >Afghanistan</a></span>'s ancient treasures thought lost, destroyed, or looted over the past 30 years.</p><p>The collection of 2...

2011-02-20T03:30:10ZAFP Global Editiontag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-02-20:/museums/belgium-artists-homecoming-smeared-vile-politics-4744803a/

<div><p>Luc Tuymans, the star Belgian artist known for works on the Holocaust, 9/11 and his nation's dark colonial legacy, this week brings his life's work home -- to an almost equally "hallucinatory" political trauma.</p><p>"The situation in <a title="Belgium" href="/topic/Belgium" >Belgium</a> is vile, I have no idea what will happen," the 53-year-old painter viewed as one of <span><a title="Europe" href="/topic/Europe" >Europe</a></span>'s great living artists told AFP as his first retrospect...

2011-02-17T03:00:25ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-02-17:/museums/ancient-brits-ate-dead-skulls-cups-4743540a/

<div><p><span>LONDON</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span> Life!) - Ancient Britons devoured their dead and created gruesome goblets from the skulls of their remains, according to new research published on Wednesday.</p><p>Researchers from <a title="London (England)" href="/topic/London+(England)" >London</a>'s Natural History Museum discovered 15,000-year-old human bones in southern <span><a title="England" href="/topic/England" >England<...

2011-02-01T17:30:40ZAFP Global Editiontag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-02-01:/museums/google-offers-street-view-art-gallery-tours-4737047a/

<div><p> Art lovers will be able to stroll through some of the world's most famous galleries at the click of a mouse after <a title="Google Inc." href="/topic/Google+Inc." >Google</a> put the venues online Tuesday using <a title="Google Street View" href="/topic/Google+Street+View" >Street View</a> technology.</p><p>In a collaboration with 17 leading galleries in nine countries, the <span>US</span> Internet giant has taken equipment from the cars it used to map cities and recorded the galleries...

2011-01-21T10:00:13ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-01-21:/parks-and-historic-sites/luxury-shoemaker-raises-34-million-save-colosseum-4732414a/

<div><p><span>ROME</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - Luxury shoemaker Tod's will fund the restoration of <span><a title="Roman Colosseum" href="/topic/Roman+Colosseum" >Rome's Colosseum</a></span> with a 25 million euro ($34 million) sponsorship campaign, the biggest to rescue <span><a title="Italy" href="/topic/Italy" >Italy</a></span>'s crumbling archaeological treasures with private money.</p><p>"I won't put Tod's shoes on the Co...

2011-01-12T07:00:35ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-01-12:/museums/new-florida-museum-largest-dali-collection-spain-4728409a/

<div><p><span><a title="St. Petersburg" href="/topic/St.+Petersburg" >ST. PETERSBURG</a></span>, <span>Florida</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span> Life!) - Some of <span><a title="Salvador Dali" href="/topic/Salvador+Dali" >Salvador Dali</a></span>'s most famous paintings have a new home in <a title="Florida" href="/topic/Florida" >Florida</a> with the opening of a $36 million museum designed to reflect the Spanish painter's surreal styl...

2011-01-11T08:30:14ZReuters US Online Report Oddly Enoughtag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-01-11:/zoos-and-aquariums/crosseyed-opossum-capturing-hearts-4727911a/

<div><p><span><a title="Berlin (Germany)" href="/topic/Berlin+(Germany)" >BERLIN</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - She's middle-aged, gray-haired and stays up all night. Still, Heidi the cross-eyed opossum is <span><a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a></span>'s biggest media sensation, and she has not even made her debut at the <span><a title="Leipzig" href="/topic/Leipzig" >Leipzig</a></span> Zoo.</p><p>Yet Heid...

2011-01-11T07:30:12ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-01-11:/zoos-and-aquariums/crosseyed-opossum-capturing-hearts-germans-4727895a/

<div><p><span><a title="Berlin (Germany)" href="/topic/Berlin+(Germany)" >BERLIN</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span> Life!) - She's middle-aged, gray-haired and stays up all night. Still, Heidi the cross-eyed opossum is <span><a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a></span>'s biggest media sensation, and she has not even made her debut at the <span><a title="Leipzig" href="/topic/Leipzig" >Leipzig</a></span> Zoo.</p><p>Ye...

2010-12-24T02:32:05ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-12-24:/museums/travel-postcard-48-hours-warsaw-4719415a/

<div><p><span><a title="Warsaw" href="/topic/Warsaw" >WARSAW</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span> Life!) - The Polish capital offers visitors a diverse cocktail of old world charm, communist heritage and state-of-the-art museums honoring two of <span><a title="Poland" href="/topic/Poland" >Poland</a></span>'s most famous sons, Chopin and <span>Copernicus</span>.</p><p>Reuters correspondents with local knowledge help you get the most o...

2010-12-17T04:30:10ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-12-17:/museums/exhibitions-world-museums-unite-dulwich-gallerys-200th-4714980a/

<div><p><span>LONDON</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - <a title="London (England)" href="/topic/London+(England)" >London</a>'s <span><a title="Dulwich Picture Gallery" href="/topic/Dulwich+Picture+Gallery" >Dulwich Picture Gallery</a></span> turns 200 in January, and the museum is in for a birthday treat of 12 masterpieces from around the world, one for every month of its anniversary year.</p><p>The paintings to be loaned to the ga...

2010-12-06T13:00:37ZAP Newstag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-12-06:/museums/getty-museum-statue-transfer-ends-italy-dispute-4707280a/

<div id="subtitle"><a title="J. Paul Getty Museum" href="/topic/J.+Paul+Getty+Museum" >Getty Museum</a> set to return Aphrodite statue, ending antiquities dispute with <a title="Italy" href="/topic/Italy" >Italy</a></div><div><p>Italy's decade-old campaign to retrieve antiquities it says were illegally brought to <span><a title="California" href="/topic/California" >California</a></span> will end early next year.</p><p>The J. Paul Getty Museum in <span><a title="Los Angeles" href="/topic/Los+Ang...

2010-12-03T11:27:20ZAFP Global Editiontag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-12-03:/parks-and-historic-sites/italian-shoe-tycoon-bids-restore-colosseum-4704925a/

<div><p>An Italian luxury shoe tycoon on Thursday offered 25 million euros (33 million dollars) to restore the Colosseum and urged other businesses to do the same "quickly" to avoid the collapse of <a title="Italy" href="/topic/Italy" >Italy</a>'s cultural heritage.</p><p>"We want to do something good for a great symbol for our country... We need to do this quickly," <span><a title="Diego Della Valle" href="/topic/Diego+Della+Valle" >Diego Della Valle</a></span>, head of the Tod's shoes and hand...

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2010-11-30T12:38:08ZeHowtag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-30:/museums/london-attractions-valentines-day-4629340a/

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2010-11-29T14:59:28ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/parks-and-historic-sites/geography-4462684a/

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2010-11-29T14:47:52ZRobb Reporttag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/museums/olissippo-lapa-palace-4436555a/

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2010-11-29T14:53:52ZSuite 101tag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/museums/key-cultural-historical-attractions-visiting-berlin-4449892a/

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2010-11-29T14:59:24ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/museums/events-4462541a/

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2010-11-24T08:01:01ZAP Featurestag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-24:/museums/greece-upgrade-facilities-tourism-sites-4388512a/

<div id="subtitle"><a title="Greece" href="/topic/Greece" >Greece</a> plans overhaul of visitor services at ancient sites, museums, to boost tourism</div><div><p>Crisis-stricken Greece plans to spend more than (EURO)20 million ($26.7 million) over the next three years on improving visitor services at historic sites and museums to boost tourism.</p><p>Culture and <span>Tourism Minister Pavlos Geroulanos</span> said Tuesday most Greek monuments and museums lack basic services such as restrooms, pa...

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2010-11-19T11:30:36ZAP Featurestag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-19:/museums/italy-cop-ny-vacation-spots-stolen-statue-4385118a/

<div id="subtitle">Cop window-shopping in NY spots ancient statue stolen decades ago from Italian museum</div><div><p>Two ancient statues stolen in the 1980s from Italian museums are now back home, thanks in part to a police art squad expert who spotted one of them in a <span>New York</span> gallery while window-shopping on vacation in the <span><a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" >United States</a></span>.</p><p>The bronze statue of the Greek god Zeus and a marble female torso,...

2010-11-29T14:59:07ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/museums/contemporary-city-4461845a/

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2010-11-29T14:31:37ZBella Onlinetag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/museums/european-capital-culture-ruhr-201-4397268a/

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2010-11-29T14:30:25ZArthur Frommer's Budget Traveltag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/zoos-and-aquariums/worlds-weirdest-hotels-3-4395229a/

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2010-11-29T14:50:49ZSmithsonian Journeystag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/parks-and-historic-sites/new-portrait-britain-4442651a/

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2010-11-29T14:59:53ZThisIsLondon.co.uktag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/museums/venues-shape-visit-olympic-inspectors-4463741a/

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2010-11-29T14:58:52ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/museums/cultural-life-4461230a/

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2010-11-16T09:31:09ZReuters US Online Report Science Newstag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-16:/zoos-and-aquariums/rare-warm-weather-lands-pink-pelicans-siberia-4382333a/

<div><p><span><a title="Barnaul" href="/topic/Barnaul" >BARNAUL</a></span>, <span><a title="Russia" href="/topic/Russia" >Russia</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span> Life!) - A flock of African pink pelicans en route home landed in <span><a title="Siberia" href="/topic/Siberia" >Siberia</a></span> on Tuesday, astounding local residents after Russia's abnormally warm weather threw them off course.</p><p>"I left home early in the mornin...

2010-11-16T08:12:27ZReuters US Online Report Entertainment Newstag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-16:/museums/paris-louvre-asks-public-buy-painting-4382302a/

<div><p><span>PARIS</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span> Life!) - <span><a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a></span>'s <a title="Louvre Museum" href="/topic/Louvre+Museum" >Louvre</a> museum is making an unprecedented appeal to the general public to help it raise the cash to buy a 16th century painting deemed a national treasure by art experts.</p><p>The Louvre has already scraped together 3 million euros ($4.19 million) for ...

2010-11-29T14:44:55ZInvestors Business Dailytag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/zoos-and-aquariums/26-animals-killed-fire-german-zoo-4429388a/

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2010-11-13T05:00:07ZAP Newstag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-13:/zoos-and-aquariums/26-animals-die-fire-german-zoo-4380287a/

<div id="subtitle">26 animals die in fire at southern German zoo; elephants and hippos brought to safety</div><div><p>Police say a fire at the <span>Karlsruhe</span> zoo in southwestern <span><a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a></span> has killed 26 animals including <span id="shetland_islands" class="inform"><a title="Shetland Islands" href="/topic/Shetland+Islands" >Shetland</a></span> ponies, goats, sheep and a llama.</p><p>Karlsruhe police said elephants and hippos were save...

2010-11-29T14:52:11ZSuite 101tag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/museums/bilbao-industry-culture-4445931a/

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2010-11-29T14:36:25ZeHowtag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/museums/european-provinces-speak-english-4408485a/

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2010-11-30T13:51:24ZMahalotag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-30:/museums/ghost-slug-4694493a/

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2010-11-29T14:58:38ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/parks-and-historic-sites/botanical-gardens-4460652a/

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2010-11-29T14:58:36ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/museums/early-career-4460578a/

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2010-11-29T14:58:35ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/museums/museums-4460524a/

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2010-11-29T14:32:37ZBrides.comtag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/museums/paris-4399629a/

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2010-11-29T14:32:37ZBrides.comtag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/museums/london-4399628a/

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2010-11-29T14:58:10ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/parks-and-historic-sites/athens-4459534a/

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2010-11-29T14:29:11ZAbout.comtag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/museums/athens-alabama-veterans-museum-honors-soldiers-4392454a/

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2010-11-29T14:51:26ZSuite 101tag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/museums/london-november-4444088a/

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2010-11-29T14:57:35ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/museums/types-4458080a/

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2010-11-29T14:57:13ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/museums/french-riviera-promotes-picasso-4457158a/

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2010-11-29T14:57:13ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/museums/canadian-gateway-features-kiev-4457157a/

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2010-11-29T14:57:13ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/museums/savoy-readies-spring-reopening-4457155a/

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2010-11-29T14:57:13ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/museums/cit-tours-puts-spotlight-italy-4457154a/

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2010-11-29T14:57:05ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/parks-and-historic-sites/green-foundations-4456798a/

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2010-11-29T14:57:04ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/parks-and-historic-sites/nursery-big-supply-contract-4456762a/

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2010-11-29T14:57:04ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/parks-and-historic-sites/shortlist-therapeutic-garden-unveiled-4456764a/

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2010-11-29T16:06:28ZHeliumtag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/museums/prague-czech-republic-4617565a/

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2010-11-29T16:05:54ZHeliumtag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/museums/travel-destinations-cong-ireland-4616138a/

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2010-11-29T16:06:34ZHeliumtag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/museums/guide-cork-museum-silves-portugal-4617815a/

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2010-11-29T15:59:20ZHeliumtag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/museums/travel-experiences-vienna-austria-january-4601397a/

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2010-11-29T16:06:15ZHeliumtag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/museums/free-kids-activities-london-england-summer-4617027a/

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2010-11-30T13:39:58ZMahalotag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-30:/museums/copenhagen-vacation-4683178a/

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2010-11-29T16:05:42ZHeliumtag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/museums/visitors-guide-metz-france-4615655a/

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2010-11-29T16:06:33ZHeliumtag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/museums/visitors-guide-belgrade-serbia-4617782a/

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2010-11-30T13:39:28ZMahalotag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-30:/museums/art-museum-vacations-4682748a/

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2010-11-29T16:05:55ZHeliumtag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/museums/save-money-visiting-dublin-4616198a/

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2010-11-29T16:06:22ZHeliumtag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/parks-and-historic-sites/history-royal-botanic-gardens-kew-london-4617288a/

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2010-11-29T16:05:41ZHeliumtag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/museums/travel-destinations-paris-france-4615641a/

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2010-11-29T16:05:43ZHeliumtag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/museums/historic-sites-burgundy-france-4615698a/

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2010-11-29T16:06:29ZHeliumtag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/museums/top-ten-places-visit-europe-4617582a/

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2010-11-29T16:06:27ZHeliumtag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-11-29:/parks-and-historic-sites/travel-destinations-zamosc-poland-4617541a/

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2011-01-04T22:01:17ZAP Newstag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-01-04:/photo/hawks-kings-basketball-2406194p/

<a title="Atlanta Hawks" href="/topic/Atlanta+Hawks" >Atlanta Hawks</a> guard <a title="Jamal Crawford" href="/topic/Jamal+Crawford" >Jamal Crawford</a>,left, shoots over <a title="Sacramento Kings" href="/topic/Sacramento+Kings" >Sacramento Kings</a> guard <a title="Beno Udrih" href="/topic/Beno+Udrih" >Beno Udrih</a>, of <a title="Slovenia" href="/topic/Slovenia" >Slovenia</a> during the first half of an <a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" >...

2011-01-04T21:01:31ZAP Newstag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-01-04:/photo/blue-jackets-coyotes-hockey-2406172p/

<a title="Columbus Blue Jackets" href="/topic/Columbus+Blue+Jackets" >Columbus Blue Jackets</a>' <a title="R.J. Umberger" href="/topic/R.J.+Umberger" >R.J. Umberger</a> (18) scores a goal against <a title="Phoenix Coyotes" href="/topic/Phoenix+Coyotes" >Phoenix Coyotes</a>' <a title="Ilya Bryzgalov" href="/topic/Ilya+Bryzgalov" >Ilya Bryzgalov</a>, of <a title="Russia" href="/topic/Russia" >Russia</a>, during the second period of an <a title="National Hockey League" href="/topic/National+Hockey+...

2011-01-04T18:31:58ZAP Newstag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-01-04:/photo/wild-devils-hockey-2406116p/

<a title="New Jersey Devils" href="/topic/New+Jersey+Devils" >New Jersey Devils</a>' <a title="Andy Greene" href="/topic/Andy+Greene" >Andy Greene</a> (6) and <a title="Minnesota Wild" href="/topic/Minnesota+Wild" >Minnesota Wild</a>'s <a title="Martin Havlat" href="/topic/Martin+Havlat" >Martin Havlat</a> (24), of the <a title="Czech Republic" href="/topic/Czech+Republic" >Czech Republic</a>, compete for the puck during the first period of an <a title="National Hockey League" href="/topic/Natio...

2011-01-04T11:32:00ZAP Newstag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-01-04:/photo/croatia-alpine-skiing-world-cup-2405967p/

<a title="Italy" href="/topic/Italy" >Italy</a>'s <a title="Manuela Moelgg" href="/topic/Manuela+Moelgg" >Manuela Moelgg</a> competes during the first run of an alpine ski women's <a title="FIFA World Cup" href="/topic/FIFA+World+Cup" >World Cup</a> slalom event, in <a title="Zagreb" href="/topic/Zagreb" >Zagreb</a>, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)<div id="copyright"><div> Copyright 2011&#160; <a href="http://www.ap.org">AP News</a></div></div><div><p></p><br /><br /></div...

2011-01-04T09:32:15ZAP Newstag:stateparkinformation.com,2011-01-04:/photo/russia-schwarzenegger-2405925p/

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 11, 2010 file photo, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, invites then <a title="Arnold Schwarzenegger" href="/topic/Arnold+Schwarzenegger" >California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger</a> for a ride in his vintage car, a Soviet built Chaika luxury car, during their meeting in the Gorki residence outside <a title="Moscow" href="/topic/Moscow" >Moscow</a>, <a title="Russia" href="/topic/Russia" >Russia</a>. The Russian president and the Terminator are tweeting, and m...