March 2, 2024
…decades among multiple owners. Auction Scene – Galerie Georges Petit, Paris (1911), Gustave Francois (Swiss, 1883–1964), watercolor, public domain. The Committee for Cultural Policy submitted extensive comments in 2021 to…
April 16, 2023
…to keep his discovery secret. “That was the hardest part,” he said. The treasure will be displayed at the museum in a temporary exhibit until June 2023 and then shown…
October 23, 2023
Valentina Tarquini An important statement on the importation of numismatic goods was issued in June 2023 by the legal department of the Italian Ministry of Culture The statement endorses a…
April 27, 2024
…statement, Williams stressed Homeland Security’s dedication to repatriating objects to source countries, saying to “cultural institutions” that staff and collectors should “come to see us before we come to see…
February 13, 2018
…they may come from a nation in the midst of a civil war, do ICOM and the Department of State view all cultural heritage outside a source country as illicit?…
July 17, 2020
…deeply inspired by Tibetan Buddhism. The Nalanda Translation Committee, an early Tibetan to English translation group founded in the 1970s, composed this English translation of the Heart Sutra. When completed,…
October 10, 2020
…I was 22, and it changed me.’ Once they come to that conclusion, they cannot be dissuaded from it. It stays with them. No amount of common sense or science…
December 12, 2021
…alondoninheritance.com. Among the famous individuals buried under St. James Gardens are Captain Matthew Flinders, who first circumnavigated Australia, mapped its outlines and gave the continent its name – Bill “The…
December 5, 2023
…“CoinWeek.com,” an online publication. However, Mike’s most rewarding efforts relate to using ancient Roman coins as teaching tools for kids. Christie Lovelette, Latin teacher, uses history and artifacts to bring…
October 29, 2019
…purposes. Excerpts from Testimony by Committee for Cultural Policy[1] and Global Heritage Alliance.[2] at the meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee, October 29, 2019, refs. Federal Register: Oct. 2,…