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1) Louvre city
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Louvre city takes the form of one of the classic symphonies of the 1920s, which begin at daybreak, end at nightfall, and chronicle the lives of urban dwellers at work and at play. Rather than focus on its familiar role as a monument to high culture, director Nicolas Philibert shows us the everyday life of the museum and how it operates.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Dulwich Picture Gallery is England's first purpose-built public art gallery. Designed by Sir John Soane, the influential building holds one of the world's finest Old Master collections including great works by Poussin, Rubens, Canaletto, Reynolds and Gainsborough. This film goes behind the scenes at the gallery, and offers an insider's view of a vibrant working world. Included are the restoration of Rembrandt's glorious Girl at a Window, exhibition...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
After nearly thirty years of being shut away from the public, the stuffed animals of Paris's Natural History Museum are about to see the light of day agin. In Animals and more animals, Nicolas Philibert and his unobtrusive crew are there to chronicle the 1994 preparations for the animals' return. It's a glimpse into the world behind the displays of a major museum, focusing on the fascinating work of the taxidermists.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Night Gallery was debuted on the 1st of December 1970 and ended on the 1st of August 1973. It has three (3) seasons with ninety-nine (99) episodes. The series was set in an old shadowy museum. It was created and hosted by Rod Serling. The series presents adaptations of classic fantasy tales represented by each painting seen in an old museum. Those tales were usually done by Serling himself and other known authors like H.P. Lovecraft. All the gallery...
Publisher
Hallmark Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2000
Language
English
Description
A girl and her younger brother run away from home and take up residence at the Metropolitan Museum where they come across a beautiful and mysterious statue. Determined to discover its maker, they first have to find the statue's former owner, the reclusive and mischievous Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, and then sort through her incredibly mixed-up files.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
When the Museum of Natural History is closed for renovations, the museum pieces are moved into federal storage at the famous Smithsonian Institution. It houses the world's largest museum complex with more than 136 million items in its collections. These range from the plane Amelia Earhart flew on her non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic and Al Capone's rap sheet and mug shot to Dorothy's ruby slippers. From Fonzie's leather jacket to Archie Bunker's...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Jean Rouch filmed this loving and humorous portrait of anthropologist and filmmaker Margaret Mead in September 1977 while he was a guest of the first Margaret Mead Film Festival. As both a friend and colleague, Rouch reveals a glimpse of the legendary Mead in her later years. (Fellow filmmaker John Marshall was the sound recordist.)
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In the late 19th century, the Canadian government removed ritual objects from the possession of the Kwakiut'l, a Native American community on the Northwest Coast. The 'potlatch', as it was called, was their way of celebrating their culture, their identity and their heritage. A ritual passing down of treasures, it symbolized a rebirth of tradition, a positive affirmation of their identity, past and present. In 1921 the Kwakiut'l people of Alert Bay,...
Publisher
Zuo feng shang she Fu xun qi ye you xian gong si zhi zuo fa xing
Pub. Date
[200-?]
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
The British Museum and its collection, treasures and arts. Shows classical art, antiquities and civilization from Egypt, Greece and other countries. Includes the origin of Buddhist art.
Series
Publisher
Monterey Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Before this film no one else was ever permitted to film inside the Louvre. Set against the panoramic history of France, the priceless treasures and incomparable art are shared through the eyes of award-winning filmmaker Lucy Jarvis.
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