five major museums are crowded on to berlin is museum island in the river. which houses the collection of classical antiquity. the art. nineteenth century and. the noise museum which cuts the past of egyptian. among its collection. the paddleboard newseum currently undergoing renovation with its famous powder one altar. and the board of museum which boasts an impressive collection of sculptures . every year more than two million people visit this unesco world heritage site. i really like so many museums being in such close proximity to each other here and. so for. germany there are a lot of transferees from conference so it will be very interesting to me the. new museum was heavily damaged in world war two and stood in ruins for many decades in two thousand and three british architect david chipperfield and his team began major restoration work on it at first not everyone appreciated his plan to combine historical and modern elements but now his work is celebrated as an impressive architectural achievement. david chipperfield in started on this project in one

berlin's extensive non european collections in tandem with the european art on the neighboring museum island. the humboldt forum is named after the famous researcher and universal scholar at xander fun humbugged . construction began in june two thousand and twelve the government is providing five hundred ninety million euros funding an extra one hundred million euros have been collected in donations to reconstruct. the baroque facade. aside from the building itself the current focus is on the objects displayed inside restitution of colonial era artifacts is a matter of heated debate and one the new make him you see i'm contacting a little. a gruesome murder carved in stone and discovered by chance in guatemala in the nineteenth century. incredible boat from oceania fit for the high seas but without a single nail. and a cave from china where buddhist monks prayed over one hundred thousand years ago. treasures from berlin's enormous collections. prussian rulers started these collections over two hundred years ago today they belong to the prussian cultural heritage foundation the key player in

one thing behind the bodies of them murdered kings their bodies are on display at the national museum of islandin dublin the graves in their dead at the only testimony of early arash papal a people who had no written language. like in tara a processional route can be made out in the digital data from the hill toward a road that is no longer visible in the meadows. the same was true of the celtic burial ground on the glauber bag. here it's not just the burial mound that's been reconstructed but also the processional route leading up to the hill it was flanked by deep trenches and originally much longer this is clear from the digital data a geomagnetic survey has revealed the roads further course. today it's known that the road was bordered by a high wall which was up to twelve meters wide at the base visitors could only see the great mound after turning the corner researchers believe the hill was even whitewashed like an island the structures here were designed with visuals in mind and astronomically aligned. others was kind of it's not a road that marks a path from a to b. it's aligned with the

museum. the easternmost island his lunch at arctic with his characteristic lava fields and volcanoes.in the bay of las colorado there's an underwater surprise. then museo atlantico at a depth of twelve metres is an exhibition of three hundred life size human figures they draw attention to global issues such as climate change. the museum is the brainchild of british artist jason to carrie's taylor who's been producing sculptures for the collection since two thousand and thirteen. eight of the pieces is designed obviously for marine life to inhabit a lot of the services we make very rough and textured and that's the sort of perfect substrate for marine life in a way you know we build all these structures but as soon as they get put in the sea you know we say goodbye to them. works are made of ph neutral concrete and are left to take on a life of their own underwater. we wrap up our tour and love homer known as let you slip anita the beautiful island its biggest attraction comes to the fore in the dark the deep black nights with cloudless skies and little light pollution are ideal for as

the treasure island museum took a group of about 25 of them to the building lobby for an orientation on the island's history, current facilities and redevelopment plans. providing handouts with highlights of existing island attractions including the fleamarket, sports and recreation opportunities, and other information. jack nicholson worked with the travel writers association to plan this event. the tech and mobile will be holding an on island stargazing event with the san francisco amateur astronomers association. it will be tomorrow evening between 6:30 pm and 8:30 pm. it is a reschedule of the originally planned event for last thursday. also, circus bella his continuing performances on the lawn next to -- through january 6th. and on january 7th, may have seen a news release yesterday that espn will be doing a live broadcast from the islands during the halftime of the ncaa championship game being played at the stadium. the event is by invitation only. they will be curating that event high also wanted to provide you updates on construction activities. the treasure island community d

. >> [ laughs ] >> linda's father, orson, dreamed of a museum here in southampton, long island, for hiss heirs to make it real. did he leave funds behind for you to accomplish that? or has that been left to your family's responsibility? >> it's actually been left to the family to figure out how to do that. >> linda is dismayed to learn how much it will take to open and maintain a permanent display locally -- $10 million. did you try to raise any money? >> oh, yeah, we did. >> how much did you raise, do you think? >> we raised about $5,000 or $6,000. >> this is a pretty moneyed town. if you can't raise the interest and the money in southampton, where can you? >> i think it's not gonna happen, which is a shame. >> so what about donating the collection to an existing museum here in town? the family tries that, too, but none is interested in displaying 10,000 antique toys. have you gotten a no at every turn? >> pretty much. >> is that upsetting? >> it was and is very upsetting. >> so, it seems like southampton has spoken. >> it does seem that way, doesn't it? >> are you at a crossroads righ

mona, the museum of old and new art, plays on the island's reputation. chilly hobart genuinely cool and drawn visitors from around the world. we've perhaps opened up that box of curiosities that allows tasmania to expose its quirkiness and we've given licence, perhaps, to market that and to celebrate that, instead of trying to deny it. last year saw a record 1.3 million tourists arrive here — more than double the island's population. 0nce—sleepy tasmania is now in the middle of a boom and there are plenty of people trying to cash in. with the shortage of hotel rooms, some rental homes have been turned into lucrative short—stay holiday houses. but that's put the squeeze on people who live and work here — hobart has become the least affordable city in australia for renters. for diana, it has meant being priced out of her community after a 20% hike in her rent. she has had to move 15km out of town. itjust pushes all the people who can least afford it away from all of the resources and support that they need. i quite literally could have been homeless three

museums. it's individual artists. it's theater groups. it's film groups. it's artists on the islandshow is coming. and that, you know, i just keeping hearing it. like, "thank you for everything you're doing." and also it's just -- it's so -- it's just so wonderful. it's also been my first time bringing my kids to the island. so they're like getting their real puerto rico life. >> jimmy: have they seen the play yet? >> so sebastian saw me in the show for the first time. he had seen act one. i took him for his 3rd birthday to see act one last year. and now he's four. and he saw both acts. and i prepped him. i was like, "everything daddy does on that stage is pretend. kissing that lady, being shot by that guy." >> jimmy: don't get -- yeah. >> that's all -- >> jimmy: that's therapy, yeah. >> that's all pretend. >> jimmy: that's future therapy. >> we sort of talked through it. but he was really proud. i mean, he still sings the weird al version of "the schuyler sisters." he goes, "aunt peggy --" >> jimmy: do you know you put the first polka song ever to be on the billboard 200? >> that's

museum of art. that was a unique resource, so the tar or pitch was a sticky, black substance. tools,used that to make pitch their canoes. canoesd have oceangoing where they would go out to the islands in santa monica bay and this tar or pitch was important for that, as well as other local societies they traded with. another unique resource that the tongva utilized was soapstone. rock thatis a type of is known for being very malleable. you can carve it into cups, bowls, small implements, and it does not break. it can be placed directly in the fire without cracking. the tongva are known for not making any pottery or ceramics, and it is believed the reason is because they had access to soapstone. most of it was mind on catalina island, and that was another item they would trade with the surrounding communities. had aan contact significant impact on the indigenous people. it was detrimental. rodriguez cabrillo came and discovered california, and claimed it for spain. gaspar de, in 1769, portolla came with spanish fathers and soldiers to establish the mission system in california. the nearest mission to santa monica is in san gabriel, so san gabriel is about an hour by car today, which