i think the island is so special because here you have five world class museums very close together on a small island in the middle of a city you know it's lovely to be there it's very peaceful in some of people lying on the grass in combination ticket with a kind of an actual ticket for the museum island started in eighteen thirty with the altis museum the old museum and by eight hundred forty one there were already plans to build a sanctuary of awesome science on the island today there's the altars museum there's the noise museum the new museum there's the nut sanaa gallery the outside the old national gallery there's the board of museum and there's the pergamon museum the museum is famous for its monumental reconstructions it's been undergoing . some controversial issues longwinded renovations in recent years to it was a very expensive yet one child on museum in that way yes it lost its main attraction it has the program on out that is being out of sight for the past four years and will continue to be our façade for the next five years so that's a long time but for people who are ve

berlin as a veritable treasure chest museum island alone is home to five incredible institutions we'll talk about the german capital's impressive museum landscape in just a moment as our main topic. but first this year marks five decades since astronaut neil armstrong took his giant leap for mankind that is if he ever really set foot on the moon believe it or not there are still many conspiracy theorists who say the whole thing was a huge hoax and that the moon landing was actually acted out on a secret film set while far fetched as those theories might seem the film industry has taken them seriously enough we're working on the we are currently don't provide . well that's embarrassing to what this means nasa to be can't lead man and come back. to cia agents were actually meant to uncover a russian spy of nasa but thanks to a wiretap they discover something much bigger than me to hold that thought as they say if you can't make it fake it so the agent suggest faking the moon landing on a film set. and none other than stanley kubrick had demonstrated just the year before how it's done wit

berlin as a veritable treasure chest the museum island alone is home to five incredible institutions we'll talk about the german capital's impressive museum landscape in just a moment as our main topic. but first this year marks five decades since astronaut neil armstrong took his giant leap for mankind that is if he ever really set foot on the moon believe it or not there are still many conspiracy theorists who say the whole thing was a huge hoax and that the moon landing was actually acted out on a secret film set well far fetched as those theories might seen the film industry has taken them seriously enough we were in on the we are currently broke or far. well that's embarrassing to what this means next to the can't land man and come back. to cia agents were actually meant to uncover a russian spy of nasa but thanks to a wiretap they discover something much bigger you can make people do it but as they say if you can't make it fake it so the agent suggest faking the moon landing on.

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 alexander fund on board . 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 folk. this 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 collection. prussian rulers started these collections over two hundred years ago today they belong to the pressure and cultural heritage foundation the key player

berlin's extensive non european collections in tandem with the european art on the neighboring museum island. on board forum is named after the famous researcher and universal scholar at xander from whom booked . 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 for side. 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 along. a gruesome murder carved in stone and discovered by chance in guatemala in the nineteenth century. incredible boats from oceania fit for the high seas but without a single nail. and a cave from china were buddhist monks prayed over one hundred thousand years ago. treasures from berlin's enormous collection. oppression rulers started these collections over two hundred years ago today they belong to the prussian cultural heritage foundation the key player in th

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 from home bought. 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 for side. 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 mega museum conseco. 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 the new book for. a

berlin's extensive non european collections in tandem with the european art on the neighboring museum island the humbled forum is named after the famous researcher and universal scholar at xander from home bought . 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 for side. 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 a museum contact. a gruesome murder carved in stone and discovered by chance in guatemala in the nineteenth century. incredible boats from oceania fit for the high seas but without a single nail. and a cave from china where buddhist monks prayed over one hundred nine 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 the new boo

the work -- what i di tfor it, is that i raised funds, a lot of money to build a museum that's going to be on liberty island i learned so much aboudy liberty that she was actually financed, it's the people of thfrance who decided that were going to give that to the people of america. so, anyway, so, yes. >> seth: that's such a -- it's very hard to think now of another country wanting to do something that nice for us. [ laughter ] you know what i mean? >> i know. but you see, i discovered, at the time they weren't very happy about what was happening in th france, intellectuals. and they looked at america. it was the declaration of independence. it was the abolition of slavery. and they looked at the making of democracy and they thought, "oh, my god, this is great." and they wanted to be part of it. and look what happened. 's>> seth: it's a nice -- nice reminder that if you s, nice thing someone will send you a statue. [ laughter ] all you have to do is do the right thing, and that is what is going to happen. it is always so lovely to see you. i'm so -- thank you so much for inviting me on thursday. i can't w

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no one knows exactly how many archaeological sites there are on the island, but this place is like a living museumntly battered by the sun, the wind and the rain. those three elements are over time destroying the moai. these statues may look as though they're solid stone, but they're actually quite porous. jo anne van tilburg showed us a small piece of the soft volcanic rock, called tuff, that the moai are made from. >> van tilburg: tuff has really special qualities that-- where it can be carved and it can be polished quite easily. >> cooper: it's good for sculpting because it-- it's-- with a harder stone, it's able to be chipped away easily. >> van tilburg: correct, correct. >> cooper: so the very material which made-- made these statues possible-- also, long term, makes them vul-- very vulnerable. >> van tilburg: exactly. >> cooper: rainwater and airborne seeds get into the pores of tuff, gradually breaking it apart. the wind whittles the stone away over time, and further damage is done by birds, and a type of algae called lichen. some moai are in worse condition than others. take a look at this

island is largely cleared. expressions of sympathy and grief coming in from the met, metropolitan museum of art in new york city. the met and the collective cultural community are watching in shock and horror at the fire engulfing notre dame cathedral. it goes on, "we're sending our support and strength to the people of paris". the french ministry have said that 400 firefighters have been mobilized. quoting now, "an exceptional device was put in place to put out the fire" meaning they're trying to move a device in that direction and asked for the clearing of roads as the flames continue to roar on the left-hand side of the screen. we know like all fires, this began very small in this 850-year-old landmark in a construction zone in the rear according to authorities. but we do not know what efforts were made to put it out in the early going or how exactly it spread so quickly. we do know the building is largely surprised of wood. much of that wood is some 850 years old. it would stand to reason that fire would spread quickly under those circumstances. date line paris from the associated press at the scene of notr

islands. he and the rest of his family hit with a series of families in and around paris. this was part of the united states holocaust memorial museum's first person series. it is about an hour. >> good morning and welcome to the united states holocaust memorial museum. my name is bill benson, host of the museum's public program. thank you for joining us. we are in our 20th year in our program. our first person today is mr. albert garih, who you shall meet shortly. first person is made possible by the generosity of the lewis franklin smith foundation, with additional funding from the arlene and daniel fisher foundation. we are grateful for their sponsorship. first person is a series of twice-weekly conversations with survivors of the holocaust who share with us their first-hand accounts of their experience during the holocaust. each of our first-person guests serves as a volunteer at this museum. our program will continue to tell -- until august 8. providesm's website information about each of our upcoming first-person guests. albert will share his first-person account of his experience during the holocaust and as a survivor for about