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Statue of a Young Boy at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
Courtesy Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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Plaques indicate where art was before it was removed from the Ancient Art Collection at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts on February 7, 2024, in Richmond, Va.
Margo Wagner, TIMES-DISPATCH
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Christos Tsirogiannis, a forensic archaeologist at the University of Cambridge, is seen here at the Aarhus University Museum of Ancient Art in Denmark.
Courtesy Christos Tsirogiannis
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Raven Lomax looks at art in the Ancient Art Collection and can be seen through the spaces where art was removed on February 7, 2024, in Richmond, Va.
Margo Wagner, TIMES-DISPATCH
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Statute of a Young Boy as photographed by Gianfranco Becchina in 1987.
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A plaques indicate where art was before it was removed from the Ancient Art Collection at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts on February 7, 2024, in Richmond, Va.
Margo Wagner, TIMES-DISPATCH
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9 photos of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts from The Times-Dispatch archives
01-23-1964 (cutline): Chandeliers lighting medieval hall weave elegant spell. The Council's gift to the museum, they are used on special occassions.
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01-09-1962 (cutline): John Sochko with scupture of St. Michael
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12-30-1961 (cutline): William Gaines threads tape in machine at museum. Four machines pipe background music into galleries.
Times-Dispatch
03-11-1964 (cutline): Robinson House is being renovated for use by Virginia Museum. Painters are completing work on the Former VISR headquarters.
Staff photo
06-27-1948 (cutline): Hans E. Gassman, who restores old paintings at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, removes grime and replaces chipped paint on 'Portrait of a Scholar,' by Ferdinand Bol.
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Leslie Cheeck Jr. (right), director of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, explains the works of art of Artmobile II to D.G. Simpson of Winchester and Mrs. William C. Owen of Staunton. (1963)
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11-22-1963 (cutline): Still Turning in his Grave Was the dreaded curse of King Tut at work again--in a weakened form--at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts last night?
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08-11-1963 (cutline): Art Exhibit Visited. Since the world-famous Mellon collection of English art was put on display on April 19 at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, there has been a steady, quiet flow of viewers through the large halls filled with priceless paintings. Every Sunday--as yesterday--long lines have formed, awaiting the opening of hte museum's doors to spectators. Museum officials expect that by August 18, when the exhibit closes, a record of 70,000 will hae seen the paintings.
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