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...Hangover, $272.2 m, $168.3 m, $440.5 m 5. Star Trek, $257.1 m, $126.4 m, $383.6 m 6. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, $194.2 m, $613.8 m, $808 m 7. X-Men Origins: Wolverine, $180 m, $183.5 m, $363.4 m 8. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, $176.7 m, $227.6 m, $404.4 m 9. The Proposal, $161.1 m, $109.8 m, $271 m 10. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra...
...pieces on view in the Sackler, however, may be at greater risk considering they are—to use Connor’s own phrase—accessible to the road. According to the same guard, none of the security staff within the museum, including his own supervisor, is armed, though they have a direct line to the Harvard University Police Department. “If there is a problem that might entail violence we’re supposed to use our radio and say, ‘Hey, let’s get the HUPD over here...
...ASIS’ standards, Harvard’s security measures are appropriate. Layne would not recommend that museums arm their guards or install doors that could be locked remotely. “There is very little need for a museum to have an armed guard,” he says. “You don’t want a gunfight in a museum.” And as for lockdown doors, “There are some legalities involved. You can’t trap someone in a place...
...Fortunately, Harvard Art Museum—which according to Manoogian has a system of security measures in place that meets recommended practices for museum security—has never faced the embarrassment of a successful heist. Still, a few crimes have been attempted, according to one Sackler guard. One Degas showed subtle signs of being cut out of the frame, although the culprit was never caught in the act and disappeared among the crowd...
...Watercolor Painting” this fall. Born in Detroit in 1955, her work centers around the social and political themes of her childhood. Her paintings, done in a photographic style, depict American people and iconography. They are included in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among others.THC: How has your Detroit background influenced you?Michele Zalopany: Growing up there, I experienced the racial riots. My dad was a union worker with United Auto Workers. He was an idealist, he was probably a child laborer, and that?...