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Jan 30, 2006 15:51:10 GMT -5
Post by DixonHill on Jan 30, 2006 15:51:10 GMT -5
Priceless vases smashed in museum accident
LONDON (Reuters) - It was every museum-goer's nightmare -- a stumble, a crash and thousands of pounds worth of historic fragments lying on the floor.
The incident happened last week at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, which for decades has displayed a group of Qing dynasty Chinese vases on a window sill.
A hapless visitor tripped on his shoelace, tumbled down a flight of stairs and crashed into the vases, smashing them into smithereens.
The man, who has not been named, left the museum shaken but undamaged -- in sharp contrast to the vases.
"It was a most unfortunate and regrettable accident but we are glad that the visitor involved was able to leave the museum unharmed," museum director Duncan Robinson said on Monday.
"Whilst the method of displaying objects is always under review, it is important not to over-react and make the Museum's collections less accessible to the visiting public," he added in a statement.
The priceless vases, dating from the late 17th or early 18th century, were donated to the museum in 1948 and have become one of its most recognisable exhibits.
Shocked but determined, museum staff have vowed to glue the pieces back together again.
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Jan 31, 2006 16:43:17 GMT -5
Post by nyr401994 on Jan 31, 2006 16:43:17 GMT -5
i feel bad for the poor bloke
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Feb 5, 2006 14:18:11 GMT -5
Post by Billy Davey ツ on Feb 5, 2006 14:18:11 GMT -5
will they use glue from 18th century? ;D
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Feb 5, 2006 19:53:08 GMT -5
Post by giggergrl on Feb 5, 2006 19:53:08 GMT -5
wonder if this incident was metaphorical or meant something ? a sign perhaps... haha
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