Some, such as free entry to museums and galleries, were later copied in England.
With better tax incentives available, many owners now sell directly to museums and galleries.
Now full of stores, museums and galleries, Jaffa is an integral part of the Tel Aviv experience.
The money will fund the charitable trust, which runs many of the city's museums and galleries, until 2015.
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The Harlech leatherback has been put on display at the National Museums and Galleries of Wales in Cardiff.
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Some of the bodies in question include the University of Wales and the National Museums and Galleries of Wales.
He has shown his work in major museums and galleries around the world.
The government has been keen to boost access to UK museums and galleries, diverting money to allow further free access.
Though mainstream museums and galleries have been slow to appreciate work by African-Americans, the black community has been collecting for decades.
The 57 Italian Baroque masterpieces were already on long-term loan to six British museums and galleries, including London's National Gallery.
Take the growing popularity of museums and galleries, where visitor numbers increased from nearly 23m in 1997-98 to almost 30m last year.
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At any given moment around the globe, museums and galleries are showing spectacular work in virtually every genre from practically every era.
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From emerging artists of significance to major figures in the art world, this information is freely available to artists, collectors, museums and galleries alike.
Other museums and galleries on the list include the National Army Museum and the British Library in London, and the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool.
Timothy Mason, formerly with the Museums and Galleries Commission, said he hoped that the building will "do for Margate what Gehry's Guggenheim has done for Bilbao".
Meanwhile the National Museums and Galleries of Wales, along with seven other quangos, have begun questioning whether the assembly government has the power to abolish them.
Like all national museums and galleries, it eagerly awaits a government announcement on funding levels for museum and galleries over the next three years, expected in July.
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But many of the donors whom museums and galleries want to attract can choose where to live, pay taxes and donate: there is a global market for philanthropists.
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Set on curving stone streets, the old town retains a bohemian air, and the numerous museums and galleries here are bursting with the work of modern masters and artists of old.
Barbara Lee, a national activist for women in politics, has filled her collection almost entirely with work by women partly to support artists she believes are underrepresented by museums and galleries.
The Art Fund also relaunched its membership card - which will now be known as the National Art Pass - offering free or discount admission to more than 200 museums and galleries.
The dilemma for British museums and galleries is twofold: without knowing what will become available, how to decide which are the best works to buy, and then how to fund their purchases.
Act as your own ambassador to our nation's vibrant capital as you explore the city's historic landmarks, lively arts-and-music scene, countless museums and galleries, shopping and dining influences from far outside our borders.
If, as Ms. Taubman says, she truly believes that Indian contemporary art should be displayed by museums and galleries alongside mainstream contemporary art, why didn't she juxtapose, for example, an Ellsworth Kelly "Totem" with the Quigno?
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He was virtually unknown as an artist during his lifetime, but his reputation soared in the years after his suicide at the age of 37 following years of mental illness, and his works now hang in major museums and galleries around the globe.
Others are designed to enrich guests' connection to the locale, like the in-house art concierge at Le Royal Monceau, who will design a trip through the best Parisian museums and galleries, or the genealogists on hand at Ireland's Lodge at Doonbeg to track visitors' family ancestry.
The truth is that while I love museums and galleries (and I buy all of my art from great galleries in NYC and around the world and spot talents on the rise in museum shows), the whole concept of just seeing a piece of art hanging on a white wall seemed too out of touch from my reality.
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