Tag: Museums

French police probe ransomware attack on Grand Palais Olympic venue

PARIS (Reuters) -French cyber crime police are investigating a ransomware attack against the Grand Palais exhibition hall in Paris where Olympic events including fencing and Taekwondo are being held, Paris prosecutors said on Tuesday. They said cyber criminals had targeted the institution’s central computer system, but the incident had not caused any disruption to Olympic events taking place in the iconic glass-roofed exhibition hall in the centre of the French capital. The computer system at […]

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Iran museums reopen after year-long Covid break

TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran reopened museums in Tehran and other cities Sunday after a more than year-long closure because of the Covid-19 pandemic. “Museums in Tehran and other large cities that are no longer red-coded, meaning the risk of contracting the virus was very high, reopened on Sunday,” the director of Iran’s museums, Mohammad-Reza Kargar, told AFP. “Tourists and visitors are welcome to return while observing (sanitary) measures.” A country with a millennia-long history, […]

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Palace: Gyms, fitness studios with DTI safety seal can reopen at 30% maximum capacity in NCR Plus

Museums, historical sites with LGU approval to operate can reopen at 20% maximum venue capacity (Eagle News) — Gyms, fitness studios, and other indoor non-contact sports venues are now allowed to operate in the NCR Plus area but at a 30% maximum capacity. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque added, however, that these establishments should  secure Safety Seal Certification from the Department of Trade and Industry first, based on the decision made by  the Inter-Agency Task Force […]

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More industries, businesses allowed to reopen under GCQ areas, says IATF

  (Eagle News) — More industries are allowed to reopen under General Community Quarantine (GCQ) areas including driving schools, cinemas or movie houses, game arcades, museums and cultural centers, and exhbition and conference areas, Malacanang said. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said these venues and more activities are now allowed under GCQ starting Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, based on the latest ruling of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases. Roque announced that the following […]

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Museum Mile Festival returns for the 38th year

By Tennie Sumague EBC New York Bureau NEW YORK, NY (Eagle News) – The heat was on Tuesday evening along Fifth Avenue between East 82nd-105th streets for the 38th annual Museum Mile Festival. New York City’s biggest block party was held from 6 to 9pm where seven museums along the Museum Mile trip offered free admission to the public. Participating museums included the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Neue Galerie New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, […]

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