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Artis contains 27 historically significant (listed) buildings, bridges, and ponds, most of which are still used as animal enclosures. The zoo is a member of the Dutch Zoo Federation (NVD), the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA), Species360 , the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) and the Nederlandse Vereniging van ...
Artis Bibliotheek (English: Artis Library) is a nineteenth-century library located at Plantage Middenlaan 45 in Amsterdam. Since 2005, the Artis Bibliotheek has been part of the Special Collections at the University of Amsterdam .
Artis (Hebrew: ארטיס; Arabic: أرتيس) is an independent nonprofit organization in New York City that supports contemporary artists from Israel whose work addresses aesthetic, social and political questions to inspire reflection and debate.
The Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌoːpə(m)ˈbaːrə biblijoːˈteːk ˌɑmstərˈdɑm]; OBA; English: Amsterdam Public Library) is an organisation of public libraries in Amsterdam, Diemen and Ouder-Amstel in the Netherlands.
During the Second World War the Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana was confiscated and transported to Germany, but some of its most valuable items were hidden in the recently acquired Artis Library of the Amsterdam zoo Natura Artis Magistra. By a miracle this valuable collection was returned virtually undamaged after the war. [3]
The Baker Museum in Naples, Florida, in 2020, following completion of its 2018-2020 renovation and expansion project. The Baker Museum (formerly the Naples Museum of Art) is part of Artis–Naples, a multidisciplinary organization that also is the home of the Naples Philharmonic, located at 5833 Pelican Bay Boulevard, Naples, Florida.
"Sitting Angel on reversed flower pot" Huub Kortekaas, a Dutch sculptor, was born 17 July 1935 in 's-Gravenzande, the son of a gardener.He initially chose the profession of teacher, but made at the age of 25 his first sculpture, a large statue of Erasmus for the university at Nijmegen.
Artis Lane (born Artis Shreve) is a Canadian sculptor and painter. Her bronze bust of Sojourner Truth is on display in Emancipation Hall at the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C. . It was unveiled in 2009, and was the first statue in the Capitol to represent an African-American woman.