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Why American Tourists Aren't Exactly Welcomed With Open Arms, Pt. 968,203:
American Tourist Breaks Finger Off 600-Year-Old Italian Statue. (Gawker)
EXCLUSIVE: The American SURGEON who accidentally snapped finger off 600-
year-old statue in Florence museum (you'd have thought he'd be better with his hands!). (Daily Mail)
American Tourist Breaks Finger Off 600-Year-Old Italian Statue. (Gawker)
more, with pictures, at the linksThere are a few basic rules in museums. The first, and most important, is: don't touch the art. Unfortunately, that's just what one 55-year-old American tourist from Missouri did during a recent a recent visit to Florence's Museo dell'Opera del Duomo. The result? A 600-year-old statue lost a finger.
The man was reportedly measuring his hand next to the late 14th century piece of art when he touched the statue's finger, causing it to break off.
"We are sure that the damage was caused by the American tourist because the work has recently returned from the exhibition at the Uffizi Golden Flashes, where it was exposed, and then on its return was carefully controlled, the museum's head Timothy Verdon told the New York Daily News. In a globalized world like ours, the fundamental rules for visiting a museum have been forgotten that is, 'Do no touch the works.' "
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EXCLUSIVE: The American SURGEON who accidentally snapped finger off 600-
year-old statue in Florence museum (you'd have thought he'd be better with his hands!). (Daily Mail)