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Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, USA: More than 1,600 artifacts [50] Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Lyon, France: 1,500 artifacts [51] Art Museum of the University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, USA: More than 1,400 artifacts [52] Museu Egipci de Barcelona , Barcelona, Spain: 1,100 artifacts
Grauman's Egyptian Theatre, also known as Egyptian Hollywood and the Egyptian, is a historic movie theater located on Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. [1] Opened in 1922, it is an early example of a lavish movie palace and is noted as having been the site of the world's first film premiere .
The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum (REM) is devoted to ancient Egypt, located at Rosicrucian Park in the Rose Garden neighborhood of San Jose, California, United States. It was founded by the Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis (AMORC). The Rosicrucian order continues to support and expand the museum and its educational and scientific activities.
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The creators of the park, Palisades Amusement and Exhibition Company, published a book titled "Egypt Through the Centuries" in 1892. [3] Many of the other theatres that copied Grauman's Egyptian Theatre were part of the wave of Egyptian Revival architecture that occurred after the November 1922 discovery of King Tut's tomb by Howard Carter.
U.S. president Richard Nixon thereafter visited Egypt, becoming the first American President to do so since the Second World War, and personally prevailed upon Egyptian president Anwar Sadat to permit the artifacts to tour the United States – with the U.S. tour including one more city than the Soviet tour had included, [clarification needed ...
Meyer & Holler was an architecture firm based in Los Angeles, California, noted for its opulent commercial buildings and movie theatres, including Grauman's Chinese and Egyptian theatres, built during the 1920s. Meyer & Holler was also known as The Milwaukee Building Company.
This is a list of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States. The list includes Hollywood, as well as Griffith Park and the communities of Los Feliz and Little Armenia. There are more than 148 Historic-Cultural Monuments (HCM) in this area. They are designated by the city's Cultural Heritage ...