SAFE Tours provide an “insider's look” at museum collection and focus on artworks and artifacts that have dubious provenance or are presumed to be illicit. Also highlighted are objects that have been excavated properly. The information we are able to gather from these artifacts is contrasted with the lack of information from items without provenance, or history of origin.

Dr. Senta German, whose fields of specialty are the Greek Bronze and Iron Ages, received her PhD from Columbia University. She has over 10 years of excavation experience in Greece, Israel, the American East Coast and Alaska. She recently authored Performance, Power and the Art of the Aegean Bronze Age which was published in 2005. This tour of Hellenistic, Etruscan, and Roman objects in the newly reconstructed and reinstalled galleries will include the "centerpiece of the new installation"—the Leon Levy and Shelby White Court, Click http://www.savingantiquities.org/whatwedosafetoursGerman.php to register.

Dr. Oscar White Muscarella is a specialist in the art and archaeology of the ancient Near East, he has been on staff of the Metropolitan Museum of Art since 1964. He is also the author of "The Lie Became Great: The Forgery of Near Eastern Cultures." He will lead a group through the Ancient Near Eastern Galleries and discuss how the objects got there. Click http://www.savingantiquities.org/whatwedosafetoursMuscarella.php to register.

Fee: $40/person or $10/student with valid ID, including group admission to the museum. Space is limited. To make your reservation or to learn more about SAFE Tours, visit our website at: http://www.savingantiquities.org/tours.php or email [log in to unmask])">[log in to unmask].

SAFE/Saving Antiquities for Everyone (www.savingantiquities.org) creates educational programs and media campaigns to raise public awareness about the importance of preserving cultural heritage worldwide. SAFE is a coalition of professionals in communications, media, and advertising working alongside experts in the academic, legal and law enforcement communities. SAFE is a non-profit organization and has no political affiliations.

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