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Issue #58  5/14/2003
 
Asbestos Scare Forces Closure of Rijksmuseum
In This Issue:
New York Spring Auctions/Part Two: Phillips Sells Over $1.5 Million With About 40% Buy-in Rate in Regular Sale
Seagram's Sale At Phillips Caps a Strong Auction Week; Sale Nets Nearly $2.9 Million
Did The Smithsonian Respond to Polital Pressure?
Special Spring Clearance Sale to End in Only a Month On I Photo Central
Eggleston to Get Award From National Arts Club
Asbestos Scare Forces Closure of Rijksmuseum
Doug Nickel Goes to CCP as Director
Artnet's Top Ten Photographers and Why Lists Like This Get You in Trouble
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An asbestos scare has forced the indefinite closure of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the largest art museum in the Netherlands. The Rijksmuseum has an important photography collection.

According to museum sources, asbestos was found during a national buildings service inspection. The museum's main building will have to be closed to public and staff for an indefinite period.

The museum's management said there was only a small risk to public health but that they had closed the museum as a precautionary measure.

The Rijksmuseum had recently undergone a multi-million euro restoration and had been lending out some of its most important pieces to other museums and galleries.