The "Getty Bronze," a 300s BC highlight of Los Angeles' most eminent collection of classical antiquities, depicts a slender young athlete frozen in a moment of triumph.
Mr. Lucas, who once owned an illustration gallery in New York called Super Sniper, nowadays owns one of the pre-eminent collections of magazine illustration in this country.
Ruth Carter Stevenson, who followed her father's last wishes in creating the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, one of the nation's pre-eminent collections of American art, died on Jan . 6at her home in Fort Worth.
Its design holdings include Europe's pre-eminent collections of ceramics and fine metalwork.
If getting some hands-on time with one of the world's pre-eminent collections of electronic instruments isn't enticing enough, Moog is giving visitors the chance to enter to win pairs of tickets to its upcoming Moogfest.
Three of the museum's permanent collections are housed in the Yorkshire Museum building all of which have English designated collection status, which means they are "pre-eminent collections of national and international importance".
Six of its collections were designated by the Arts Council England as being "pre-eminent collections of national and international importance", out of only eight collections to be so recognised in local authority libraries nationwide.
The Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, amongst other displays, charts the rise of science and industry and especially the part Manchester played in its development; the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council described the displays as "pre-eminent collections of national and international importance".
Competitiveness kicked in, and he looked for uncharted territory (in collecting terms, at least) where he could assemble the pre-eminent collection.
"By acquiring the new collection, Cambridge would be further enhancing its already pre-eminent collection of Newton's scientific writing".
Site of the National Museum of Iraq, which has the world's pre-eminent collection of Mesopotamian antiquities, including a 4,000-year-old 4,000-year-old 4,000-year-oldandsilverlay tablets.
