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** After Brazil museum fire, debate over how, or if, to rebuild

International experts warn there are limits to any such effort, emphasizing the inescapable loss of original, irreplaceable objects, while some in Brazil question the rush to rebuild before the wholesale neglect of the museum has been examined.

** Newly Discovered Letter Catches Galileo in a 400-Year-Old Lie

Fearing repercussions of his ground-breaking scientific claims, which flew in the face of church doctrine, the famed astronomer fibbed.

** Exhibition marks 100 years since the death of Russia's last Tsar

This exhibition marks 100 years since the end of the Romanov dynasty and explores one of the most dramatic periods in Russian history, all through the unique lens of science.

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** Guggenheim Curators Discuss Commissions, Collecting, and the Future of Museums

How can an institution provide a temporary utopia for us to experiment with or experience something that makes our lives a bit more challenging, yet also playful?

** Why you should talk to your audiences before starting to design

It created a really natural pattern of conversation between us and the visitors, and it raised some questions we would never have thought of asking.

** Henry VIII's tapestry goes on display in London

A lost monumental tapestry, originally from Hampton Court, specially commissioned by Henry VIII, around the time of the Act of Supremacy, has been rediscovered in Spain.

** CT technique expands possibilities of imaging ancient remains

Researchers in Sweden using computed tomography (CT) have successfully imaged the soft tissue of an ancient Egyptian mummy's hand down to a microscopic level.

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** Identity of scandalous 19th century nude painting laid bare

The canvas, which now hangs in the Orsay museum in Paris, continues to court controversy after Facebook censored profiles using it in 2011, triggering outrage from art lovers.

** Explore how museums can be transformed at Belfast 2018

Museums that are emerging from difficult pasts and reinventing themselves to face new challenges will be discussed at this year’s Museums Association (MA) Conference & Exhibition.

** International women collectors

Looking at the lives of four women collectors, and some of the objects they collected that are now in the British Museum.

** Conserving a suit of samurai armour

Organics conservator Tania Desloge discusses the conservation work undertaken on the newly acquired set of samurai armour that showcases in the British Museum's refurbished Mitsubishi Corporation Japanese Galleries.

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** How the Field Museum accelerated sustainability

Today, the Field works to reduce its ecological footprint using renewable energy, internal conservation, preservation, waste reduction and visitor-engagement initiatives.

** Mantegna and Bellini go head-to-head

The paintings, drawings and works on paper of two giants of the early Italian Renaissance — Andrea Mantegna and Giovanni Bellini — go on display side by side at the National Gallery in London in an exhibition that aims to demonstrate that the two artists had a profound and lasting influence on one another.

** Maritime and Irish Mossing Museum

Scituate, a small coastal town, was long a hub for harvesting Irish moss, a seaweed commonly used as a thickening agent in products like toothpaste, ice cream, and even some medicines.

** Ancient Bronze Hand Mystifies Archaeologists

In October 2017, a pair of treasure-hunting metal detectorists made an extraordinary discovery near a Swiss lake: a sculpted bronze hand with a gold cuff dating back some 3500 years.

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** No Brain fade at this Indian Neuroscience Institute

Visitors to India’s only Brain Museum, in the southern city of Bengaluru, know the woman only as “neurocysticercosis - cerebral.”

** The Met’s Decision to Lease the Breuer Building to the Frick Is a Mistake

It’s missteps like these that reveal the Met’s failure to understand its own strengths and weaknesses; the Met’s main, Fifth Avenue location has no comparable space to the Breuer building.

** Swedish museums call for panel to advise on Nazi-loot claims

Sweden’s museums are calling on the government to create an independent panel to issue recommendations on claims for art in public collections that was lost due to persecution by the Nazis.

** Shitamachi Museum

The Shitamachi Museum sheds light on Tokyo’s often-overlooked eastern region and its rich collection details the area’s distinct culture, preserving a time when the city’s social, cultural, and geographic boundaries were a bit less fluid.

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** A darn good Toowoomba yarn

The ink had barely dried on Lindsay’s prints when he rose to eminence – and wealth – in the final flourish of the Etching Revival, with sell-out exhibitions at Wright’s posh Bond Street dealer-gallery Conalghi’s.

** Whose Story Is It? Rethinking Cultural Representation in the Northwest Coast Hall

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** Strengthening global university museum collaboration in China

China is well known for the current dynamism of its museums

** #DCDC18: Memory and transformation

Where: Birmingham Conference and Events Centre

** This Week's Horoscopes

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