Welcome back to GLOBAL MUSEUM, your award-winning & free online compendium, read weekly since 1998 by 8,000+ readers in more than 201 countries. <http://www.globalmuseum.org/> http://www.globalmuseum.org ** Museum air can make you feel better Don't pay money for a humidifier, instead go to the Met which always has perfect humidity, and let your nose drain on an Etruscan statue or Persian carpet. ** Museum shops are the unlikely stars bucking the High Street slump Shops and cafés have become vital to museums that face central and local government funding cuts, and through the doors come people with money to spend - a luxury not always enjoyed by city and town centre stores. ** Bluetooth reveals how we learn at museums Learning in museums is an autonomous experience, with visitors taking an active role in planning, monitoring, controlling, and reflecting. _______________________________________________________________________ ARE YOU ONE OF THE 4,446? 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Join Today at http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Globalmuseum-3968927 ________________________________________________________________________ ** Monty Python snub 'pretentious' Victoria and Albert Museum The Python comedians wanted to call the exhibition Monty Python: The Same Old Bollocks, but V&A curators preferred Monty Python: from Dalí to Dead Parrots, which the group hated. ** Louvre Abu Dhabi to exhibit Rembrandt and Vermeer masterpieces The Louvre Abu Dhabi, the first museum to carry the name outside France, has announced that it will display works by the Dutch masters Rembrandt and Vermeer this month. ** Archive shows medieval nun faked her own death to escape convent A team of medieval historians working in the archives at the University of York has found evidence that a nun in the 14th century faked her own death and crafted a dummy “in the likeness of her body” in order to escape her convent and pursue – in the words of the archbishop of the time – “the way of carnal lust”. ** New dog museum unleashed in New York City The collection boasts portraits of royal and presidential pets, artifacts that trace canine history as far back as an estimated 30 million-year-old fossil, and devices that “match” visitors’ faces with dog breeds and let people try their hand at basic dog training with a virtual puppy. ____________________________________________________________________________ _____________ Become a Facebook Follower - Join 2,426 of us who Like Global Museum on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Global-Museum/129179522574?> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Global-Museum/129179522574? ____________________________________________________________________________ _____________ ** Cockroach Exhibition at the Dubrovnik Natural History Museum Yes, admittedly, that sounds a bit odd, why would anyone go see a cockroach exhibition in the Natural History Museum anywhere, but the exhibition recently opened in Dubrovnik has proven to be a hit. ** Museum 'rogues gallery' of specimens and photos revealed for first time Conservators brought it out of storage in 2016 and found it stuffed with 'the equivalent of 25 large refuse sacks of wheat straw, a broken chair and scraps of The Sydney Morning Herald from January 26, 1883. ** Medieval inks for heritage conservation The materials used to write medieval manuscripts and draw upon paper were crucial so that surviving written texts can be read, translated and interpreted nowadays. ** The Swiss Straw Museum This unique museum narrates the story of the straw braiding craft that became a booming industry in the rural Swiss region of Argovia between the late 18th century up until the 1960s. ____________________________________________________________________________ __ Pin Us on Pinterest. 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Gideon Mantell: forgotten man who discovered the dinosaurs Mantell wanted to punch his way into the scientific elite but it never happened for him, and he impoverished his whole family. ____________________________________________________________________________ _______________ Follow Us On Twitter - <http://twitter.com/globalmuseum> http://twitter.com/globalmuseum 198K Museum News Tweets from around the Globe, 4,748 Followers worldwide and growing fast ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________ ** The Decline Of Historical Thinking Yes, we have a responsibility to train for the world of employment, but are we educating for life, and without historical knowledge you are not ready for life. ** The 14th Building Museums™ Symposium This symposium is for museum staff, architects, planners, project managers, technical experts, and all those who plan or implement new construction, renovation, or expansion projects for museums ** The Museum for all people: art, accessibility and social inclusion The MUSACCES Consortium (UCM-UNED-AUM) cordially invites you to participate in the International Conference "The Museum for all people: art, accessibility and social inclusion" ** Learning Laboratory and Community Center: Positioning the Academic Museum for Success University of Minnesota | Conference Dates: June 27-30, 2019 ** This Week's Horoscopes Aries - A messenger from the Lord will appear to you in glory this this week and in a voice that shakes mountains and shivers oceans, announces price hikes on all divine services All the latest Museum News, Views & Vacancies plus Bookshop, Museum Store, Resume Postings, Museum Studies Listing & More. 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