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In the headlines this week
** Stolen Goldie painting recovered
Museum Director Dr Rodney WiIson said the painting is only slightly damaged
and he is hugely relieved to have it back.
** Figurehead from 17th-century ship washes ashore near Norway
A wooden, lion-shaped figurehead from a 17th-century ship has washed up on a
remote Arctic island off north Norway
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In TRADE & EXCHANGE section this week - three touring exhibitions on offer
and an Apollo Space suit!
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** Bionic Vision Chips Could See Colour
Remember those "Painting By Numbers" kits that you used to get as a child?
The system where different colour shades and contrasts would be all mapped
out numerically, and the finished work would look something like the
Rembrandt original?
** Historic Civil War sub raised from ocean floor
As cannons boomed along shore, the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley finally
returned to port Tuesday, 136 years after it made history as the first
submarine to sink an enemy warship VIDEO
** Ecosystems in danger as insects disappear
In a separate study, carried out by experts at the Museum of Natural History
in Oxford, it has been discovered that 20 per cent of insect species have
disappeared
** Japan's nuclear clock is 10 minutes out
New evidence suggests that the stopped clock on display in the Nagasaki
Atomic Bomb Museum may have the time completely wrong
** Ishi's mortal remains reunited
In a private ceremony at a Washington museum, the brain of a Native American
has been handed to a Californian tribe who will bury it next to his cremated
remains
** Constable casts a cloud over Masters
Most of the greatest artists before Constable could not paint clouds,
according to a leading meteorologist
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** Study Fuels Debate on Whether Birds Are Dinosaurs
Tiny little channels in their bones show that some dinosaurs grew bone
quickly like birds do today, which suggests that at least some species of
dinosaurs are related to birds, if not their direct ancestors
** Millennium museums 'in danger of failure'
Many of the museums and science centres opened to mark the Millennium could
fail because of over-optimistic visitor predictions, according to the
Museums Association
** Embassy's 'stolen' rare books sold at Christie's
More than £500,000 worth of rare books and artwork on Japan are said to have
been stolen from the Japanese Embassy and auctioned off, mainly via
Christie's.
** Achieving Excellence: Museum Leadership In the 21st century
September 6-9, 2000 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. A collaborative conference
presented by Intercom, ICOM and CMA
** Revealing Ancient Family Ties
In the cool shadow of a tree, a small, dark-skinned figure, barely 5 feet
tall, walks to the water's edge.
** After Five Years, I think I can be Trusted with Turtles Again
As you know, I've worked here at Metro Zoo for almost eight years. And in
that time, I've largely been a model employee, arriving at work on time,
uniform clean and pressed, and always completing my daily tasks in a manner
that was satisfactory at worst
** Olympic Sculpture Park Acquires Calder's `Eagle'
Alexander Calder's monumental sculpture ``Eagle'' has been acquired by the
Seattle Art Museum for its new sculpture park, set to open in 2003.
** Ancient Acropolis get a face lift
Teams of archeologists are restoring and cleaning the 2,500-year-old
Parthenon, the Temple of Athena Nike, the walls fortifying the Acropolis,
and the Propylaia, the main entrance to the monuments
** Linda McCartney's Sixties
A selection of 51 photographs of some of the greatest names in the world of
rock music
** Williams proposing no bids on Newseum
The Newseum and the Freedom Forum will move to downtown D.C. by 2003, unless
the D.C. Council rejects a proposal by Mayor Anthony A. Williams to cut
through red tape that could delay the move
** Move into the town hall and save our heritage
In the long, fat years of the 18th and early 19th centuries the market towns
of England were filled with fine public buildings for which the 21st century
seems to have little use
** Museum Computer Network Conference
Don't miss the Museum Computer Network conference at the Four Seasons Hotel
in Las Vegas, NV, September 6-9.
** Insights into the Tate Modern for new Queensland Gallery of Modern Art
Gertrude Langer Lecture Queensland Art Gallery
** NARST Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, March 25-28, 2001
** On-line with the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra this month:
** Preservation Options in a Digital World: To Film or To Scan
Northeast Document Conservation Center a Seminar on Preservation
Microfilming and Digital Imagingof Paper-Based Materials October 3-4-5, 2000
at New York State Library, Cultural Education Center, Albany, NY
** NEW MUSEUM BOOKS
+ American Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Volume 3
+ Introducing Museum Studies
+ Annual Bibliography of Modern Art : 1999
+ The Gubbio Studiolo in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Two Volumes
+ Nuovo Alfabeto Address Book
+ Centre Georges Pompidou - Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
+ The Native American Look Book: Art and Activities for Kids
+ Creating the New Museum of Scotland
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